Jorge Osorio 1949-2008
Monday October 13th Jorge Osorio unexpectedly passed away in Guatemala City, Guatemala while visiting his family and exploring the opportunities for planting new churches there. He leaves behind his wife Donna and three boys: Tim, Aaron and Jonathan.
Jorge was the founder and Executive Director of Hispanics for Christ. He trained leaders and planted churches among Hispanics in South, Central and North America. His influence will continue on through the men and women he raised up in these churches and through the Board of Directors of Hispanics for Christ who shared his passion for church planting.
Geoff Hartt – Executive Director
geoff.hartt@hispanicsforchrist.org
Portland, OR
Geoff Hartt co-founded Hispanics for Christ with Jorge Osorio in 2004. He has worked planting churches and training pastors in Mexico, South America and Africa. His wife Lori and his youngest daughter live in Wilsonville and also serve as
Missions Pastor for The Table, a multi-campus church in the Portland area.
Ricardo Ayala – Field Coordinator
ricardo.ayala@hispanicsforchrist.org
Eastside Community Church
Chicago, IL
Ricardo Ayala is from El Salvador and immigrated to the U.S in 1974. Shortly afterwards, he accepted Christ as his Savior and started to study at the Hispanic Bible School in Chicago. Through the ministry of the Baptist General Conference, he helped establish several churches in and around the city of Chicago. He was one of the founders and Director of Programming of Radio Esperanza, the Spanish radio program of Moody Radio. For many years he was the producer and presenter of a radio program called “Inspiration”. For 20 years, Ricardo served as the senior pastor of Community Christian Church of Chicago. Recently, he jointed Hispanics for Christ Ministries, and is now working with a new church plant project on the East Side of Chicago. Ricardo and his wife Nancy live in Chicago and they have three children.
Tony Campos – Field Coordinator
tony.campos@hispanicsforchrist.org
Casa de Luz
Sacramento, CA
Tony Campus brings almost 15 years of ministry experience to the team. He has worked in various
ministries in Central America, his native Mexico and the United States. He has overseen social service
Programs such as children’s homes and Samaritan’s Purse, planted new churches, formed pastor’s fellowships as well as serving the local church as Pastor. Tony and his wife Fabiola have three children.
Paco Damian – Field Coordinator
paco.damian@hispanicsforchrist.org
Director – Fusion Ministries
Queretaro, MX
At the age of 17, Paco began to get involved in the youth ministry at his church. After serving as a leader for 6 years, and finishing his university studies in architecture, God called him to study at the Word of Life Bible Institute in Argentina. In 2004, God put on Paco’s heart (together with Israel Contreras), to start “Fusion Ministries”, a church planting ministry established in central Mexico, in the state of Queretaro. God has permitted them to form the first church with the vision to continue planting throughout the region, motivating other pastors in the country in the church planting ministry. Paco is married to Shawna and they have two children.
Eduardo Buldain – Field Coordinator
eduardo.buldain@hispanicsforchrist.org
Buenos Aires, Argentina
I was born in a home where they taught me that Christianity was just a simple religion. When I was 15 years old I assisted at a musical activity were I heard the gospel in a clear way for my first time. That day I understood that I was a sinner and I received Christ as my personal savior. I started to grow in the knowledge of the Word of God, studying it each day and after three years I had decided to study in a Bible Institute. While I was studying in the Bible Institute I heard God’s calling for my life. It was to serve him church planting. This is the ministry that I have been involved in for the last 30 years, helping and training people so they can be church planters as well.
Juan Tun – Field Coordinator
juan.tun@hispanicsforchrist.org
Merida, Yucatan, MX
