Predicadores

Rev. Dr. Tito Madrazo sees ethnography as a way of "bearing witness, of bearing testimony." In this episode of OP Talks, Dr. João Chaves talks to Rev. Dr. Madrazo about his new book Predicadores: Hispanic Preaching and Immigrant Identity (Baylor University Press, 2021) and about his work, which was deeply influenced by his own personal story. Born in Venezuela and now an ordained Baptist pastor, Rev. Dr. Madrazo embarked on four years of ethnographic research with first-generation Hispanic Protestant preachers and their congregations, journeying together as collaborators in his research project. In the sermons and stories of his collaborators, he discovered that pastors "proclaimed God as they had come to know God through their migration experiences,” each experience unique. Rev. Dr. Madrazo discusses his approach to research, and why he includes his collaborators in the process of telling their stories—a reminder of the homiletical importance of understanding and proclaiming the gospel from within particular cultures.