Greetings!
My name is Tim McKeown and I am the Hispanic Ministries Coordinator. In this capacity, my primary responsibility is to multiply ministries in the PCA that share the Grace of God and His Gospel with the growing Hispanic demographic in all of the United States and Canada. I also will work with many of these ministries in order to initiate, grow, and nurture the planting of healthy and multiplying first, second, and third generation Hispanic PCA churches.
Hispanic Americans represent the largest and fastest growing demographic in the United States today. People with Hispanic roots are estimated to comprise 24% of the total population of the United States sometime between the years 2030 and 2050. Only the newest immigrants are limited to Spanish only ministries. The children of new immigrants almost immediately move into full bi-lingual mode! Almost all subsequent generations of Hispanic Americans are at least bilingual and many move to English-only by the second or third generation. We seek to see ministries established that will share Christ with all generations of Hispanic Americans.
Although Hispanic Americans represent a huge and growing population group, the number of PCA churches, church plants, and ministries focused on this group is proportionately far less than those serving other people groups. And so is the number of Hispanic American pastors ordained by the PCA.
As the Hispanic Ministries Coordinator I am working with Hispanic pastors, key PCA leaders, PCA churches and individuals to begin new Hispanic American related ministries and plant new churches that make ministry to Hispanic Americans a priority. Identifying pastors to lead these churches is a priority. Equally important is developing ways to equip them for PCA ordination.
Vision
The Hispanic American Ministries envisions PCA churches working together to plant churches that will eventually become bilingual and that will transform communities with the power of the Gospel.
Goals
- Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Hispanic Americans in the United States and Canada, making disciples regardless of country of origin, age, or social condition.
- Help build understanding of the Hispanic American population groups in their communities.
- Assist PCA churches in developing their vision and strategies for successful ministry among the Hispanic American population in their community through the use of Hispanic American Ministries resources.
- Encourage existing PCA churches who find their local demographic changing to include more Hispanic Americans to utilize such programs as English as a Second Language (ESL).
- Implement new, nontraditional approaches, such as the LAMP program, for training men as pastors and church planters that satisfy all PCA requirements.
- Lead in prayerful search for workers to enter the Hispanic American ministry.
- Identify, work with and train existing leadership within the local Hispanic American community while seeking those Christ has chosen and anointed within the PCA.
Biographical Sketch
From 1999 through 2004, I served as MNA Multicultural Ministries Coordinator, working with church planters and key leaders to increase ministry among the rapidly increasing number of ethnic groups in North America. I came to MNA with lifelong cross-cultural experience, including military service, sponsorship of Laotian refugees during their seminary years, and twenty-one years of church planting leadership in Ecuador and Colombia with Mission to the World. My wife, Becky, and I are the parents of four grown and married children. We make our home in Atlanta, Georgia.
We Invite Your Participation
Please join with me in praying that many people will find hope in Jesus Christ and that lives will be changed through the Hispanic American Ministries. Pray that a growing number of Hispanic Americans will be called to serve as PCA leaders. We ask that you prayerfully consider participating with us through your financial support. You can make a tax-deductible contribution to this ministry online. You can also mail contributions, made payable to Mission to North America, to:
Mission to North America
1700 North Brown Rd., Suite 101
Lawrenceville, GA 30043-8122
Designate: Hispanic American Ministries
For additional information, contact Tim McKeown:
Office: 678-825-1225
Email: tmckeown@pcanet.org
rev 1/28/09
Hispanic American Ministries is supported primarily by designated contributions from PCA individuals and churches. Will you prayerfully consider giving a gift today? To DONATE, please click here.
GRATIS! CD lleno de recursos Reformados in Espanol (Estudios Biblicos, sermones, comentarios, etc.) Favor contactar Timoteo McKeown tmckeown@pcanet.org or 678-825-1225.
FREE! CD of Reformed resources in Spanish (Bible studies, sermons, commentaries, etc.). Please contact Tim McKeown at tmckeown@pcanet.org or 678-825-1225.
