Rev. Samuel Rodriguez
President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Overseer of Third Day Worship Centers, Assemblies of God CNN named Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, “The leader of the Hispanic Evangelical movement”. The Wall St. Journal has identified him as one of America’s 7 most influential Hispanic Leaders, and the only religious leader on the list. Meanwhile the San Francisco Chronicle described Samuel as one of the 6 Leaders of the New Evangelical Leadership. By God’s Grace, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez stands today as America’s leading voice for Hispanic Christianity. As one of Newsweek Magazine’s Top 12 People to Look For in 2008, and as the President of America’s Preeminent Latino Christian Organization, Samuel is regarded as one of the most prominent voices in the Kingdom of God and as the lead spokesperson for the 16 million strong Hispanic American Born Again Christian Community. Featured, Profiled and quoted by the Washington Post, CNN, FOXNEWS, Bill Moyers, Chicago Tribune, Christianity Today, Newsweek, Univision NY Times, The Wall St. Journal, Boston Globe, Atlanta Constitution, Ministries Today, and others as the Preeminent Leading Voice of Hispanic Born Again Believers in America, Sam lives to Build the Kingdom of God, reconciling a platform of righteousness and justice.
Rodriguez earned his Master’s degree in educational leadership from Lehigh University. Currently he pursues a doctoral degree in Organizational Management and Behavior. As the leading spokesperson for Hispanic Evangelicals, Samuel has been a featured speaker in White House and Congressional meetings on Hispanic American issues and Justice concerns currently serving in President Obama’s White House Task Force on Fatherhood. His non partisan commitment enables Sam to meet with both sides of the aisle while above all contextualizing the nexus of both Kingdom and Society.
His speaking presentations include the White House, Congress, Princeton, Yale, Promise Keepers, NAE, Battle Cry, Liberty University, TBN, Univision, CNN, Fox news, ABC, NPR, and many others. Pastor Sam is the Current President of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (The Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals), America’s largest Hispanic Christian Organization with 34,218 member churches. Rodriguez leads an organization identified as the Hispanic faith leaders in support of Life, Family, Great Commission, Stewardship, Education, Justice and Youth.