List of South America Missionaries

For decades South America has been wide open to the Gospel. Missionaries have streamed into the twelve countries and one foreign territory that make up this part of the world, and have been blessed with good success in winning souls, establishing churches and training national leadership. However in recent years, socialistic, and even communistic influences, have made ministry difficult in some countries, to the extent that some doors could soon close to missionaries.

While Spanish is the predominate language of this largely Hispanic continent, Portuguese, English, and French are also spoken in South America. Caribbean, European and ancient Indian cultures also greatly influence parts of South America, creating a truly culturally diverse mission field.

Because of its shear vastness and huge population, BIMI has administratively separated Portuguese speaking Brazil from the rest of South America, assigning it its own field director. The combined population of the remaining eleven countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela) approaches some 192,000,000 souls. BIMI currently has twenty-eight families working in nine of those eleven countries, but the opportunities are so great, even if we could double our missionary presence over the next few years, we would only then begin to meet the tremendous need in South America.

   SOUTH AMERICA DIRECTOR
   ROGER & KAY BLEVINS

   ARGENTINA
   DANA A & DEBORAH BROSIUS
   JOHN LARRY & RUTH OWENS

   BOLIVIA
   L T & GERALDINE EVERETT
   MALCOLM B & JAN GREGORY
   BRYCE & SARAH HENDERSON
   DONALD & GRETA WEEKS
   JAKE & SHARON WIEBE

   CHILE
   CLIFTON & TIFFANY BOOTH

   COLOMBIA
   MARK & KATIE GEROSIN

   ECUADOR
   RAYMOND W & ANITA BRADLEY
   RICHARD & ANNA HURST
   WILLIAM C & LAURA LYON

   GUYANA
   NOEL & CHARLENE SHRIVNAUTH

   PARAGUAY
   BRIAN & JACKIE MCCOBB
   CLINTON & RITA VERNOY

   PERU
   RICK A & KATHY ANDERSON
   KEITH & ANITA BROCK
   NANCY L BURNS
   JONATHAN & REBECCA EARNHART
   JON P & NISHA HARRIS
   VAUGHN LEE & EVA JOHNSON
   MARKOS & STEPHANIE LINDSEY
   TOM & CAROLYN PACE
   JAMIE L ROWE

   URUGUAY
   CHRISTOPHER R & ERIKA A CISLER

   VENEZUELA
   CARLOS & SUSAN ARCE
   DANIEL W & LUCY ARCE
   NATHAN & MARLLORYS ARCE
   TIM & LAURA CARTE