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Since he was six years old, he grew up in the Methodist Church in Piedras Negras, Mexico. He was one of the founders of the Youth League in the early 80's. After several years in the youth leadership of the league and the Youth district, God called him to the ministry entering the seminary even with 17 years old. In 1992, He graduated of BA in theology at the John Wesley Methodist Seminary in the City of Monterrey. In 1991 he started his studies in the Methodist Conference and was ordained elder in 1995. He has studied many courses in theology, pastoral care and received his certification as a chaplain. It has over two decades of experience in pastoral work in northern Mexico and the United States. He has been teacher of conferences and trainer of many courses to pastors, and a enthusiastic preacher in the U.S. and Mexico. Always preaching the gospel and leading the Latin people to serve God through the gifts and ministries that God has given to His Church.

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Desarrollando Lideres para la Gloria de Dios. Dios me ha llamado al desarrollo de lideres y de ministerios. La iglesia de Jesucristo esta siendo llamada a servirle! Para cumplir esta tarea, cada creyente tiene la responsabilidad de ser perfeccionado para alabanza de Dios. El desarrollo de lideres requiere un compromiso constante aun mayor que el que existente en un proceso de discipulado. Mi deseo es que este blog te ayude en ese proceso, en tu crecimiento y en tu servicio a Dios.

God called me to train and develop better leaders and ministries to serve better the Church of Jesus Christ. The Church is called to serve and ministry this world that is in crisis. To accomplish this task, every believer has a responsibility to be perfected to the praise of God. Leadership development requires sustained commitment even greater than that existing in a process of discipleship. My hope is that this blog help you in this process, your growth and your service to God.


Mira que te mando que te esfuerces y seas valiente; no temas ni desmayes, porque Jehová tu Dios estará contigo dondequiera que vayas. Josue 1:9







jueves, 30 de julio de 2015

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I have a month as the Hispanic Ministry Coordinator of the Rocky Mountain Conference and this has been a wonderful experience. Bishop and staff of the Conference Office have treated me wonderfully and made me feel very comfortable. This is a wonderful work team. Also, I have been in touch with the Latino congregations and their pastors and we have spent a blessed time together. I thank God because it is a blessing to be Missionary of Global Ministries appointed as the Hispanic Ministry Coordinator of the Rocky Mountain Conference.

This month I had the opportunity to visit any Latino congregations and pastors, and I see God is blessing each of the Hispanic Ministries of the Rocky Mountain Conference. My first activity as Hispanic Ministry Coordinator was a camp at Buckhorn. I spent my first weekend here at Colorado viewing the beauty of the Colorado Mountains and worshiping God with any Latino congregations.  It was a blessing to see the leadership of Pastor Hugo Melo of Rawlings WY and the great attendance of El Remanente, the Hispanic Ministry of Pastor Rafael Luna.

Gracia Divina was the first Hispanic ministry I visited. Guillermo Reyes is the pastor and they are members at Alameda Heights UMC of Denver CO. I saw a great attendance in the worship service, they were around 65, and that Sunday they received 20 people as new members of the church. I was also invited for the Pastor to attend the Vacation Bible School where all the pastoral family were very active serving God and reaching new people.

My third Sunday I was at Epworth UMC, where there are two Hispanic assistant pastors: Vicky Alvarado and Hugo Venegas working in the Hispanic Ministry over there. The second worship service at Epworth UMC is a bilingual worship service. In my own opinion, it is an extraordinary model to follow as Rocky Mountain Conference, and I was very blessed worshiping God in 2 languages in two different cultures. Without doubts this is a wonderful model to open new Hispanic Ministries in our Conference. The worship service was led in Spanish by Pastor Vicky Alvarado and in English by Pastor Jeff Kanost. I believe that as Rocky Mountain Conference, we need more ministries like this one.

The fourth Sunday, I visited the Hispanic Ministry of Pastor Lucia Correa, Enciende una Luz. This is the Hispanic Ministry of the Smoke Hill UMC of Denver CO. It was a great blessing to be in the worship service of this Hispanic ministry led by brother Victor, and was impacted for the message of a wonderful preacher, Pastor Lucia Correa. This Sunday, August 2, is its 5th anniversary and we are very blessed because God is doing wonderful things in our Latino churches.

Also I visited Pan de Vida, the Hispanic Ministry of Brentwood UMC. Pastor Manuel Jimenez is leading this Hispanic Ministry and they have an extraordinary attendance around 70 each Sunday. Pan de Vida organized the Mission U event with the missionary Miguel Mairena talking about Latinoamerica. There was a great attendance (31) from any of the Hispanic Ministries of our Conference.
Brothers and sisters, God is blessing our Hispanic ministry as Rocky Mountain Conference. We want to continue working in other areas of our ministries and hope we can serve God together. Please be praying for the Hispanic Ministry of the Rocky Mountain. We need your prayers and cover, and also please pray for me as the Hispanic Ministry Coordinator. We are in touch. With love Rev Cesar M. Duran

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