Rodriguez steps down, Rincones picks up reins as Convencion president

Victor Rodriguez

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MCALLEN—A day after being elected president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Victor Rodriguez relinquished his role as president of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas.

Rodriguez, the first person to be elected president of both conventions the same year, said he wanted to make the move quickly so the Hispanic Baptist Convention will know they have a president who is fully committed to leading the body.

Rodriguez will continue supporting the convention and working with it, he said, but Jesse Rincones, pastor of Alliance Church in Lubbock and first vice president of the Hispanic convention, will become president.

Victor Rodriguez

Victor Rodriguez

“I think Jesse Rincones, for him to take the leadership will be a blessing for the convention,” Rodriguez said.

Rincones praised Rodriguez’s leadership through the Hispanic convention’s recent 100th anniversary and looks forward to continue building the organization’s ministry.

“I’d like to thank Brother Victor for his service and his leadership through the centennial celebration of Convencion,” Rincones said. “He set a higher bar for the next 100 years.”

Rodriguez, pastor of South San Filadelfia Baptist Church in San Antonio, believes contemporary Texas Baptists are living through historic time as they come together across ethnic lines. The future is bright for the Hispanic Baptist Convention and the BGCT, he insisted.

“This is the uniting and coming together as a whole family,” he said.


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Rodriguez is the second Hispanic elected BGCT president. Albert Reyes, president of Buckner International, was the first Hispanic BGCT president.


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