{"id":45460,"date":"2016-04-29T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/rev-tony-suarez-joins-key-congressional-and-evangelical-leaders-to-discuss-2016-priorities\/"},"modified":"2016-04-29T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T19:04:03","slug":"el-reverendo-tony-suarez-se-reune-con-lideres-evangelicos-y-del-congreso-clave-para-analizar-las-prioridades-del-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-reverendo-tony-suarez-se-reune-con-lideres-evangelicos-y-del-congreso-clave-para-analizar-las-prioridades-del-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Rev. Tony Suarez Joins Key Congressional and Evangelical Leaders to Discuss 2016 Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 28, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Evangelical leader Rev. <span class=\"xn-person\">Tony Suarez<\/span>, executive vice president of The <span id=\"spanHghlt89aa\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhclc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(NHCLC)\/CONEL, the world&#8217;s largest Hispanic Christian organization, participated in a meeting yesterday with key House leadership including Speaker <span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Ryan<\/span> to discuss the political and spiritual direction of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120912\/CL72800LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120912\/CL72800LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Rev. Suarez addressed the importance of the Hispanic electorate in the upcoming election and the spiritual implications surrounding the immigration issue. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The members of Congress, specifically those that profess <span class=\"xn-person\">Jesus Christ<\/span> as Lord and Savior, must prayerfully consider the spiritual implications of mass deportation, as well as the current strategies espoused by both Republican candidates,&#8221; said Suarez. &#8220;If a mass deportation of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in our country were to take place, it would virtually close most Hispanic churches in our country.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Speaker Ryan, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Jody Hice<\/span>, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Randy Hultgren<\/span>, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Reid Ribble<\/span>, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Tim Walberg<\/span>, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Cathy McMorris Rodgers<\/span> and Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Mark Walker<\/span> attended the meeting that included key prominent religious leaders and influencers, including <span class=\"xn-person\">Russell Moore<\/span>, president of the Ethics &amp; Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and <span class=\"xn-person\">Jim Garlow<\/span>, senior pastor of <span id=\"spanHghlt0e15\">Skyline<\/span><span id=\"spanHghltc3e9\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"spanHghlt9185\">Church<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego, California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was an honor to join other leaders and Speaker Ryan for lunch,&#8221; said Suarez. &#8220;Their willingness to meet with faith leaders, and hear our concerns, gives me hope for what we might be able to accomplish in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Topics of conversation also focused heavily on religious liberty and the policies and tone espoused by the two front-running Republican presidential candidates. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 2016 election at the end of the day will determine whether or not we as Americans will continue to have religious liberty,&#8221; said Rev. Rodriguez, President of the NHCLC. &#8220;Yesterday&#8217;s meeting speaks to the sense of urgency where Christian leaders must coalesce around a prophetic and political strategy that will secure that very freedom for generations to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>NHCLC\/CONEL<\/b> is the world&#8217;s largest Hispanic Christian organization. It serves as a representative voice for the more than 100 million Hispanic Evangelicals assembled in over 40,000 U.S. churches and another hundreds of thousands of congregations spread throughout the Spanish-speaking diaspora. <\/p>\n<p>The organization emphasizes &#8220;7 Directives&#8221; of Life, Family, Compassionate Evangelism, Stewardship, Justice, Education and Youth and seeks to reconcile Evangelist <span class=\"xn-person\">Billy Graham&#8217;s<\/span> message of salvation through Christ with Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8217;s<\/span> march of prophetic activism. 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