Dr. Ricardo Gómez serves as area director for Latin America, overseeing missionaries and national leaders in 19 countries. Together, they pursue a 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. Ricardo also serves as executive director of Impact Latin America, which expands the Community Church Planting movement beyond the denomination. Beth serves alongside Ricardo as his executive assistant.
Pray For
- discernment, wisdom and balance for Ricardo and Beth’s effective ministry and leadership
- safety as they travel throughout the region
- biblical restoration throughout Latin America amid growing social, economic and political challenges
- a growing dependence upon the Holy Spirit as the whole team in Latin America pursues God’s will together
- overall spiritual and physical health and growth for their two children
Recent Newsletters
2022 Latin American Leadership Summit
June 2021 CCP Video Report
Recent Heartbeat Articles
Living in Transformational Community
As we sat together in the conference room for the Strategic Planning Retreat, we realized in reverent gratitude that almost everything God was doing in our midst was new. Flipchart sheets compiled during the week lined the walls, each one capturing a small part of the...
Freedom in Bolivia
Two years ago, the transformational church pillar of the Latin American Area began sponsoring “Freedom Week” to create awareness of modern-day slavery and to begin initiatives to combat trafficking. Area-wide programming in the first year inspired more churches to...
More Than We Could Ask or Imagine
If missionaries Don and Elda Rose Bowen could have seen 65 years into the future, they would have said, “It is more than we could ask or imagine.” In 1956, missionaries Don and Elda Rose Bowen founded the Free Methodist Seminary in Brazil. Hundreds of men and women...
Connection: Bible Memorization and Restoration
One simple interaction in Paraguay and an offering collected at the National Bible Quiz Finals in the USA are reaping great rewards in Colombia. It all started when missionary and the mission district leader of Colombia, Thad Roller, sat next to Gerry Coates, the...