Pastor Samuel Rodriguez

Samuel Rodriguez is the president of “NHCLC” (National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference), the largest Hispanic Christian organization in the world with more than 42,000 churches in the US and many more churches spread throughout the Spanish-speaking diaspora.

Rodríguez was the first Latino to deliver the keynote address at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, and received the Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award presented by the Congress of Racial Equality.

Rodriguez has advised Presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump, and frequently consults with Congress to promote immigration and criminal justice reform, as well as religious liberty and pro-life initiatives. By the grace of God, Rev. Rodriguez is one of the few people to have participated in the inaugurations of two different presidents representing both political parties.

He earned his master's degree from Lehigh University and received honorary doctorates from Northwest, William Jessup, and Baptist University of the America's. Rodriguez serves as senior pastor of New Season Church, one of the fastest-growing megachurches in the United States with campuses in Los Angeles and Sacramento, CA, where he resides with his wife, Eva, and their three children.