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Juan Martínez
Associate Dean, Center for the Study of Hispanic Church and Community (Centro para el Estudio de Iglesia y Comunidad Latina), and Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Pastoral Leadership
School of Theology
Contact Information:
martinez@fuller.edu
626-584-5588
Education:

MDiv, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary
ThM, PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary 


Biographical Information:
Juan Martínez, on the faculty since 2001, is assistant dean for the Hispanic Church Studies Department and associate professor of Hispanic studies and pastoral leadership in the School of Theology. Among other topics, his current research focuses on the history of Latino Protestantism, Latino Protestant identity, ministry in Latino Protestant churches, and Latino and Latin American Anabaptists.

Martínez joined Fuller from the Latin American Anabaptist Seminary in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where he served as rector for nine years. 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). Additionally, he recently contributed chapters to several books: Hispanic American Religious Cultures (2009), Building Bridges, Doing Justice: Constructing a Latino/a Ecumenical Theology (2009); Evangelicals and Empire: Christian Alternatives to the Political Status Quo (2008); and Vivir y servir en el exilio: Lecturas teológicas de la experiencia latina en los Estados Unidos. (2008). He was also a regional editor for the Global Dictionary of Theology (IVP, 2008).

Martínez has published articles in many journals in both English and Spanish, including the Journal of Mennonite Studies, Kairos, Mennonite Quarterly Review, New Mexico Historical Review, Esperanza en Camino, Apuntes, and Direction. On a popular level, Martínez also writes a monthly column in Spanish (“Alterando el Curso”) for the Spanish language evangelical monthly El Inter.

He serves on the board of several associations including Centro Hispano para la Educación Teológica, Asociación para Educación Teológica Hispana, and the Center for Anabaptist Leadership.
Areas of Expertise, Research, Writing, and Teaching:
Latino Protestantism in the U.S. and Latin America, theological education in Latin America and among Latinos in the U.S., alternative models of theological education, Anabaptism in Latin America

 

Additional Information:

Dr. Martínez's personal blog

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