Story Spotlight

Robert Guerrero and Victor Marte

We want to invite you to slow down for a few minutes and listen to this conversation with Robert Guerrero and Victor Marte.

They’re reflecting on the Latino church, its history, its spirituality, and a theology forged not in comfort or cultural dominance, but in the midst of oppression, poverty, and systemic injustice. What they name is something many in the Western, suburban church haven’t had to wrestle with: faith formed under pressure often sees Jesus more clearly, not less.

The dominant narrative is usually that the church needs to go to the margins to serve or help. But as they point out, Jesus himself comes from the margins. That reframes everything. What if the margins aren’t primarily a mission field, but a place of shared discipleship and mutual learning?

When power, privilege, and resources enter the room, equality becomes difficult. Even well-intentioned efforts can slide into subtle forms of control—who gets invited, who gets legitimized, who gets listened to.

At 100 Movements, we often talk about recovering the forgotten ways of Jesus and learning again how the church lives as a movement rather than an institution. This posture (listening across difference, refusing paternalism, and receiving from the margins rather than managing them) feels central to that recovery. Jesus is too rich to be fully known from one cultural location. We need the expressions of faith that emerge from different histories, wounds, and hopes if we’re going to see anything like the fullness of who he is.

What stands out to you as you consider their words?