Where We Serve



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La Paz - LATTE Professor Philip and Kathy reside in Bolivia since spring 2011.  Prof. Philip is teaching theological courses to seminary student Julio and Bible institute students on-site. Previously, LATTE Professor Lorenzo made 9 teaching trip since 2007.
  • Bible Institute Students: 3
  • Seminary Students and Student Pastors*:  Julio
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Dourados - Evangelist Gilberto actively assists the pastor of Estrela de Belén in serving the congregation's needs with zeal.
Gravataí - Pastor Elcy serves the congregation, Jesus Salvador.
President Prudente - Pastor Roberto serves as a missionary, working with a small group.
LATTE Professor Natán serves as the WELS Friendly Counselor for the Brazilian Lutheran Church. He provides theological training for Evangelist Gilberto and offers continued education courses to Pastor Elcy and Pastor Roberto.
  • Bible Institute Students:  Gilberto
  • Pastors:  Elcy and Roberto
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Medellín - There are two student pastors, Tonny and Henry, who serve the congregation in Medellín. They also teach a Bible Institute curriculum to about 12 men in their congregation and elsewhere.
Bogotá - Fernando, Fabio, and Eliseo serve as student pastors in Bogotá.
Occasional teaching trips are made to Colombia, but most of the teaching is done online with students in Medellín, Quibdo, and Santa Marta.
  • Bible Institute Students: Adolfo, Rubén, Eugenia, and Ross
  • Seminary Students:  Eliseo and  Fabio
  • Seminary Students and Student Pastors*: Fernando, Raúl, and Tonny
  • Pastors: Henry
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Santiago - Previously, LATTE Professor Philip and Kathy resided in Santiago, teaching seminary students Alex and Juan. Alex pastors Cordero de Dios, in a small town outside Santiago called Moca and Juan leads the congregation, Soldados de Cristo, in the downtown area of Santiago. LATTE plans to continue the students' theological training through online education.  These pastors also teaching Bible Institute courses to Juan M, Nelson, and Eduardo.
  • Seminary Students & Student Pastors*:  Alex and Juan T
  • Pastors:  Rona (Haitian)
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León - LATTE Professor Larry and Marlene along with LATTE Professor Natán and Julia reside in México to serve the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church's seminary and use this home base as a central location for teaching trips to other seminaries in Latin America when requested. Previously, the Mexican Seminary was located in Torreón. Due to security precautions, the seminary was relocated in April, 2010. Currently, Dan and Luis are studying onsite.
Puebla - Seminary student Gonzalo receives theological training by a LATTE Professor over the internet with Skype.  Gonzalo leads the congregation, Cristo Glorificado, part-time in Puebla while maintaining a full-time job. 
Seminary student Gerardo travels to study with a national pastor monthly.
  • Seminary Students:  Dan, Gerardo, Gonzalo, and Luis
  • Pastors: Alejandro, Carlos C, Eduardo, Esequiel, Israel, and Jorge
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Humacao - Seminary student Eligio graduated from the LATTE program in spring of 2012. He completed his studies online via Skype with a LATTE professor.
At the WELS Synod Convention in July, 2011, the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Puerto Rico was formally recognized as an independent sister church in full fellowship with WELS.  Contact with this church will continue through the Commission on Inter-Church Relations (CICR).
  • Pastors:  Eligio, Manuel, Sergio
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Ministerial training continues to be done among the leaders and members in the various congregations throughout the Caribbean by LATTE.  Student Pastor Carlos C is teaching Bible Institute courses to Duhamel and Miguel.
  • Seminary Students & Student Pastors*: Carlos C and Eric
  • Pastors: Carlos P
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LATTE Professors offer online education to their students over the Internet. The Professors are in the process of developing theological online courses for students to study in areas where LATTE isn't on-site and be able to participate in online discussions with classmates throughout Latin America. Much preparation is needed for each course, so in the meantime, some classes are taught to the students via Skype. Several online courses are already available and have been taught to Latin American students including a few in the USA.  In 2010-2011, fifteen students participated in an online course and a few studied over the Internet through Skype.