Interview: Latin America in the Global Mennon Mission
An approach through the theological-pastoral trajectory of César García
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Mennonites, César García, Global MissionAbstract
César García is a theologian from the Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia and a Master in Theology from Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary. He was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and is currently based in Kitchener, Canada. He is a member of the Mennonite Brethren Church of Colombia and has worked there as a church planter, pastor, and national president. As of 2012, he serves as General Secretary of the Mennonite World Congress (MWC), being the first Latin American to hold this position since its founding in 1925. García is the author of several articles, book chapters and reviews, both in English and in Castilian, about the Colombian Mennonite-Anabaptist world in a global perspective. He is a Doctor of Theology candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with a research project aimed at understanding the Mennonite Global Mission.
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