Samuel Rodriguez, Jr.

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Jr., "has a passion for the church. A leader in his denomination and the Hispanic-American church, he wants to build bridges so that American evangelicals of all ethnicities bow down to worship God together.

"A Gordon-Conwell Trustee since 2006, Rev. Rodriguez is currently President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), the largest Hispanic Christian organization in the U.S. The NHCLC serves more than 18,000 churches and 15 million Hispanic evangelicals and is, according to Rodriguez, “the Hispanic NAE (National Association of Evangelicals).”..

"After graduating from college, Rev. Rodriguez served as a pastor in a New York congregation. He has also written a book, Are You a Third Day Christian (Strang Communications), and founded an international network of churches, the Third Day Believers Network. At NHCLC, he steers an organization that provides leadership, networking and partnerships which advocate for social justice, with a commitment to justice from a biblical worldview...

"Rev. Rodriguez joined the Gordon-Conwell board, “largely because of [long-time Trustee] Dick Armstrong. He and I serve on the board of World Relief together, and he was instrumental in bringing me on at Gordon-Conwell. Dick is someone committed to prayer and speaking with God...

"Rev. Rodriguez is married and has three children between the ages of 12 and 17. In addition to participation on Gordon-Conwell’s board and the AG Superintendent’s Cabinet, he also serves on the boards of World Relief, the NAE board’s executive committee, Evangelicals for Human Rights, Alliance for Marriage and the National Campaign for Preventing Teen Pregnancy."