Samuel Rodriguez is president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. An Assemblies of God ordained minister, he is senior pastor of New Season Christian Worship Center in Sacramento, CA. Rodriguez served on the White House Task Force on Fatherhood and Healthy Families and has consulted for politicians on social justice, religious liberties, and Latino issues. He speaks widely, has been on many lists of influencers, and his awards include the Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award by the Congress of Racial Equality. Rodriquez serves on boards of evangelical organizations and is the award-winning author of Be Light: Shining God’s Beauty, Truth, and Hope in a Darkened World.
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Latino evangelicals — a fast-growing population that is nearing 20 percent of American Latinos, and rising — exemplify the difficult positions many Christians find themselves...