Hispanic American Ministries

Hispanic Church Planting Bibliography

Mission to North (MNA) recommends that you carefully consider the following books and articles. Although they do not all necessarily represent Presbyterian and reformed standards, their content falls within the theological boundaries of the broader evangelical community. This recommendation does not imply agreement with or endorsement of the practices or beliefs of the authors.

Abalos, David T, Latinos in the United States: The Sacred & The Political, University of Notre Dame Press, 1986 (ISBN: 0-26801-2776)

Bakke, Ray and Jim Hart, The Urban Christian: Effective Ministry in Today’s Urban World, InterVarsity Press, 1987 (ISBN: 0-87784-5239)

Burciaga, Jose Antonio, Drink Cultura: Chicanismo, Capra Press, 1993 (ISBN: 1-8774-1078)

Chaney, Charles L, Church Planting, Tyndale House Publishing, 1993 (ISBN: 0-84231-1130)

Coleman, Robert E, The Master Plan of Discipleship, Fleming H. Revell Co, 1987 (ISBN: 0-80075-2376

Coleman, Robert E, The Master Plan of Evangelism, Baker Book House, 1963/1993 (ISBN: 0-80078-6246)

Conn, Harvie M, Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality, Baker Book House, 1997 (ISBN: 0-80102-109X)

Conn, Harvie M. and Manuel Ortiz, Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City and the People of God, InterVarsity Press, 2001 (ISBN: 0-8308-1573-2)

Costas, Orlando E, The Church and Its Mission, Tyndale House Publ, 1974 (ISBN: 0-8423-0276)

De la Garza, Rodolfo O, Louis DeSipo, F, Chris Garcia, John Garcia, and Angelo Falcon, Latino Voices, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Perspectives on American Politics, Westview Press, 1992 (ISBN: 0-81338-7248)

Driggers, B. & Carlisle, Editor, Models of Metropolitan Ministry, Broadman Press, 1979 (ISBN: 0-80542-5330)

Green, Michael, Evangelism in the Early Church, Wm. B. Erdmans Publishing Co, 1970/1995 (ISBN: 0-86347-1579)

Grenier, Guillermo J. and Alex Stepick, III, Editors, Miami Now: Immigration, Ethnicity, and Social Change, University Press of Florida, 1992 (ISBN: 0-81302-1634)

Hesselgrave, David J, Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally: An Introduction to Missionary Communication, Zondervan Publishing, 1978/1991 (ISBN: 0-3106-8111)

Hesselgrave, David J, Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: North America and Beyond, Baker Book House, 1980/2000 (ISBN: 0-80102-2223)

Hesselgrave, David J. & Edward Rommen, Contextualization: Meanings, Methods, and Models, Baker Book House, 1989 (ISBN: 0-80104-3387)

Hull, Bill, The Disciple-Making Pastor, Baker Book House, 1999 (ISBN: 0-80075-7203)

Kuiper, R. B., God Centered Evangelism, Hazell, Banner of Truth, 1978 (ISBN: 0-85151-1104)

Lingerfelter, Sherwood G. and Marvin K. Mayers, Ministering Cross-Culturally, Baker Book House, 1986/2003 (ISBN: 0-80102-6474)

Morales, Ed, Living in Spanglish: The Search for Latino Identity in America, St. Martin’s Press, 2002 (ISBN: 0-31231-0005)

Nida, Eugene A, Learning A Foreign Language, Friendship Press, 1957 (ISBN: 0-37729-0416)

Nida, Eugene A, Understanding Latin Americans, William Carey Library, 1974 (ISBN: 0-87808-1178)

Ortiz, Manuel, The Hispanic Challenge Opportunities Confronting the Church, InterVarsity Press, 1993 (ISBN: 0-83081-7735)

Oster, Patrick, The Mexicans, A Personal Portrait of a People, Rayo (HarperCollins), 1989 /2002 (ISBN: 0-06001-1300)

Packer, J. I., Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, InterVarsity Press, 1961/1991 (ISBN: 0-83081-339X)

Padilla, C. Rene, Latino Ethnic Consciousness: The Case of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans in Chicago, University of Notre Dame Press, 1985 (ISBN: 0-26801-275X)

Perkins, John M, Beyond Charity The Call to Christian Community Development, Baker Book House, 1993 (ISBN: 0-80107-1224)

Portes, Alejandro & Robert L. Bach, Latin Journey: Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the United States, University of California Press, 1985 (ISBN: 0-52005-0045)

Riding, Alan, Distant Neighbors, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984 (ISBN: 0-39474-0157)

Romo, Oscar I, American Mosaic: Church Planting in Ethnic America, Broadman Press, 1993 (ISBN: 0-80546-0705)

Sanchez, Daniel R, Iglesia: Crecimiento y Cultura, Convention Press, 1993 (ISBN 0-7673-2372-6)

Stavans, Ilan, The Hispanic Condition: The Power of a People, Rayo (HarperCollins), 1995/2001 (ISBN: 0-06093-5863)

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