Church Growth and Culture

Daniel R. Sanchez (D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary and D.Phil. from Oxford Centre for Mission Studies) has served as missionary in Panama and the United States. He lectures worldwide leading workshops and seminars on various topics related to missions including intercultural issues, founding congregations, contextualization, and ministering in Roman Catholic cultures. He also served in congregational ministry and as a professor of missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

Dr. Daniel R. Sánchez has served as Professor of Missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas for more than twenty five years. He also ministered as a church planter, pastor, missionary in Guatemala and Panama , and Director of Missions. Dr. Sanchez holds the Master of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary, the Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary, and the Doctor of Philosophy from the Oxford Centre for Missions studies in England. Sanchez has His ministry has ministered in more than fifty countries preaching, teaching, courses, and conducting workshops. His interest in worldviews as a prerequisite for effective ministry clearly shows in his thesis at Oxford: “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Theological Contextualization With Special Reference to Hispanic Americans”. This interest is also reflected in some of the books he has written such as: Church: Growth and Culture, Hispanic Realities, Sharing The Good News With Roman Catholics, Gospel in the Rosary, and Starting Reproducing Churches. (These books are available through www.churchplanting.net or www.sembrariglesias.net)