Ministry to the Spanish-speaking Community

Norman Lance serves as our Associate Pastor. He is a life-long Texan who grew up near Dallas. He learned to speak Spanish while studying at The University Of Texas at El Paso where he graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor’s in Speech Communication. He married Juanita Gonzalez in 1978 and they have 4 children and 10 grandchildren.

Norman attended Dallas Baptist University to complete a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies in 1996 with an emphasis in Biblical exegesis with Hebrew and Greek. He was ordained to the ministry in 1987 at Glendale Baptist Church in Duncanville Texas. He was Pastor of a Spanish speaking outreach in Dallas County for 7 years. Later he was Pastor of a Spanish speaking mission church in Fannin County for 22 years. In addition, he has been involved in Spanish speaking ministries to inmates at jails, prisons, and detention centers for 25 years. 

 

Norman and Juanita relocated to the Hill Country of Texas in 2017 and have been a part of Southern Hills Baptist Church (SHBC) since December of 2021.He was installed as Associate Pastor at SHBC in December 2022.