DEL CAMINO CONNECTION

Journey With Us

Partners & Global Friends: Walking Together Through Shared Life and Mission.

PARTNERS & GLOBAL FRIENDS

Cultivating Gospel-shaped relationships across cultures

Del Camino Connection is shaped by relationships.

We understand partnership not as transaction or affiliation, but as shared life rooted in trust, mutuality, and common purpose. The churches, organizations, and networks named here are companions on the Way—friends and partners with whom we learn, serve, and discern together.

This list represents some of the relationships that have shaped our journey over the years and continues to grow.

North American Church Partners

We are grateful for churches across North America who have journeyed with Del Camino Connection through church-to-church partnerships, learning journeys, coaching, and shared discernment. These relationships reflect a shared commitment to Just Relationships and faithful participation in God’s mission.

Palm Valley Church — Mission, TX
Hillside Covenant Church — Walnut Creek, CA
Creekwood Church — Mansfield, TX
The Church at Severn Run — Severn, MD
The Broken Wall Project — Baltimore, MD
Life Connection Church — Severn, MD
First Presbyterian Church — Colorado Springs, CO
Highland Covenant Church — Bellevue, WA
Hope Fellowship Church — Frisco, TX

This list represents some of the churches who have journeyed with us over the years and is not exhaustive.

Networks & Alliances We Serve and Support

Del Camino Connection serves and accompanies networks and alliances of churches and leaders who practice integral mission and seek justice, shalom, and transformation through locally rooted initiatives. These networks are not programs we manage, but communities we walk alongside, learning from their wisdom and supporting their shared life and mission.

Red del Camino Network for Integral Mission
Latin America & the Caribbean (A grassroots network of local churches and leaders practicing integral mission across diverse contexts.)

AVANCE
A Fellowship of Catalytic Leaders in Mutual Support (Advancing Hispanic-led Gospel movements in North American cities and the Hispanic Caribbean.)

Link: AVANCE

Micah Network
(A global network committed to integral mission, justice, and community transformation.)

Christian Community Development Association (CCDA)
(A movement of practitioners committed to Christ-centered community development, reconciliation, and justice.)

Parish Collective
(A network supporting parish-rooted leaders practicing faithful presence and local renewal.)

Faith-Based Organizations & Ministries

Partners we have served, supported, and journeyed alongside.

Del Camino Connection has partnered with and served a range of faith-based organizations and ministries through consulting, coaching, training, equipping, and relational accompaniment.
These organizations share a pro-church posture, recognizing the local church as God’s primary instrument of transformation in the world.

City to City North America
City to City New York City
Biblica Virtual
Tearfund UK
Living Water International
Habitat for Humanity
Compassion International
STEP International

Through these relationships, we have supported leaders and teams seeking to cultivate healthier partnerships, deepen their practice of integral mission, and walk faithfully with churches and communities around the world.

A Living Network of Relationships

The partners and friends named here reflect a shared commitment to Just Relationships—partnerships where all voices matter, leadership is shared, and transformation flows in every direction.

We are grateful to walk together.

Invitation

If you are exploring partnership or simply want to learn more about the community of relationships that shape Del Camino Connection, we invite you to start a conversation.

Testimonies

“Tom has traveled with us to several of our Global Connects and has helped coach our relationships into even stronger bonds. Through Del Camino Connection, several new doors of Kingdom connection have opened—doors I believe will bear much fruit in the future. Tom and Dee have ministered in our pulpit, spent meaningful time with many of our staff, and invested countless hours dreaming together about what could be as God leads future Kingdom movements. They have been more than consultants; they have become my friends.”

— Rick Gannon

Pastor, Palm Valley Church, Mission, TX

What sets Del Camino Connection apart for me is their clear commitment to equality between Christian brothers and sisters from the U.S. and the Global South. DCC’s intentional approach of pairing churches as true partners, ministering beside and to one another, creates a remarkably healthy and life-giving dynamic.

— Jon McNeill

DCC Friend & Supporter

I have known Del Camino Connection since its inception, and without hesitation I can say that it has been the most formative space in preparing me for my work in cultivating church planting networks. Through mentoring relationships and immersive learning experiences, DCC has shaped both my vision and my practice. In my role as Director of the Latino Initiative at City to City North America and as a catalyst within Avance Fellowship—a network of Latino/a pastors and church planters across the U.S. and the Hispanic Caribbean—we reached a critical moment when we needed a trusted partner to walk alongside Hispanic leaders. Our aim was to support church planting, replanting, and revitalization grounded in a holistic vision of the Kingdom of God. Del Camino Connection was the natural and strategic choice. Over the past four years, our partnership has borne remarkable fruit, strengthening the vision and mission of Avance Fellowship and deepening our shared work for the flourishing of Hispanic gospel movements.

— Robert Guerrero

Director, Latino Initiative & Vice President City to City North America

Our church has partnered with Del Camino Connection for well over a decade, and their role has been instrumental in connecting us with a sister church in the Dominican Republic and nurturing an ever-deepening relationship between our congregations. Through multiple visits and ongoing accompaniment, DCC has helped us move beyond surface-level engagement toward a relationship that truly feels like family. Their training and guidance have bridged cultural differences and grounded our partnership in a shared desire to reflect God’s character in a troubled world. We are deeply grateful for the way Del Camino Connection helps build the global Body of Christ and invites churches like ours to experience what it means to be part of God’s worldwide Kingdom.

— Dan Carl

Global Outreach Lead Hillside Covenant Church, Walnut Creek, CA

Our congregation has partnered with Tom Yaccino and Del Camino Connection for nearly a decade, and their impact has been invaluable. Through training, consulting, and shared visits, DCC has helped us move beyond simply understanding global partnership to actually practicing Kingdom partnership. We are now seeing the fruit of our partnership in Guatemala across every generation of our church. I am grateful to call Tom both a colleague and a friend, and I wholeheartedly recommend Del Camino Connection to churches of any size seeking meaningful and sustainable global partnerships. Creekwood Church began partnering with Tom Yaccino and Del Camino Connection in 2014. Through that relationship, we were not only introduced to churches in Latin America, but invited into a broader vision of the Kingdom of God.

— Ellen Dawson

Missions Pastor, 1st Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, CO

Through DCC, we have been able to witness and participate in holistic ministry that brings the presence of God into local communities. Their thoughtful preparation, care, and accompaniment of our teams have consistently created space for meaningful engagement and deep relationship. As a result of the partnerships we’ve cultivated in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica—relationships facilitated by DCC—Creekwood has become a more faithful steward of our own community in Mansfield, Texas. We are deeply grateful for the way this journey has shaped us.

— Jim Hampton

Missions & Outreach Pastor Creekwood Church, Mansfield, TX

In a time when global mission is often reduced to quick trips and transactional experiences, Del Camino Connection offers clarity, integrity, and a profoundly different way of engaging. I have worked with Tom Yaccino for over 15 years across two church communities and have witnessed firsthand his wise, cross-cultural leadership. Del Camino Connection prepares teams to engage global contexts with humility, cultural intelligence, and deep respect for local leadership. What sets DCC apart is their commitment to Just Relationships—a relational posture that moves beyond charity or activity toward long-term partnerships marked by trust, mutuality, and shared life. Through DCC, we have experienced some of the most meaningful and transformative global partnerships of our ministry life. I recommend Del Camino Connection without reservation.

— Dr. Jeff Reed

Senior Pastor, Highland Covenant Church Bellevue, Washington

I could not ask for a better experience than what our Pepperdine DC students have gotten on our Learning Journeys to the Dominican Republic with Del Camino Connection. We have built deep relationships and cultural connections that have lasted for years. Students were inspired by holistic ministry and a spirit of service lived out by DCC’s partner churches. And, of course, they have so much fun in a beautiful place building relationships with amazing people! We feel very blessed.

— Brian Swarts

Washington D.C. Campus, Director Pepperdine University

Our partnership with Del Camino Connection didn’t just offer us tools—Tom Yaccino and the DCC team walked and journeyed with us. The transformation we’ve experienced in both our leadership and our connection to the community is something we thank God for daily. We are not just a stronger church—we are a more present church, thanks to the intentional support, guidance, and challenge we received through our relationship with DCC.

— Kerlin Calderon

Senior Pastor, Grace Tabernacle Ministries