The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) is an umbrella organization that represents Hispanic evangelical churches from all denominations. They are now celebrating their 25th anniversary of advocating for issues such as religious liberty, sanctity of life, and responsible immigration reform.
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of NHCLC, says any congregation is welcome to join as long as they have an orthodox statement of faith.
“We have Methodists. We have Baptists. We have Southern Baptists. We have Pentecostals. As long as they agree to the Nicene Creed, they have to agree to biblical orthodoxy. They have to adhere to biblical truth,” Rodriguez states.
The Christian legal firm Liberty Counsel has just completed an audit of the NHCLC, and while the final numbers are still being tabulated, Rodriguez says they're breaking records.
“It's larger than ever before. We have a number of new denominations joining, including one who has never ever joined any association or network ever in all of their years of history,” Rodriguez says.
Because of internal documentation from multiple denominational leaders, church networks, and ministry associations among others, Liberty Counsel ascertained that NHCLC represents tens of thousands of ministries and churches.
As The Christian Post reports, the NHCLC is the nation’s largest Hispanic Christian organization, and the certification from Liberty Counsel verifies that.
Hispanics came out for President Donald Trump in record numbers in 2024, drawn in by his commitment to conservative principles.
“Forty-six percent of all Latinos voted for President Trump in 2024, 52% to 53% of all Hispanic males, largest numbers ever recorded in American history,” Rodriguez states.
But that political partnership, he says, is on rocky ground over what Hispanic evangelicals perceive to be aggressive immigration policies.
“These numbers are now bleeding, and they've lost about 8% to 12% in recent polling because of the angst around primarily what took place in Minnesota,” Rodriguez says.
Minnesota had a rough start to the year as ICE deployed and protestors objected, resulting in the deaths of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in ICE shootings.
