LATIN AMERICA

The Acts 29 Latin America Network spans from Mexico to Brazil in a region consists of over 600 million people, 35 countries, and five different main languages.

About

There are more than 50 partner churches in the Latin American network including churches in Guatemala, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil, among others. There are also many other churches associated with our work who are in the process of becoming members.

The Network has many different ways of training pastors and church planters, including the online platform plantadores.org. Additionally in Brazil we have two church-planting residencies in the cities of Rio and São Paulo.

Join us in prayer that the Gospel would continue to bear fruit in Latin America as we seek to plant healthy churches centered on Jesus.

Church Planter

Are you 28 or older, planning to plant in the next 18 months, and formally affirmed by your local church? This process will assess your strengths and weaknesses for planting.

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Existing Church

Are you 28 years or older and pastoring a church that wants to join Acts 29? This track will assess whether your church can partner with Acts 29.

Spanish: click here
Portugues: click here

Church to Church Partnership Opportunities

Em Reforma church, Brazil

Emanuel & Lara Malinoski

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.
Iglesia Gracia y Verdad, Costa Rica

Esteban & Joy Rojas

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.
Iglesia Sublime Gracia, Colombia

Pierre & Heilym Caravallo

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.
Iglesia Palabra Viva, Cuba

MIchel & Yanelis Castillo / David & Rut Davila

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.
Emaus Church, Ecuador

Claudio & Silvana Faundez

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.
Iglesia Sublime Gracia, Guatemala

Manuel & Andrea Valle

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.
Iglesia Familia de Fe Monterrey, Mexico

Armando & Gaby Ortiz

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.
Iglesia Bautista Adulam, Uruguay

Facundo & Paola Luzardo

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.
Iglesia Jesucristo es el Señor,, Venezuela

Freddy & Nuria Nava

For more information on this partner church please click on the link below.

Staff

FRANCISCO BENDFELDT

Network Director | Latin America

Francisco began his ministry as a teenager and during the last 20 years has preached in several countries around the world. He is the lead pastor of Casa de Libertad in Guatemala City and has a passion to reach others with the Gospel through church planting. He lives in Guatemala with his wife Carol and his 4 children.

ALEJANDRO URREA

Global Assessment Coordinator

Alejandro is the assessment coordinator for Latin America, and is part of the Global Team. He lives in Guatemala City with his family.

CRISTIANO GASPAR

Region Director | Brazil

Cristiano is planting Comunidade Batista Macaé, a new church in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cristiano serves as a leader in the Projeto Plantador church planting residency. Cristiano has a Bachelors In Business Management. He is married to Edna, and the father of Mariana and Alice.

MARIANNA CALVO

Assistant to the Network Director | Latin America

Marianna is the event coordinator for Latin America. She is also a staff member for Casa de Libertad in Guatemala city. Marianna moved from her native Costa Rica in 2016 to join Casa de Libertad and work in full time ministry.

PABLO DI GILIO

Sub-Region Director | Caribbean

After growing up as a missionary kid and then serving as a missionary for 5 years, God called him to plant Vertical Connection Church in Querétaro, Mexico. After establishing an elder team at Vertical Connection, Pablo, along with his family and a core team, left to plant LUMINA also in Querétaro.

OSCAR MORALES

Region Director | Central America

Oscar is part of the leadership in Iglesia Reforma Guatemala, and also servers in the worship and counseling ministry. He is married to Regina, and is the father of Oscar Alejandro and Ana Sofia.

ARMANDO ORTIZ

SubRegion Director | Mexico

Armando is one of the pastors at Familia de Fe, in Monterrey, Mexico. He lives there with his wife Gaby, and their 4 children.

CLAUDIO FAUNDEZ

SubRegion Director | Andines

Claudio is the pastor of Emaus Church in Ambato, Ecuador. Claudio is from Chile and he serves full time in the preaching of the Word alongside with his wife Silvana Acosta (who is from Ecuador) and his daughters (Amie and Julie). In 2014 God guided them to plant another church in Mulalillo and in 2018 in Riobamba and Pelileo

FACUNDO LUZARDO

Sub-Region Director | SOUTH CONE

Married to Paola and they have two children, Matías and Sebastián. Pastor of the Adulam Baptist Church in Las Piedras.

Contact Us

Spanish Enquiries: americalatina@acts29.com

Portuguese Enquiries: atos29brasil@acts29.com