Kay Stotts Godoy is deeply committed to the holistic development of children, with a special focus on nurturing their spiritual growth. She leads a dedicated team of Latin American children’s leaders and FM missionaries in adapting, translating, writing and implementing the Raices (Roots) curriculum across the continent.
Based out of Medellín, Colombia, Ricardo Gómez serves as area director for Latin America. He oversees the U.S. missionaries and national leaders in 19 countries as they implement the shared vision to participate with God in the restoration of Latin America by developing healthy leaders who multiply disciples, groups and churches and empower them for holistic transformation. Beth serves alongside him as an executive assistant.
Esteban and Cris Flores, originally from Baja California, Mexico, are fruitful leaders in the Free Methodist Church. For the past 15 years, they have served in various roles – worship leaders, youth pastors, short-term mission leaders and pastors of a local church. In 2022, they joined a team to coordinate an area-wide Youth Summit called JUMELI and are now leading the JUMELI movement across the Latin America Area.
Shane and Katie Jewell are developing worship teams for church plants in Colombia through mentorship and music lessons. Shane also serves the Latin American Area as VISA coordinator, helping connect the U.S. church with the Latin American church through short-term mission trips.
John Jairo Leal and Susana Castro are ordained pastors in Colombia and have served as pastors and church planters in Medellín. John is currently the field director for Community Church Planting with Impact Latin America and is part of the Colombian ministerial education and guidance board. Susana is the leader of the Developing Healthy Leaders pillar for the Latin American Area and is pastor of the Camino de Vida church in Medellín.
Dennis and Kyle Leon moved to Esterillos, Costa Rica, with the vision of seeing everyone in every community have access to a living church by multiplying disciples, workers and churches. God has used them to lead to Christ and disciple many new believers, resulting in a multiplying network of churches and home groups now called the 360 Mission District.
Pastor Casto has a track record for training, mentoring, encouraging and empowering leaders, resulting in more than 20 new churches in his home country. He now mentors superintendents in Puerto Rico, Chile and Mexico, and is a mission district leader in Costa Rica. A retired teacher, Flor Marlene is currently part of the Latin America Area Developing Healthy Leaders team.
David is an international missionary in Latin America. He and his family moved to their country of origin three years ago. David is an ordained elder with a successful track record of multiplying disciples, leaders and churches. He is the coordinator of the pillar for the Multiplication of Disciples, Groups and Churches in the Free Methodist Church of Latin America.
Creative Access workers are involved in education, leadership development, discipleship and micro-enterprise.
Anthony and Lizzette Owens are pioneering Free Methodist work in Panama. Anthony was born in Panama and ordained in the Free Methodist Church in Florida, where he planted and served in various church settings. In 2024, he and Lizzette took a step of faith, returning to his native Panama where they now serve as international missionaries, answering the call to expand the Kingdom and establish the Free Methodist Church there. Since they arrived in Panama, a strong and thriving house of peace (house church) has been established and is already seeing fruitfulness. Their short-term focus is on sharing the good news and discipling new believers. Eventually, they hope to establish a network of transformational house churches and established congregations.
