Gabriel Salguero is pastor of The Gathering Place in Orlando, Florida, and president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition. He will speak at Midwinter on Wednesday night in Spanish and Thursday night in English.
Hometown
Born in Longbranch, New Jersey, on the Jersey Shore; now Orlando, Florida.
What are you reading?
Leadership Without Easy Answers, by Ronald Heifetz. I just finished reading Canoeing the Mountains, by Tod Boslinger, and reread the book of Ezra.
What do you hope pastors and ministry leaders who attend Midwinter will take away from your talk?
A renewed, impassioned, and deepened faith and commitment to faithful followership and ministry.
What does the Midwinter theme, “Immeasurably More,” mean to you in your life and ministry context?
Moving beyond me-dependency to God-dependency
What would Midwinter attendees be surprised to learn about you?
I was the first male cheerleader in my high school. I married my high-school sweetheart.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
A lawyer.
What was your first job?
Pool cleaning and making dough in a bakery during high school and college.
What was the last song you sang along to?
“From Now On” from The Greatest Showman, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
