About
Based in Los Angeles, California, Samuel and his wife Bex are laying the groundwork for a multicultural church plant through prayer, discipleship, and street evangelism.
Samuel Rodriguez is originally from Lubbock, Texas. He earned a bachelor’s degree in ministry and leadership from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is working toward a Master of Divinity there. His ministry started in ORU’s missions department, where he traveled, served, and took on leadership roles.
Fourteen years into ministry, Samuel has preached and taught adults and youth in more than 26 countries. His full-time missions work in South and Central America led him to the Dunamis Movement, which was founded in Brazil. He spent five years on Dunamis’s leadership team, helping to lead a movement focused on lasting revival.
From 2019 to 2024, Samuel was a full-time missionary in São Paulo. There he helped build international leadership systems, mobilized thousands of young adults, and oversaw large discipleship schools. From 2021 to 2024, he led Dunamis Greenhouse School of Revival and Reformation, a two-week training that equipped more than 500 students from over 25 nations to bring the Kingdom into every area of society.
Today, Samuel founded and directs the Shinkansen Global Leadership School, which has trained more than 125 emerging leaders from 20+ nations. Taught in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, it raises up Spirit-filled leaders who are grounded in the Word, led by the Holy Spirit, and formed in character, identity, and purpose.
After prayer and wise counsel from Church on the Rock/Pursue Missions International (Lubbock, Texas), Sammy’s missional covering, since he’s been a full-time missionary in Brazil, they were sent to church plant in California. Samuel and his wife, Bex, now live in Los Angeles, where they are laying the foundation for a multicultural church plant. Their work centers on evangelism, discipleship, prayer, and practical outreach. Their goal is to make disciples, raise the next generation of leaders, and send them to influence their communities and nations with the Gospel of the Kingdom.