Must we talk about equality in ministry within a denomination that, from its beginnings, has counted among its areas of service a call to pastoral ministry for both men and women?

If you are like me, maybe not. But in practice is has shown to be necessary because it is clear that opinions, cultures, society, and even the influence of other denominations have outweighed the teaching professed by our Wesleyan-Armenian denomination.

This reality was the motivation for the annual conference, “Equally Called,” ...

“With Eternal Love” was the theme of the SENDAS Graduation 2021. The prophet Jeremiah (31:1-9) reminds us of God’s faithful love in times of difficulty. We give thanks to God for his loving care.

For the second consecutive year we held our graduation virtually. God blessed us with many graduates coming from thirteen different countries including Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, the United States, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. We graduated a total ...

For the Nazarene Seminary of the Americas it is a great pleasure to celebrate the arrival of Rev. Felipe Flores Lewis who is the new Coordinator of the ETED (studies for ordination) program and the School of Leadership (system of diversified ministry formation in the local church), for Costa Rica and Panama.

Rev. Flores has previously served as pastor, profesor of SENDAS and district superintendent in Costa Rica North and Central Panama.

The academic staff of SENDAS welcomed Rev. Flores with great ...

In July of 2018, the Nazarene Seminary of the Americas (SENDAS) made an important agreement with Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) of San Diego, California.

Under this agreement, SENDAS will provide a “bridge program” which will serve the 12 districts of the United States and Canada that are part of the PLNU educational region. Those districts cover the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Hawaii, and parts of Nevada, Utah and Texas.  Two-thirds of all Hispanic Nazarene churches in the United ...

It was 1982 when a young Nicaraguan, located in the United States, arrived to SENDAS obeying a call from God to prepare to be a pastor. During the four years that followed, he studied diligently and graduated with a Licensure in Theology in 1985. After more than three decades, his influence on the Spanish-speaking church as well as the Latin American church in the world has produced new pastors who are now serving in many parts of the globe. ...

From June 26 through July 13, 2018, Costa Rica hosted the event “Encounter 2018.” Approximately 500 adults, teens, and adolescents from the USA-Canada Region gathered for this event. SENDAS hosted the various groups who came to participate.

During the two-week event, teams were dispersed to work with different Nazarene churches in Costa Rica toward the goal of impacting local communities where Churches of the Nazarene were located.

Each church put into practice various forms of evangelism including sporting events, the development of ...

As part of the partnership formed in May of 2017, a Work & Witness Team team from the NorCal District of the Church of the Nazarene arrived to Costa Rica on Wednesday, June 13. The team would spend a week at SENDAS working on various projects. They divided their work helping with three different tasks.

First, they contributed to the renovations of two small, old apartments. The apartments were repurposed into locker rooms for the new soccer complex. This project is ...

The German protestant theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote:

“Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ…It means, first, that a Christian needs others because of Jesus Christ…..”  (from Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1954)

The Certificate in Youth Ministry and the Bachelor of Theology with an emphasis in Youth Ministry programs are the result of a collaboration between SENDAS and the NYI Regional council for the purpose of equipping youth leaders on our Mesoamerica Region. 

On April 17-28, 2018 in ...

From April 3-6, 2018, continuing education workshop for the teaching staff was celebrated on the campus of SENDAS in San José, Costa Rica. 

The theme of the training was “Education by Focusing on Competencies.” Dr. Tomas Vazquez from Chiapas, Mexico was the invited special presenter.  

Professors from SENDAS involved in ETED and in the bachelors and masters programs gathered to attend the workshop.

SENDAS firmly believes that its professors are the key in the process of teaching and learning, and ...

During the months of January and February, Cuba held its District Assemblies in the East and West districts, both culminating with the graduation of students from different programs such as Diploma, Baccalaureate and Certificate in Youth Ministry.

It is amazing to see how God is preparing the leaders of that beautiful country! We celebrate that a total of 50 students from the East District graduated as well as 49 students from the West District. God is moving in the heart of ...