Roberto Alvarez graduated from Baxter in 1989 and spent a year helping in the ministry in Zone 8 of Guatemala City. In 1991, he became the establishing minister of the Pinares congregation, now a strong, stable and large congregation. In 2003, the Pinares church accepted the challenge of planting churches in the Eastern part of Guatemala, where there are now some 50 congregations, at least 15 of them the direct result of the work of the Pinares church. As the dream unfolded, others also became interested in strengthening the presence of the church in that area, so that in one sense the work in eastern Guatemala is the result of the dream of the Pinares church.
Roberto has served eight years as director of BICA-Guatemala. In 2012, he began a new congregation in downtown Guatemala City, Centro Historico. In the first year, the church had nearly 100 baptisms, and there were 86 present on a recent Sunday night when I preached there. Roberto has also served with Health Talents in Guatemala and is active in many aspects of God’s work in Central America. He is a regular teacher and lecturer at Seminario Baxter and will serve as primary expositor in 2013.