Latino Church Planting Summit 2026
Take a look back on how transformational the Latino Church Planting Summit 2026 was to Jessica Rosales, FCPI's Independent Researcher.
May 1st - 2nd, 2026 | Houston, TX
The Latino Church Planting Summit is convening Latino planters and leaders to build relationships and collaborate on starting hundreds of healthy, reproducing churches. Too often church planters feel they need to leave the Latino Church and get trained in majority culture spaces that don’t recognize their needs and gifts. Together, we can release younger leaders and train them to integrate the rich heritage of the Latino Church with pioneering new ways of reaching the next generation. Join us for a rich time of fellowship and Kingdom partnership!
We'd love to see you there!
Hosted by the Multiethnic Collaborative and Exponential Español, the Latino Church Planting Summit will take place May 1-2, 2026 north of Houston, TX at Church Project (602 Pruitt Rd The Woodlands, TX 77380).
The cost to attend is $129 and includes:
- Registration for the full Exponential Español Conference (in Spanish with English translation), May 1-2. You do NOT need to register separately for Expo Español.
- Registration for the Latino Summit conference (in English), May 1-2
- Multiethnic Collaborative Lunch, Friday 12-1pm
- Lunch on Saturday
Confirmed Summit Speakers
Jessica Rosales
Jessica Rosales G., PhD (Intercultural Studies, Columbia International University), serves as Director of Church Planting Initiatives in her local denomination in Chile and has also worked as a teaching assistant for undergraduate and graduate courses in church planting and mission at Columbia International University. Her work integrates theology and practice in culturally rooted ways, with particular attention to art, hospitality, and contextualized mission in Latin America.
Obe Arellano
In addition to being the online and multiplication pastor at Light & Life Christian Fellowship, Obe is the founder and executive director of Exponential Español, an organization that provides multiplication resources to Latino pastors, churches, and denominations. Obe has a passion to see a reproducing church movement in Latin America and has a vision to catalyze a movement of multiplying churches in Latin America and the United States.
Marco Avila
Marco Avila serves with Resonate Global Mission, supporting the Eastern U.S. region and providing leadership for Latino church planters across multiple regions. A church planter himself and originally from Honduras, he brings both field experience and organizational insight into developing and supporting Latino leaders.
Mirtha Villafane
Mirtha Villafane serves with Resonate Global Mission on the Eastern U.S. regional team and also supports church planters across multiple regions in a contracted role. Her expertise includes coaching and training Latino church planters, equipping leaders for healthy, sustainable, and contextually effective ministry across diverse ministry environments.