| Andrés and Gloria Garcia
Iglesia Reformada Presbiteriana de Guinea Ecuatorial|
Apartado de Correo 227
Bata, Guinea Ecuatorial
AFRICA
Email: Andres
and Gloria Garcia
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.
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. |
