# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S38
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38 SYNOD REPORTS

Center for Hispanic Studies of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
Look for the link on this Internet page:
www.csl.edu/Academics_PastoralFormation_DistanceEdu-
cationPrograms_CHS.aspx

Direct references to Hispanic work of the LCMS

Understanding Where We Are and Where We Have Been—a 20-
page document tracing the history of the Synod’s Hispanic
work prepared as a subcommittee assignment for the Blue
Ribbon Task Force On Hispanic Ministry.

Under the Cross of Christ Yesterday, Today and Forever—Reflec-
tions on Lutheran Hispanic Ministry in the United States,
Concordia Seminary Publications Monograph Series, Number
6, 2004, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO

Lutheran Women in Mission—The Vision of Achieving Diversity
Within the LWML, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League,
Report of the Heart to Heart Sisters Task Force, Report of
2002. Updated with LWML Heart to Heart Sisters: District
Guidelines, January 2007

Spanish Language Materials available through Concordia Publish-
ing House—A complete listing of more than 300 books, edu-
cational, pastoral, and evangelistic tools available through the
Synod’s publishing house.

Web sites related to Lutheran Hispanic work in the United States

www.churchplantingvillage.net—See the Church Planting Re-
source Library for 2/st Century Hispanic Realities by Dr.
Daniel R. Sanchez.

www.elca.org/multicultural/LATstrategy/index.html—The Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church in America has a Web site that sets
forth its strategies and resources.

www.lirs.org—Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service has re-
sources to inform and direct policy and action of Lutheran
congregations related to questions of immigration.

www.multilanguagepublications.com-—-The Wisconsin Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church works across the United States and
Puerto Rico. Its Spanish language resources can be accessed
through this site.

www.nd.edu—(Notre Dame University, see the Center for the
Study of Latino Religion) The Pew Hispanic Center partners
with the university community across the United States to
fund in-depth studies of Hispanic religion and culture. The
task force used materials prepared by the Center. Titles in-
clude: Strengthening Hispanic Ministry Across Denomina-
tions: A Call To Action; Hispanic Ministry and the Task of
Ministry in Urban America; Latino Congregations And Social
Service: The Philadelphia Story; The Role Of Latino/a Reli-
gious Leadership in Social Ministry, Equipped to Serve:

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Latino/a Seminarians, and the Future of Religious Leadership
in the Latino/a Community.

www.pca-mna.org—(Presbyterian Church in America) Mission to
North America: Ministering Among the Changing Cultures of
North America, 2005.

www. pcusa.org/Hispanic— Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.)
Presbyterian study on strategy for ministry with Hispanic-
Latino constituencies, 2002

www. pewhispanic.org—vhe task force used data available through
the Pew Hispanic Center for authoritative, nonbiased, nonpo-
litical research on Hispanic presence, attitudes, and trends in
the United States.

Selected general bibliographic resources

Fronteras: A History of the Latin American Church in the USA
since 1513, Vol. X—Sandoval, Moises, San Antonio, TX:
MACC, 1983

Frontiers of Hispanic Theology in the United States—Deck, Allan
Figueroa, New York: Orbis Books, 1992

The Future Is Mestizo—Elizondo, Virgil, Bloomington, Ind.:
Meyer-Stone Books, 1988

Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American Promise—Elizondo,
Virgilio, Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1985

Hear the Cry!—Recinos, Harold J., Ky.: Westminster/John Knox
Press, 1989

Latinos (A Biography of the People)—Shorris, Earl, New York: W.
W. Norton & Company, 1992

Latinos in the United States—Abalos, David T., Notre Dame, Ind.:
University of Notre Dame Press, 1986

The Second Wave — Deck, Allan Figueroa, New York: Paulist
Press, 1989.

Strangers and Aliens No Longer. Part One: The Hispanic Presence
in the Church in the United States—Hemrick, Eugene, Wash-
ington DC: United States Catholic Conference, Inc., 1993

Strengthening Hispanic Ministry Across Denominations: A Call to
Action — Edwin J. Hernandez, Milagros Pena, Kenneth Davis
and Elizabeth Station, Pulpit & Pew Research Reports, 2005,
Duke Divinity School, Durham, N.C.

The Story of Christianity, Volume 1—Gonzalez, Justo L., New
York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1984

The Story of Christianity, Volume 2—Gonzalez, Justo L., New
York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1985

Eloy S. Gonzalez, Chairman