| Karla Koll
Karla Ann Koll
GUA 2120
P.O. Bozx 526125
Miami, FL 33152-6125
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Carla was profiled in the spring/summer 2008 issue of the alumni magazine of Princeton Theological Seminary.

Karla serves as professor of history, mission, and religions for the Latin American Biblical University (UBL), an interdenominational institution located in San Jose, Costa Rica, which has been training Latin American church leaders for over 80 years. The UBL placed Karla with the Evangelical Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America (CEDEPCA), an associated institution in Guatemala.
Karla arrived in Guatemala with her family in September of 2000.
Karla and her family live just outside of Quetzaltenango, a city in the western highlands of Guatemala. Karla teaches university-level courses in Quetzaltenango and in Guatemala City. Together with her students she explores the call to be a part of God's mission today in contexts of violence and corruption.
In recent years Karla has also taught courses at institutions related to the UBL in Honduras and Peru, as well as courses at the main campus in San Jose. Karla is developing materials on the history of Christianity for the UBL's Bible institute program. Two groups of Mayan students in Guatemala have been contributing their insights and questions to this process.
Karla writes of her work, “Guatemala is a fascinating place
in which to explore with students the history and mission of Christ’s
church. Several different forms of Christianity—Roman Catholicism,
historical Protestantism, evangelicalism, classical Pentecostalism,
and Neo-Pentecostalism—compete for people’s allegiance.
Mayan spirituality, long practiced clandestinely, has become more
open and public since the signing of the peace accords in 1996.
People are asking how Mayan spirituality and Christianity relate
to one another. They are coming up with very different and conflicting
conclusions. As a missiologist from outside, I can offer people
tools with which to explore these questions as they seek to be
faithful to Jesus Christ in this context.” |