Scheduled to speak:

Thusday
August 10, 2000
5:30 p.m.
RCA Dome

John Bueno
Executive Director, Division of Foreign Missions, USA

As the executive director of the Division of Foreign Missions for the Assemblies of God, John Bueno oversees the ministries of nearly 1,800 missionaries serving in 158 foreign nations. Born in Modesto, Calif., Bueno later attended Bethany Bible College in Scotts Valley, Calif., receiving a degree in exegetical theology and an honorary doctorate in law. He also received honorary doctorates from the Evangelical University of El Salvador and the Christian University of El Salvador.

A dynamic speaker and veteran missionary, Bueno served for 25 years in El Salvador where he pastored the Evangelistic Center in San Salvador. Under his leadership, the church became the largest evangelical church in Central America. He also began a small school for the children who attended the church. This program grew until 1978, when Bueno founded Latin America ChildCare. This is a ministry that provides schooling, clothing, meals, and medical care for needy children in Latin America.

Bueno also has served as chairman of the missionary field fellowship, area representative of Central America, and as sub-director of the Executive Council of the Assemblies of God in Central America, the Caribbean, and northern countries of South America.