Category — Biographies

[There's a video of my visit with Juan Carlos out on YouTube, if you'd like to see it. Please excuse the quality, we were preaching open-air at night under a street light.]

Juan Carlos (or “JuanCa” for short) is what many today are calling an “indigenous missionary.” He’s a friend of mine, he’s become part of our ministry here, and so I’d like to introduce him to you.

JuanCa is originally from San José and has pastored a church in a rural area of Costa Rica called San Mateo for the last three years; it’s about 30 minutes from the Pacific Coast (and two or three hours from San José where we live). His church is actually in a small town in San Mateo called “Jesús-María,” and from the name you can guess that it’s very catholic. He also pastors a new work that he started in a town just down the road called Labrador (you may remember we did some outreach with JuanCa in Labrador a while back). [Read more →]