Dr. Juan Martínez
Education:
MDiv, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary
ThM, PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary
Biographical Information:
Juan Martínez’s current research focuses on the history of Latino Protestantism, Latino Protestant identity, ministry in Latino Protestant churches, and Latino and Latin American Anabaptists.
A Mennonite Brethren pastor, Martínez also has experience in church planting and teaching in both religious and secular venues. He served as director of Hispanic Ministries for the Pacific District Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church and of Instituto Bíblico del Pacífico, a Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute.
Most recently Martínez has published the books Los Evangélicos: Portraits of Latino Protestantism in the United States (co-edited with Lindy Scott, 2009), Walk with the People: Latino Ministry in the United States/Caminando entre el pueblo: Ministerio latino en los Estados Unidos (2008), and Vivir y servir en el exilio: Lecturas teológicas de la experiencia latina en los Estados Unidos (co-edited with Jorge Maldonado, 2008). He also recently contributed chapters to several books: Hispanic American Religious Cultures (2009), Building Bridges, Doing Justice: Constructing a Latino/a Ecumenical Theology (2009) and Evangelicals and Empire: Christian Alternatives to the Political Status Quo (2008). Additonally, he was a regional editor for the Global Dictionary of Theology (IVP, 2008).
Board memberships:
• National Latino Institute for Family Enrichment, NLIFE, Inc.
• Centro Hispano para la Educación Teológica (CHET)
• Asociación para Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH).
Areas of Expertise, Research, Writing, and Teaching:
Latino Protestantism in the U.S. and Latin America, transnationalism and mission, intercultural church relations, theological education in Latin America and among Latinos in the U.S., alternative models of theological education, Anabaptism in Latin America.
Additional Information:
Juan Martinez’s personal blog: www.caminandoconelpueblo.com
MDiv, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary
ThM, PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary
Biographical Information:
Juan Martínez’s current research focuses on the history of Latino Protestantism, Latino Protestant identity, ministry in Latino Protestant churches, and Latino and Latin American Anabaptists.
A Mennonite Brethren pastor, Martínez also has experience in church planting and teaching in both religious and secular venues. He served as director of Hispanic Ministries for the Pacific District Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church and of Instituto Bíblico del Pacífico, a Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute.
Most recently Martínez has published the books Los Evangélicos: Portraits of Latino Protestantism in the United States (co-edited with Lindy Scott, 2009), Walk with the People: Latino Ministry in the United States/Caminando entre el pueblo: Ministerio latino en los Estados Unidos (2008), and Vivir y servir en el exilio: Lecturas teológicas de la experiencia latina en los Estados Unidos (co-edited with Jorge Maldonado, 2008). He also recently contributed chapters to several books: Hispanic American Religious Cultures (2009), Building Bridges, Doing Justice: Constructing a Latino/a Ecumenical Theology (2009) and Evangelicals and Empire: Christian Alternatives to the Political Status Quo (2008). Additonally, he was a regional editor for the Global Dictionary of Theology (IVP, 2008).
Board memberships:
• National Latino Institute for Family Enrichment, NLIFE, Inc.
• Centro Hispano para la Educación Teológica (CHET)
• Asociación para Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH).
Areas of Expertise, Research, Writing, and Teaching:
Latino Protestantism in the U.S. and Latin America, transnationalism and mission, intercultural church relations, theological education in Latin America and among Latinos in the U.S., alternative models of theological education, Anabaptism in Latin America.
Additional Information:
Juan Martinez’s personal blog: www.caminandoconelpueblo.com