wfn.org | Hispanic Disciples call new national pastor

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Date: July 30, 1999
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
E-mail: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

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	INDIANAPOLIS (DNS) -- An instructor of preaching from Austin, Texas, 
has been called as the next national pastor for Hispanic Ministries 
in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

	The Rev. Pablo A. Jimenez was unanimously elected to the post by the 
Pastoral Commission for Hispanic Ministries. He begins in January. 
Jimenez currently is an instructor of homiletics at Episcopal 
Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin.

	Jimenez succeeds retired National Pastor Lucas Torres, who will 
continue through December providing part-time administrative and 
pastoral support.

	A native of Puerto Rico, Jimenez was director of the Disciples of 
Christ Biblical Institute and taught at the Evangelical Seminary in 
Puerto Rico, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Ill., 
and Austin (Texas) Presbyterian Theological Seminary. The longtime 
educator also was a Division of Overseas Ministries appointee to the 
Latin American Biblical Seminary, San Jose, Costa Rica.

	Before joining the faculty at Episcopal Seminary, Jimenez was 
executive director of the Association for Hispanic Theological 
Education, Atlanta, Ga., for five years.

	The new national pastor has a master of divinity degree from the 
Evangelical Seminary in Puerto Rico, a master of sacred theology from 
Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, and a doctor of 
ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga. He 
currently is completing coursework for a doctor of philosophy from 
the Evangelical Institute of Graduate Theological Studies in Buenos 
Aires, Argentina.

	Jimenez and his spouse, Glorimar, have one child. He also has a son 
who lives in Puerto Rico.

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