Andrés and Gloria Garcia
Iglesia Reformada Presbiteriana de Guinea Ecuatorial|
Apartado de Correo 227
Bata, Guinea Ecuatorial
AFRICA
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Appointed as mission co-workers in 1987, the Garcias have served the church in various capacities. After serving in Central America for 16 years (Costa Rica and El Salvador), the Garcias accepted an assignment in the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa, Equatorial Guinea, a small country in West Africa. The Garcias serve as evangelists and church administrators in partnership with the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea.

From January 2003 to March of 2004 the Garcias were missionaries-in-residence in the Worldwide Ministries Division for the Ecumenical and Mission Partnership team.

The Garcias served in El Salvador from 2001 to 2002 with the Calvinist Reformed Church of El Salvador. Gloria worked in mission education, facilitating the work of mission teams from the United States. Andres was a consultant in construction projects.

Prior to their assignment in El Salvador, Andres and Gloria worked in Costa Rica. Their most recent assignment there was teaching at Evangelical Center of Pastoral Studies in Central America. The couple was also responsible for serving as resource persons for the center's exchange and communication project for peace, collaborating with the center's work in women's ministry and workshops, and serving as educational and theological resource persons for ministry in the region.

Letters from
Andrés and Gloria Garcia

• June 2008
• January 2008
• October 2007
• November 2006
• July 2006
• April 2006
• November 2005
• July 2005
• November 2004
• July 2004
• April 2004
• March 2004
• September 2003
• January 2003
• June 2002
• November 2001
• November 2000
• September 2000
• April 2000
• December 1999
• September 1999
• April 1999

Mr. Garcia was born in a rural farming community in Honduras. He was one of ten children, four of whom died in infancy. Mr. Garcia completed secondary school and earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree in theology and Christian education at the Latin American Biblical Seminary in Costa Rica. In addition he has a degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Costa Rica. He spent nine years as organizer and director of the Central American Evangelical Center for Pastoral Studies, before teaching courses and leading workshops in parts of Central America where the church is alive but without trained leadership.

Born in Quito, Ecuador, Mrs. Garcia is the fifth in a family of nine children. She earned a BA degree in Christian education from the Latin American Biblical Seminary and a master's degree in Latin American studies from the National University of Costa Rica in San José. She has been a consultant for the Latin American Evangelical Center for Pastoral Studies and a coordinator for the center's pastoral women's ministry.

The Garcias have two adult children: Gerson Ofir and Varinia.

Birthdays:
Andrés - February 4
Gloria - July 14