Eddy Alemán serves as general secretary of the Reformed Church in America (RCA), casting vision for the denomination and overseeing implementation of its mission.

As a teenager, Alemán fled the civil war in his home country of Nicaragua and moved to Canada as a refugee. He started attending church and soon became a Christian.

When he was 21, he and his wife, Daysi, joined Iglesia Reformada La Senda, a Hispanic RCA church plant in Toronto. Alemán's experience at La Senda led him to plant several churches himself, first in Canada, and then, after earning a master of divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary, in central California. There, he established a ministry training center for Hispanic leaders, and they planted seven churches together. He also earned a Master of Arts degree in New Testament from Fresno Pacific University Biblical Seminary.

In 2009, Alemán was called to Emmanuel Reformed Church in Paramount, California, as pastor of Hispanic ministries and church planting. Over the course of five years, the Hispanic congregation grew from 80 people to more than 900 people connected with the church through 11 church plants in Los Angeles and Orange County.

He joined the RCA staff in 2014 as director of strategic leadership development and coordinator of Hispanic ministries. In this role, he oversaw the leadership priority of Transformed & Transforming, the RCA's 15-year ministry plan, working with pastors and churches to identify and train leaders. As coordinator of Hispanic ministries, he worked closely with the RCA's 65 Hispanic churches and with the Council for Hispanic Ministries. Under his leadership, the council set a goal to plant 50 new churches in five years.

Currently, Alemán is pursuing a Ph.D. in New Testament studies at the University of Wales Trinity St. David. He has three grown children, Eddy, David, and Rebecca, and three grandchildren, Matthew, Aiden, and Camila.

SESSIONS

Workshop Session 3: The Cooperative Network Panel
Cooperative networks exist to bring together churches and leaders to plant more churches. See how some networks increase success rates and reduce wasted resources by centralizing the recruiting, training, funding and planting of churches.
Time: Wednesday, 2:30 – 3:30pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301H
Speakers: Daniel Yang, Eddy Alemán, Greg Surratt, and Noel Jesse Heikkinen

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