Adan & Miriam Benavente in Solola, Guatemala (Central America)

Adan Benavente Monterrosso and his wife, Miriam, were both born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. They now live and work in Solola and are the parents of 5 children: Vasty, Dana, Helen, Natan, and Gladis, all born between 1989 and 1997. The Benavente family’s home is in the neighborhood of Patricio Green, Barrio Calvario.

Adan graduated from the Bible Institute in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In 1987, he began his formal ministry by preaching for the Church in Quetzaltenango. At that time, Norman Gene Luna, Francis Hobbes, Pedro Batres and Everado Suquenza also worked with that congregation.

In January 1998, Adan and his family moved to Solola near Lake Atitlan. At that time, there was no Church of Christ meeting in the area. Since starting the church there in 1998, 60 have been baptized and this congregation continues to develop and grow. This growth is the direct result of the church’s evangelism as well as the medical clinic they offer.

One avenue of their evangelism is visiting with their neighbors and offering invitations for Bible studies and to worship. Another avenue is follow-up with the people served by their medical clinic. In addition, they have training programs for men, women, and children.  

Active in church planting, they are also starting two new congregations, teaching those who speak a local dialect, Cackchikel. These groups meet in the suburbs of Solola in the areas of Panajachel and Santa Clara La Laguna.

Adan has also assisted in training preachers by teaching courses in the Bible Institute in Honduras, in Guatemala City, and a group which meets in Chichicastenango.

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