The Yale Center for Faith & Culture and the Yale Forum on Faith and Politics, will be hosting "Voices and Votes: Religious Convictions in the Public Square "at Yale Divinity School. The conference will start with an evening reception on February 11, and conclude with a discussion on February 13, framing a day of panels …
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Writer and Director Joseph Martinez’s "1Ne" film debut was last Saturday. You go Joe! Below is the message he sent out after the premiere of the film. Joseph is currently part of the LLC – ACTS program. =-= The screening of the movie 1Ne was amazing this past Saturday. We had about 200 people in …
Don’t miss "House Afire"–a revealing three-part series beginning Sunday, January 14th in the New York Times. They are striving to change the character of New York, one soul at a time. By the end of this year, their membership will include an estimated one million New Yorkers. They are the Pentecostals, and they are taking …
Our cohort got together yesterday for a potluck Christmas celebration at the American Bible Society. From left to right we have Maritza Oritz, David Ramos, Sandra Otero, Belinda Passafaro, Luis Alvarez, Orlando Crespo, Jose and Mayra Humphreys. Good times, great laughs. La musica de Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon with asaltos navidadeños, the pasteles, the …
Praise for Arlene Sanchez Walsh’s book, Latino Pentecostal Identity: Evangelical Faith, Self, and Society Submitted by David Ramos _______________________________________________________________ Arlene Sanchez Walsh "Sanchez Walsh constructs a trenchant history while maintaining rigorous analysis. Separating the rhetoric of easy accommodation from the history of Latino subordination and gender inequity within these churches, she challenges readers to understand …
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By David Ramos Belinda Passafaro and David Ramos of the Latino Leadership Circle participated today in a special policy meeting hosted by Sojourners in Washington, DC and sponsored by the Hagedorn Foundation. The meeting entitled, "Welcoming the Stranger: Developing a Faith-Based Agenda for Comprehensive Immigration Reform" featured a host of faith-based leaders, legislative directors and …
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by Efraim Espinoza The story of early Hispanic Pentecostals is dominated by two figures, Francisco Olazábal (1886-1937) and Henry C. Ball (1896-1989). Olazábal was converted in California at the turn of the century after receiving a tract from George Montgomery. George and his wife Carrie Judd Montgomery taught him basic Christian doctrines. Olazábal felt God’s …
Please keep me in your prayers as I will be traveling to India today for the next two weeks. I will be ministering at an international pastors conference as well as on the streets. David Ramos
On Wednesday, January 10th, the Latino Leadership Circle will be conducting the ACTS Urban Leadership Training Program. Sponsored by the American Bible Society this program provides cutting edge training for those involved on the frontlines of Urban Ministry. Sessions will be conducted by professionally trained and experienced ministers, social workers and marketplace leaders. Topics include, …
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November 27-29, 2006 Location: Miller TheatreColumbia University2960 Broadway(at 116th St.)New York, NY 10027Map For more information click on: http://www.awakenhumanity.org/ethos