Hispanic Heritage Month: Q&A with the Rev. Zabdi Lopez
Bilingual ministry with the Rev. Zabdi Lopez, pastor of Hope Lutheran Church, Woodburn, Ore.
Casiodoro de Reina, translator and publisher of first complete Spanish Bible
Casiodoro de Reina, a monk in the Seville area of Spain in the mid-16th century, was one of the first Spaniards to embrace the principles of the Protestant Reformation.
Juan de Frías, Lutheran martyr of Venezuela
In 1672, the Inquisition imprisoned four priests on the charge of being unrepentant Lutheran heretics. Three of the priests were Canary Islanders serving in Venezuela; the fourth was a native Venezuelan from Caracas named Juan de Frías.