Rolando Aguirre, Pastor for Spanish Language Ministry and Regional Missions

            Pastor Rolando Aguirre was called to Calvary’s pastoral staff over three years ago.  Rolando and his wife Janet have been blessed with two children: Celina and David Jeremiah.  Pastor Rolando’s has lead the Spanish Language Ministry also known as “Calvary en Español.”  This Spanish service has grown in these last three years from a few dozen people to an average worship attendance around 375.  We are so grateful to God for this.

           The Spanish service is not a “mission” of Calvary but an integral part of the congregation.  As pastor to the SLM, Rolando preaches, teaches, provides pastoral care and gives leadership to that segment of our congregation.  Additionally, Rolando has been leading our regional missions ministries: serving as the pastoral liaison to the missions committee; supervising Elizabeth Zamora and Kathy Herzberg; and giving leadership to what Calvary does in our community, Sullivan City and with our Saltillo partnership.  In this last role Pastor Rolando has been serving the Calvary-at-large congregation.

           In an effort to promote greater unity among Calvary’s worship services, in the next few months Pastor Julio and Pastor Rolando will develop a preaching rotation schedule.  Occasionally Julio will preach all three services while Rolando does the same on different Sundays.  We want the Spanish congregation to know and feel that Pastor Julio is not just the pastor for the English congregation but for the entire church.  We want the English congregation to know and feel that Pastor Rolando is not just the pastor for the SLM but a pastoral staff member of Calvary.  This model of doing Spanish ministry within a multi-cultural church is not the traditional model and it is not common but we are convinced is the right model for Calvary.  In fact, we think it may be the future for many multi-cultural congregations in the Valley, Texas and beyond.  There are plenty of congregations where Spanish ministry works independent of the English ministry or where there is a clear distinction between Anglo ministry and Hispanic ministry.  That may work well for some but that is not what we are doing here at Calvary.  We are committed to working hard and being intentional to maintain and celebrate unity across our entire congregation.  We are one church with multiple cultures, ethnicities and two languages.

           Your prayers and support for Pastor Rolando and his family are greatly appreciated.