Inés Velásquez-McBryde is a pastor, preacher, mujerista and speaker. She is the founder and Lead Pastor of The Church We Hope for, a multiethnic church planted during the 2020 pandemic in Pasadena. She is originally from Nicaragua. Inés earned her MDiv at Fuller Seminary and was a Chaplain at Fuller for 2 years. She has 22 years of combined ministry experience in church-planting and pastoral staff leadership in multi-ethnic churches. She has spoken in local church pulpits across the nation, as well as at national and regional conferences sharing her passion for multiethnic church planting, racial reconciliation, justice, and the full inclusion of women in pastoral leadership.

Inés was the recipient of the Ian-Pitts Watson Preaching Award at Fuller Seminary. She is a contributing writer for Need to Know: Empowering Female Leadership and Why It’s Essential for the Leadership of the Church and She Is: Biblical Reflections on Vocation workbook and Life for Leaders Devotional for Fuller’s DePree Center for Leadership. Inés has been married to Rob for 21 years and loves being a soccer mom to their son, Nash. She loves salsa dancing and café con leche.