Missionary Danny Egipciaco stands with Juan Rojas who was led to Christ by Egipciaco when Rojas visited Relevant Church. Rojas came to the church because he heard it was different–they had a DJ. Rojas says his life completely changed after that experience at this second-generation Hispanic church.


Missionary Danny Egipciaco, meets with Jose Abella, pastor of Providence Road Church, and Kevin Sutherland, pastor of Mosaic Miami. 


 


“What unites church planting in South Florida is the English-speaking people. When we plant an English-speaking church, it draws many Hispanic people groups to join— Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Uruguayans, Columbians, Spaniards, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Guatemalans, and so on. But the English-speaking churches also draw Haitians who speak Creole French, African Americans, Anglos and even Russians. So our church plants tend to become very multicultural and diverse.


“Within a one-mile radius of my church, there are 30,000 people. Within a three-mile radius, there are 80,000 people. Within five miles, 240,000 people. We have only three Southern Baptist churches in a three-mile area.


“There are 600 SBC churches in all of South Florida but when you think there’s 8 million people in the Miami area, do the math. That’s one church for every 13,000 people,” says Egipciaco. “We need to penetrate the culture through church planting. We need more churches, not less.”


Help is on the way. Miami is one of 29 key North American cities emphasized in NAMB’s Send North America evangelistic church planting strategy. Under Send North America, Egipciaco and his fellow SBC church planters in Miami will receive assistance from churches and other Southern Baptist partners throughout North America. OM
—
Mickey Noah writes for the North American Mission Board.


42 Spring 2012 • onmission.com

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