About Us

About Us

The Latino Caucus envisions a Virginia Conference where our Latino presence is empowered to lead, grow, and transform the Church and the world through equity, innovation, and community.

We commit to:

⚬ Advocating for equitable resources and inclusive representation for Latino ministries and leaders.

⚬ Teaching and training Latinos and allies to creatively and effectively grow Latino ministries across the Conference.

⚬ Mentoring Latino clergy and laity to strengthen leadership and support cross-racial, cross-cultural ministry partnerships.

Caucus Officers

Chad_Beck

Rev. Chad Beck

Nilse Furtado Gilliam

Rev. Nilse Furtado-Gilliam

Eduardo Carillo

Rev. Eduardo Carillo

Carlos Liceaga

Dr. Carlos Liceaga

Contact Us

Immigration
for churches

Immigration
assistance
for individuals

Religion and Race

Cross-Cultural
Ministries

Grants

MARCHA

Sanctuary FAQ

ICE Guidance

After Day One:
A High Level Analysis of Trump's First Executive Actions

Trump en 2025:
Expectativas & Conozca sus Derechos

Trump in 2025:
What to Expect & Know Your Rights

Hispanic
Heritage Month

Hispanic/Latino
Hymns

Recursos Metodistas
en Español

UMCOMtigo

Discipleship Resources
in Spanish

All monies donated support the following programs of the COD:

  • Accessibility Grants — which assist local churches in working their way toward total accessibility in both church facilities and parsonages.
    Program Grants — to assist any church and/or church-related organization wanting to develop new ministries with persons with disabilities.
  • Camper Scholarships — to help campers who otherwise could not come to Camp Rainbow Connection without full or partial financial assistance.
  • Disability Awareness Sunday resources
  • Support of Conference Deaf Ministries
  • Printing of Materials in Braille for churches, districts, conference events and individuals
  • Provision of Resources to the local church, districts, and conference

A large part of the work of the Commission is in the area of education and advocacy.

For more information about the Commission on Disabilities, contact the Missional and Community Engagement Office: Virginia Conference of the UMC, 10330 Staples Mill Road, Suite 100, Glen Allen, VA 23060; phone: (804) 521-1165

Disability-Friendly and Accessible Church Badge Project

from the Disability Ministries Committee of the United Methodist Church

The Disability Ministries Committee (DMC) of the United Methodist Church is now offering training to annual conference disability committees on what is involved in adopting the program in your conference.

The committee has added a Copper Pre-badge level for churches that are not accessible but faithfully complete their annual audits and set goals to achieve what they can within their ministries.

Bronze and Silver levels are awarded based on the church accessibility audit score and self-report. See the Audits and Accessibility Badge page for instructions on obtaining these digital badges.

The DMC is reviewing churches for the Gold level if there is no conference committee trained and available. Churches will obtain a certificate and a door cling decal in addition to the digital badge to let the community know they have earned this distinction.

For more information about the Disabilities Ministries Committee visit https://umcdmc.org/

A basic local church training video is available through the Baltimore-Washington conference Commission on Disability’s website: