Account ID: ALA001

Pastor Benjamin Flores is a Bolivian church-planting pastor serving in Belize with his Norwegian wife, Karina, and their two young sons.

Benjamin grew up in a Catholic family in Cochabamba, Bolivia. During his high school years, he attended the Lutheran high school in Cochabamba. In college, he studied chemical engineering for three years. Then, encouraged by his Lutheran pastor, Benjamin began theological studies at Concordia Seminary in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2014. He transferred to Concordia the Reformer Seminary in the Dominican Republic and graduated in 2019.

Following his vicarage assignment in Belize, he was called to serve as an alliance missionary there through an agreement with the Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia (ICEL). He was ordained on November 28, 2020, in Cochabamba.

Rev. Flores provides Word and Sacrament ministry for children and families in Valley of Peace and Orange Walk. He also has weekly chapel services for the students and staff at Little Lambs preschool and leads numerous youth activities. In addition, he works with children with disabilities and their families, connecting them to much-needed resources and assistance.  

Pastor Flores continues to study English online through our Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) regional language institute in the Dominican Republic.

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Checks should be made out to: LCMS
Memo line: ALA001

Mail to:
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Mission Advancement
P.O. Box 66861
St. Louis, MO 63166-6861

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