EL SUNZAL, EL SALVADOR
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During my time serving in the missions department at Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, I felt a clear calling to return to my home country of El Salvador to establish a new Calvary church and missionary center.
In 2017, I relocated to the impoverished community of El Sunzal and founded Calvary El Sunzal. Today, our church hosts a Compassion International learning center and offers multiple weekly Bible teachings at our campus as well as in some other nearby locations in which we have planted churches.
We are also deeply committed to fulfilling the Great Commission by welcoming 6-7 short-term mission teams from U.S. churches each year, empowering them to serve the community and share God’s love while helping us realize our long-term goal of seeing El Sunzal transformed by the grace of God.
El Salvador
Population: 6,568,745 Location: Central America
Language: Spanish, Nawat
Capital: San Salvador
Religion: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 36%, other 2%, none 12%
Did you Know?: After eating, it is considered polite to spend at least an hour conversing with your hosts instead of leaving right away.
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As the founding pastor of Calvary El Sunzal, I have the continuing privilege of working with 10 full time church staff
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Please pray for the nearly 300 local, elementary-age children we minister to weekly
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Pray for the church plant at La Colonia
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Pray for the church plant at La Hacienda
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I continue to enjoy surfing in nearby Sunzal point and am extremely happy being married to my wife Bertha🫶🏽
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Last Updated:
July 18, 2025
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Calvary El Sunzal