I had a meeting this week to begin planning for NCC en Espanol. Totally fired up about adding a Spanish service in 07. We've got a huge spanish-speaking population in the greater DC area. And we have an NCC contingency that has had a vision for this for quite some time which makes it a very organic endeavor.
We'll form a small group that will start praying and planning in the fall. I love the way our small groups can test pilot different ministry ventures. Our youth small group is another great example. In a sense, every small group is an experiment in keeping with our core value: everything is an experiment.
Paz Exito.
I know that doesn't technically mean "peace out" but it's the best I can do with my three-and-a-half years of High School Spanish :)
We'll form a small group that will start praying and planning in the fall. I love the way our small groups can test pilot different ministry ventures. Our youth small group is another great example. In a sense, every small group is an experiment in keeping with our core value: everything is an experiment.
Paz Exito.
I know that doesn't technically mean "peace out" but it's the best I can do with my three-and-a-half years of High School Spanish :)
3 Comments:
Congratulations Mark. The Hispanic “market” presents tremendous opportunities for ministry and engaging a different culture. I thought you would
enjoy this informative post on “How to Tap the Hispanic Market" (http://juantornoe.blogs.com/hispanictrending/2006/07/how_to_tap_the_.html) that appeared in Hispanic Trending, a blog about “Latino marketing and advertising”.
The post touches on some of the key demographics of this market but more importantly, it addresses the need to target the Hispanic market as separate from the rest of the population.
I track several blogs, including yours, from leading churches and pastors that understand the need to reach the unchurched with a message that is presented in a way that is relevant to our culture. I love what you guys are doing at NCC and pray that this “experiment” is a success.
Also, I write a Spanish language blog called
“Después del Domingo” (After Sunday, http://deldomingo.blogspot.com)about church growth, strategies and general issues affecting our churches today. “Después del Domingo” has been a blessing and a surprise; although there are close to 40 million Hispanics in the US, most of my readers are from Latin America and Spain. It seems that I failed to account for the vastness of the internet and the fact it has no boundaries, you don’t need a passport, visa or go through customs to reach your audience.
One of the beauties of blogging is that you never know where the next blessing is coming from.
¡Dios te bendiga Mark!
Joel
Thanks for the link :)
Mark
it's gonna be cool to see what God does with this one. NCC en espanol with a muy guapo muchacho hermano for a pastor.
i think it's gonna be great. we started a spanish-speaking campus a couple years ago and it has stretched us like crazy to try to communicate creatively in multiple languages (not just multiple locations). but it all gets down to communicating to a culture. the cool creativity isn't the point. communicating across cultural lines is the point. whatever it takes.
go get 'em muchacho.
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