MISSIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE AMERICAS (IMDELA)
BOARD OF REGENTS
EVANGELICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS
(UNELA)
FOURTH DRAFT
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Prepared by
Clifton L. Holland
Chairman, Development Committee
Board of Directors of IMDELA-UNELA
December 13, 1999
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
CONTENTS
1. OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
2. VISION STATEMENT
3. MISSION STATEMENT
4. STATEMENT OF FAITH
5. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF IMDELA-UNAZA-UNELA
5.1 IMDELA
5.2 UNAZA
5.3 MERGER OF IMDELA-UNAZA, BIRTH OF UNELA
6. PRESENT SITUATION
6.1 GROWTH OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT
6.2 LIMITED FACILITIES: NEED TO EXPAND
6.3 LIMITED PERSONNEL: NEED TO RECRUIT MORE STAFF
7. PROJECTS FOR GROWTH AND EXPANSION
7.1 PROJECT FOR NEW EDUCATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES
7.2 PROJECT FOR INCOME GENERATION
7.3 PROJECT FOR STUDENT RECRUITMENT
7.4 PROJECT FOR FACULTY AND STAFF RECRUIT
7.5 PROJECT FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
7.6 PROJECT FOR DECENTRALIZED STUDIES PROGRAMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
8. ROLE OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
8.1 ACHIEVE SELF-FINANCED STATUS FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THROUGH STUDENT FEES AND SERVICES
8.2 CONTRACTS WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS
8.3 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
8.3 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
9. PROJECT PRIORITIES FOR FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
· OPTION TO BUY BIBLICAL SEMINARY PROPERTY: US$50,000
· DOWN PAYMENT FOR SEMINARY PROPERTY: US$200,000
· PURCHASE & REMODEL SBL PROPERTY: US$1.5 MILLION
· RECRUIT NEW PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY
· LIBRARY EXPANSION (US$100,000)
· COMPUTER LABORATORY (US$50,000)
· WEB-CT EXTENSION PROGRAM (US$25,000)
· WORK TEAMS TO REMODEL NEW FACILITY (SELF-FINANCED)
· STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS (US$1,000 PER STUDENT)
· NEW STAFF RECRUITMENT (AS NEEDED)
10. CONCLUSION
11. APPENDICES
11.1 INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE COUNCIL
11.2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
11.3 UNELA ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
11.4 ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAMS
11.5 UNELA EXTENSION PROGRAMS
11.6 LIST OF ACTIVE PROFESSORS: COSTA RICA & MEXICO
11.7 CURRENT ACADEMIC CONTRACTS WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS
11.8 OVERVIEW OF BIBLICAL SEMINARY PROPERTY
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR THE
EVANGELICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS
(UNELA)
1. OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The present Financial Development Plan was defined by Board of Directors of IMDELA-UNELA to provide guidelines for our fundraising activities and to share our vision and financial needs as an institution with potential donors. This document was prepared by the Board’s Financial Development Committee, and was discussed, modified and approved by the Board of Directors in September-November, 1999. The names of the members of the Board of Directors are listed in the Appendices.
2. VISION STATEMENT
To be the best possible Evangelical University, directed by God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, exercising responsible stewardship of the resources that the Lord provides. To serve the Church by providing the training that its members need to complete the mission that God has given to each one, both in the Church’s multiple ministries as well as in the larger society according to their respective needs, in the Americas and in other parts of the world.
3. MISSION STATEMENT
To train men and women called by God to be servants of Jesus Christ in the accomplishment of His mission: persons that are committed to intellectual excellence, who are spiritually balanced, socially interested, and physically healthy; and who are capable of perfecting the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the Body of Christ, and for the demonstration of God’s rule and His justice.
4. STATEMENT OF FAITH
The Evangelical University of the Americas has adopted the Lausanne Covenant as its statement of faith.
5. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF IMDELA-UNAZA-UNELA
5.1 IMDELA
The Missiological Institute of the Americas (IMDELA) had its roots in the Evangelism-in-Depth Movement during the 1970s, when members of the International Institute for In-Depth Evangelization (IINDEF) conducted a series of seminars and workshops on "Integral Church Growth" for Christian leaders throughout the Central America region. This program of non-formal education paved the way for a series of national church growth studies in every country of Central America from 1977-1981, under the sponsorship of the Central American Socio-Religious Studies Program (PROCADES). In 1982 PROCADES was renamed the Latin American Program of Socio-Religious Studies (PROLADES), under the leadership of its founder and director, Clifton L. Holland (a missionary with Latin American Mission who served on-loan to IINDEF from 1972-1982). During the 1980s, PROLADES assisted with similar studies in many countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, which included a National Directory of Evangelical Churches, a History of the Protestant Movement, and a study of Unreached People Groups.
In this context, the idea of creating a School of World Mission at the post-Licentiate level was born, initially under the sponsorship of IINDEF and later as separate educational institution, incorporated under the laws of Costa Rica as a non-profit service organization. The first classes of IMDELA were offered during January-February of 1983 in the facilities of the Nazarene Seminary of the Americas in Ipís de Guadalupe, with a small group of students and professors under the directorship of Holland.
In August of 1983, IMDELA was incorporated as a legal entity with the following departments: School of World Mission; Latin American Program of Socio-Religious Studies (PROLADES); Christian Leadership Development, and Administration. The respective department heads were Dr. Paul Bergsma, Lic. Alberto Pozo Córdova, Lic. Eduardo Monzón, and Clifton Holland as Executive Director.
The first Board of Directors of IMDELA was composed of the following:
President: Mstr. Loren Long
(Director of the Spanish Language Institute/Missionary with the
Baptist General Conference)
Secretary: Lic. Alberto Pozo Córdova (Director of PROLADES)
Treasurer: Lic. Eugenio Orellana Salazar (Editor with Editorial Caribe)
Vocal I: Lic. Daniel Castro Albertazzi (Christian businessman)
Vocal II: Mstr. Gary Teja Aldrich (Missionary, Christian Reformed Church)
Fiscal: Mstr. A. William Cook (Missionary, Latin America Mission)
Executive Director, Clifton L. Holland (Missionary, Latin America Mission)
In 1987, the various ministries of IMDELA were consolidated into the School of World Mission, with Holland as Executive Director. In December of 1989, Holland resigned from IMDELA to resume his activities as Director of PROLADES under the sponsorship of In-Depth Evangelism Associates (IDEA) of Orange, California. Dr. Paul Bergsma was appointed as the Executive Director of IMDELA, on-loan from the Christian Reformed World Mission Board. By January 1994, IMDELA had offered about 190 formal courses of study with the participation of more than 300 students.
IMDELA represents a pioneering attempt to provide Missiological education for Latin Americas to train them for cross-cultural ministries throughout the Americas and around the world to reach the unreached people groups. IMDELA was the first graduate-level School of World Mission in Latin America, but not the first one: AMEN (Asociación Misionera Evangélica a las Naciones) was founded in 1981 in Perú, under the leadership of Mr. Obed Alvarez, as a Bible Institute-level program.
Following the COMIBAM ’87 missions conference in Brazil, there was a great explosion of interest in the training and sending of Latin Americans as missionaries to the least evangelized nations and the unreached people groups around the world. AMEN and IMDELA were the leaders in providing training for cross-cultural missionaries in Latin America, and IMDELA continues to be the only known graduate-level program in Missiology in Latin America. Many of the professors in AMEN and other programs have received their advanced training in Missiology from IMDELA in Costa Rica or in one of IMDELA’s extension programs in other countries.
5.2 UNAZA
The Nazarene University of the Americas (UNAZA) was founded in 1967 as a theological seminary, located in Ipís de Guadalupe (a suburb of San José), that served the needs of the Church of the Nazarene by offering Licentiate-level degree programs to students from many Latin American countries, primarily for students who received their undergraduate training prior to coming to Costa Rica. In 1992 the Nazarene Seminary became a legally-constituted private Christian university (UNAZA) with the approval of CONESUP (Council of Higher Education of the Government of Costa Rica), under the directorship of Dr. Enrique Guang.
UNAZA offered several programs of study at the undergraduate and graduate levels:
THEOLOGY
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
PASTORAL COUNSELLING
SACRED MUSIC
MISSIOLOGY
However, due to changes in the denomination’s goals and priorities at the international level, the leadership of the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Missouri decided to close UNAZA and to concentrate its resources in other areas of ministry. Consequently, in 1997, the administration of UNAZA began to look for other alternatives, rather than closing down the university that they had worked so hard to establish and maintain. One of the possible alternatives was to merge UNAZA with another existing educational program, which led to a dialogue between officials of UNAZA and IMDELA during 1997.
5.3 MERGER OF IMDELA-UNAZA & BIRTH OF UNELA
Following many months of negotiations between representatives of the Church of the Nazarene, UNAZA and IMDELA, an agreement was reached whereby the Board of Directors of IMDELA would become the legal entity responsible for the educational structure of UNAZA in the facilities of IMDELA. The facilities that formerly housed UNAZA in Ipís de Guadalupe remained the property of the Church of the Nazarene and are now being used for a variety of purposes: church functions, a conference center and facilities of the Nazarene Seminary.
In October of 1998, the ownership of UNAZA as an educational institution was legally transferred to the Board of Directors of IMDELA. Dr. Enrique Guang continued to serve as the Rector of UNAZA and the UNAZA students continued their university studies in the facilities of IMDELA, located about six blocks south of downtown San José and adjacent to the Latin American Biblical Seminary and the Hospital "Clínica Bíblica," both of which were founded by the Latin America Mission (LAM). In fact, the building that currently houses IMDELA was formerly the Administration Building of the LAM.
In October of 1998, the name of UNAZA was legally changed to the Evangelical University of the Americas (UNELA), and this change was formally recognized by CONESUP in January of 1999. UNELA is authorized by CONESUP to offer a variety of accredited academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels (see the Appendices for more information about this). UNELA is the only non-denominational private Christian university in Costa Rica.
In the light of this change of name and the need to project a new international image, the Board of Directors of UNELA has created an International Council of Reference composed of well-known Evangelical leaders who support the work of UNELA. The members of this Council are listed in the Appendices.
6. PRESENT SITUATION
6.1 GROWTH OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS & STUDENT ENROLLMENT
UNELA has continued to grow and expand in terms of its staff, academic programs and student enrollment despite its limited human, physical and financial resources. On October 30, 1999, UNELA had over 115 students who are enrolled in its various educational programs in Costa Rica, both undergraduate and graduate levels, plus more than 75 students in its extension programs in various countries. See the Appendices for more information about the residence programs in Costa Rica and extension programs in other countries, as well as the list of associated professors in Costa Rica and Mexico.
6.2 LIMITED FACILITIES: NEED TO EXPAND
Our current facilities, located in the three-story CECOMM Building (former LAM Administration Building of which IMDELA owns a quarter share), are no longer adequate for our growing needs. More space is needed for administrative and faculty offices, classrooms, library, student lounge, cafeteria, as well as student housing, chapel and parking. This situation requires that we obtain additional facilities.
6.3 LIMITED STAFF: NEED TO RECRUIT MORE STAFF
The growing need to offer more courses for more students also requires that we increase the size of our administrative and teaching staff. Many qualified people are available, if we can afford to hire them. This requires us to expand our support base by generating more income from a variety of sources.
7. PROJECTS FOR GROWTH AND EXPANSION
7.1 PROJECT FOR NEW EDUCATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES (purchase Biblical Seminary property next door; see Appendices for more information about this property)
7.2 PROJECT FOR INCOME GENERATION (rent space to other organizations)
7.3 PROJECT FOR STUDENT RECRUITMENT: GOAL = 500 STUDENTS IN 5 YEARS
7.4 PROJECT FOR FACULTY AND STAFF RECRUIT
7.5 PROJECT FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
7.6 PROJECT FOR DECENTRALIZED STUDIES PROGRAMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
8. ROLE OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
This committee is responsible for expanding the funding base of UNELA from a variety of sources: student fees and services, contracts with other institutions (for the provision of academic services or for the loan of personnel with salary), financial contributions from the Christian community in Costa Rica and/or donations from funding sources in other countries.
8.1 STUDENT FEES AND SERVICES
In addition to increasing the price of our student fees and services to a more adequate level, we need to recruit more students at the undergraduate and graduate levels to generate more income for the support of the institution and to expand our present services. From our current base of about 116 students, we are seeking to grow by adding about 100 students per year for the next four years with the goal of having about 500 students enrolled in our residence program in Costa Rica by March of 2004, which corresponds to the beginning of the Costa Rican school year (March-December).
8.2 CONTRACTS WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS
There are two kinds of contracts that have provided UNELA with more resources to aid our growth and expansion: service contracts with other Christian organizations for the loan of personnel with salary, and contracts for providing educational services to other organizations.
Several of our staff members are currently serving on-loan from other Evangelical organizations as missionaries or national workers. Some examples of this are as follows: Dr. Paul Bergsma and Mstr. Cecilia Drenth (Christian Reformed World Mission), Dr. John Stam and Mstr. Craig Rice (Latin America Mission), etc. Currently, new contracts are being negotiated with the Presbyterian Church USA for the services of Andrés and Gloria García in our Extension Programs, and with Christ for the City for the services of Lic. Otto Kladenski in the coordination of required student fieldwork and in public relations.
In additiion, UNELA has been successful in building relationships with other academic institutions and religious organizations to provide educational services. Most of these institutions are Bible institutes, or the related denominational organization, that are concerned about the future of their graduates with a diploma from a non-accredited academic program, such as the Assemblies of God Bible Institute, the Baptist Theological Institute, or the Salvation Army Officer’s Training Program.
UNELA has been able to provide a growing number of these organizations with a tailor-made program to incorporate Bible institute graduates into one of our university-level programs, thereby allowing them to work towards a university degree with little or no loss of academic credit for previous studies at the post-high school level. These contracts have increased the growth potential of our student body and our institutional ability to serve the Christian public with accredited academic programs, and to help improve the educational and performance level of Christian leaders at the denomination, local church and para-church levels.
Hundreds of Bible institute graduates in Costa Rica and other Latin American countries are unable to transfer their academic credits to a state or private secular university in their respective countries, because they studied in a program that was not accredited by the state educational authorities. This means that most of these students will never attend a secular university and earn a university degree. They would have to start their educational careers all over again as Freshmen and study for four or five years to earn the Licentiate degree in their chosen field, without receiving any credit for the courses that earned them a Bible institute diploma – usually three years of study as a full-time student.
UNELA solves this problem for Bible institute graduates in Costa Rica by granting them up to two years of advanced standing in an accredited university program, thereby encouraging them to continue their education and earn a Bachelor’s, Licentiate or Master’s degree in a variety of academic programs.
Higher quality leadership translates into higher quality relationships, both vertically and horizontally, within Christian organizations and in the secular world. Higher quality discipleship translates into more effective ministry and upward social mobility for members of local congregations who put Christ first in their lives, who love and serve one another in the Body of Christ, and who reach out to their unconverted neighbors in loving service.
8.3 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Within Costa Rica we expect to raise funds from individuals, local churches, service agencies, denominational organizations and private businesses that are supportive of our vision and efforts as a private Christian university to help finance our growth and expansion.
8.4 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
We do not expect to obtain all the new funding that will be needed to finance our growth and expansion from sources in Costa Rica. Consequently, we have defined a promotional plan to raise money from individuals, churches, service agencies and foundations in the USA, Canada and Europe during the coming year:
9. FINANCIAL NEEDS/PRIORITIES
10. CONCLUSION
Although the challenge is great, so are the opportunities that UNELA has to serve the Evangelical community in Costa Rica and other countries by expanding our vision and goals, our staff and services, and our student body at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To accomplish this, we must generate more income from student fees and services, contracts with other institutions, and donations from within Costa Rica and from the international community.
Some of our expanded income will allow us to acquire additional administrative and academic personnel, thereby allowing us to expand our academic programs and to add more courses to our curriculum.
The expansion of our staff and services will enable us to recruit and serve more students in our various academic programs at home and abroad, which in turn will generate more income from student fees and services based on a larger student body.
However, a great deal of our new income will be used to purchase the property next door to our current facilities in San José, which previously housed the Latin American Biblical Seminary that has now moved to a new facility. This will require an investment of about US$1,500,000 to purchase, repair, remodel and furnish the facility for our use as a private Christian university. This will be an important investment in the future leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ in Costa Rica and in other nations where are students may eventually serve as Christian workers.
Of all the countries of Central America, only El Salvador and Costa Rica currently have an Evangelical university, and the only Evangelical university in Mexico is having problems with the government over its legal status. Only a few Latin American countries are known to have an accredited evangelical university, including Bolivia and the Dominican Republic.
Hundreds of Bible institute graduates have been frustrated in their efforts to enter a secular university and pursue an accredited academic program because of one major roadblock: their Bible institute program was not accredited by state educational authorities. UNELA has been able to overcome this obstacle, thereby encouraging Christian leaders to improve the quality of their education and their ability and potential to serve God, the Church, and humanity as obedient disciples of Jesus Christ.
The Evangelical community of Costa Rica has the opportunity and the human resources to build a great Christian university with a diversity of academic programs that will make a significant impact of our world for the cause of Christ. The Board of Directors of IMDELA, the legal entity responsible for the development of UNELA, is dedicated to making this dream come true with God’s help and with the support and encouragement of Evangelical Christians throughout the Americas.
We invite you and your organization is become part of the support team that is needed to encourage the growth and expansion of the Evangelical University of the Americas!
APPENDICES
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF REFERENCE
(NAME, ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION, COUNTY OF RESIDENCE)
Mrs. Elsie Caravallos, President of IRENE, Brazil
Mr. Anthony Chamberlain, Director of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, Latin American Studies Program, Costa Rica
Dr. Samuel Escobar Eastern Baptist College & Seminary (American Baptist Churches in the USA)
Dr. Roger Greenway Calvin College & Seminary (Christian Reformed Church)
Mr. Clifton L. Holland President of In-Depth Evangelism Associates (Orange, CA) and Director of PROLADES
(San José, Costa Rica)
Dr. David Howard Former President of the Latin America Mission (LAM), former Director of the World Evangelical
Fellowship WEF) and former Director of the Urbana Inter-Varsity Missions Conference
Dr. Jean B. A. Kessler Retired missionary with the International Institute for In-Depth Evangelization (San José, Costa Rica); former missionary with the Evangelical Union of South America in Perú
Dr. Kenneth B. Mulholland Dean of Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions, Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina
Dr. Sidney Rooy Missionary with the Christian Reformed Church in Costa Rica (formerly served in Argentina), and the
representative in Costa Rica for the Latin American Theological Fraternity (FTL)
Dr. Charles Van Engen Professor of Missiology, School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary; former President of the Reformed Church in America; former missionary to Mexico with RCA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF IMDELA-UNELA,
CLASS OF 2000
President: Carlos Rivera Morales (Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church, San Ramón)
Vice-President: Clifton L. Holland (Director of PROLADES)
Secretary: Rev. José Antonio Morales (Pastor, Bible Church of Tibás)
Treasurer: Gloria Salazar Narváez (Missionary, Presbyterian Church USA)
Members at large (vocales):
#1 Carlos Luis Chacón Alvarado (Pastor, Eastside Vineyard Church)
#2 William L. Isley, Jr. (Professor, ESEPA Seminary)
#3 Alfredo Sáenz (Pastor, Baptist Church of San Pedro)
Legal Advisor (fiscal): Patricio Paredes Valverde (Director, Central American Bible Institute)
Executive Director: Dr. Paul Bergsma (Missionary, Christian Reformed World Mission)
IMDELA-UNELA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CLASS OF 1999-2000
In addition to the members of the Board of Directors, the following people are active members of the General Assembly that meets annually in October.
NAME/AFFILIATION
Alberto Reyes Padilla, Costa Rican Bible Society/Redeemer Baptist Church
Alberto Pozo Córdova, First Baptist Church of Rohrmoser
Hernán Fernandez Zumbado, ADAPTE/PAS Community Church
Enrique Guang Tapia, Church of the Nazarene
Reynaldo Salazar, Evangelical Alliance/Church of God (Cleveland, TN)
Randolph Spurger, FEDEMEC/Missionary Church Aguas de Reposo
Adolfo Ruíz Contreras, Nueva Guácima Christian Church
John Stam, El Carmen Bible Church/Latin America Mission
Craig Rice, PAS Community Church/Latin America Mission
Sidney Rooy, Escazú Christian Fellowship/Christian Ref. World Mission
Julie Ann Chamberlain, First Baptist Church of Desamparados
Allan Matamoros, FEDEMEC
Eduardo Mena, Eastside Vineyard Church
Sandra Gómez Assemblies of God, Santo Domingo de Heredia
Olman Vargas Rojas, Zapote Bible Church
Roy Cooper, Christian Community of El Bosque (Baptist Convention)
Cecilia Drenth, Christian Reformed World Mission
Rodrigo Chavarria, Berea Bible Church
Humberto del Castillo, Salvation Army
Javier Espinoza, Steve Fatow International Mission
Paul Pretiz, Latin America Mission
Daniel Jimenez, Christian Center of Praise of Alajuelita
Piedades Barrantes, Light of the Nations Missionary Center
Michael Sharpe, Salvation Army
Anthony Chamberlain, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
Sadrac Carballo, ESEPA Seminary, Association of Bible Churches
Jorge Antonio Rengifo, First Baptist Church of San Pedro
William Isley, ESEPA Seminary, Association of Bible Churches
Serafín Contreras, Foursquare Evangelical Church
Rony Cuxum Ruiz, Church of the Nazarene
Fernando Humberto Bullón, Church of the Nazarene
Edesio Sánchez Cetina, United Bible Societies
Oscar Aguilar Marín, Iglesia Evangélica Metodista
Bolivar Avalos, Castillo Assemblies of God
Mario César Machado, Psychologist
Gonzálo Enrique Vargas, Assemblies of God
Carlos Adolfo Rozotto, Pentecostal Holiness Church
José Antonio Rengifo, Southern Baptist Convention
UNELA ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
RECTOR/PRESIDENT: Dr. Enrique Guang
ACADEMIC VP: Dr. Paul Bersma
Dean, School of Theology: Dr. John Stam
Dean, School of Administration of Church Resources: Mstr. Adolfo Ruiz
Dean, School of Applied Social Sciences: Dr. Enrique Guang
Dean, School of International Development: Mstr. F. Humberto Bullón
Director, School of Sacred Music: Mstr. Rony Cuxum
ADMINISTRATIVE VP: position vacant
Admissions: Edith Morales
Accounting: Guiselle Ramírez Bonilla
Registrar: Lic. Rony Cuxum
Secretary: Jennifer Webb
DEVELOPMENT VP: Paul Bergsma (interim)
National Director of Public Relations: Lic. Gloria García (Costa Rica)
International Director of Development: Mr. James Ritter (USA)
VP OF STUDENT AFFAIRS: Lic. Rony Cuxum
Coordinator of Practical Work: vacant
President of Student Federation: Danilo Herrera
VP OF DECENTRALIZED STUDIES: Lic. Alberto Pozo Córdova
Director of EMISAD: vacant
Coordinator Extension Centers in CR: Lic. Andrés García
Center for Socio-Religious Research: Lic. Alberto Pozo
Coordinator of Mexico City Program: Mstr. Clifton Holland
Coordinator of Publications: Mstr. Cecilia Drenth
Coordinator of Women’s Programs: Lic. Gloria García
ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAMS OF UNELA
SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
BIBLICAL-THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
(Master’s, Science of Religion)
SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION OF CHURCH RESOURCES
PASTORAL MINISTRY (Bach., Lic. and Master’s degrees)
FAMILY COUNSELLING (Master’s degree)
MISSIOLOGY (Master’s degree)
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (for Teaching Religion in Public Schools:
Bach. and Lic. degrees)
SACRED MUSIC (Diploma)
SCHOOL OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (in development)
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
COMPUTER SCIENCES
INTERNATIONAL/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NURSING
SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNELA EXTENSION PROGRAMS, 1998-1999
(COUNTRY/ NATIONAL COORDINATOR)
COSTA RICA -- Lic. Alberto Pozo
MEXICO -- Dr. Luis Manuel Sánchez/Clifton L. Holland, M.A.
PANAMA Via Internet -- Dr. Alberto Moke
VENEZUELA -- Dr. Hipólito Avila
BASIC PROGRAM IN COSTA RICA, 1995-1999
New Student Enrollment, 1995 -- 21
New Student Enrollment, 1996 -- 13
New Student Enrollment, 1997 -- 22
New Student Enrollment, 1998 -- 49
New Student Enrollment, 1999 -- 33
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT: 138 (active students on Oct. 19 = 116)
GRADUATES OF UNELA, 1995-1999
CLASS: BACH./ LIC./ MASTER’S /TOTAL
CLASS OF 1995: 13 - 8 - 6 - 27
CLASS OF 1996: 8 - 8 - 18 - 34
CLASS OF 1997: 14 - 1 - 4 - 19
CLASS OF 1998: 14 - 12 - 3 - 29
CLASS OF 1999: 14 - 3 - 3 - 20
TOTALES: 63 - 32 - 34 - 129
NUMBER OF ACTIVE UNELA STUDENTS
BY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
(October 19, 1999)
PROGRAM/ NO. STUDENTS
Diploma -- 9
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) -- 51
Licentiate (Lic.) -- 8
Nivelación (Make up deficiencies) -- 9
Master of Arts (M.A.) -- 26
Master of Divinity (M.Div.) -- 2
Master of Theology (Th.M.) -- 1
TOTAL: 116
Prepared by Rony C. Cuxum, M.A., Registar
ADJUNCT FACULTY
NAME/ SPECIALIZATION/ INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
COSTA RICA PROGRAM
Pablo Barrantes, Lic. Biblical Languages
Paul Bergsma, Ph.D. Missiology, UNELA staff
F. Humberto Bullón, Ph.D. Practical Theology, Church of the Nazarene
Fernando Cascante, Lic. Christian Education, Assoc. of Costa Rican Bible Churches
Rony Cuxum, M.A. Missiology-Music, UNELA staff
Adelardo Delgado, Lic. Business Administration, Christian Reformed Church
Ceclia Drenth, M.A. Missiology, UNELA staff
Andrés Gárcia, Lic. Education, UNELA staff
Daniel Gasca, Lic. Missiology, Pastor, Free Methodist Church
Abel Gómez, M.A. Theology, Pastor, Baptist Convention
Enrique Guang, Ph.D. Psychology, UNELA staff
Clifton Holland, M.A. Missiology, Director, IDEA Ministries/PROLADES
Mario Machado, M.A. Theology, Pastor, Church of the Nazarene
Arturo Molina, Lic. Biblical Languages, Pastor, Church of the Nazarene
Estuardo Ochoa, Lic. Theology, Assoc. of Costa Rican Bible Churches
Alberto Pozo, Lic. Latin American Studies, UNELA staff
Craig Rice, M.Div. Missiology, UNELA staff
Keilin Rodríguez, Lic Cultural Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, UCR
Sidney Rooy, Ph.D. Church History, Christian Reformed Church/FTL
Adolfo Ruiz, M.Th. Social Sciences, Professor, National University
Alfredo Sáenz, Lic. Theology-Psychology, Pastor, Baptist Convention
Edesio Sánchez, Ph.D. Biblical Theology, United Bible Societies
Juan Carlos Sánchez, Lic. Practical Theology, Pastor, Church of God (Cleveland, TN)
Randy Spurger, M.A. International Development, Staff of FEDEMEC
John Stam, Ph.D. Systematic Theology, UNELA staff
MEXICO CITY PROGRAM
Mariano Avila, M.Th. Practical Theology, Pastor, National Presbyterian Church
Raul de la O, M.Th. Systematic Theology, Assembly of God Bible Institute
Manuel Gaxiola, Ph.D. Missiology, Mexican Bible Society
Steve Griswold, M.A. Missiology, SEPAL Team/O.C. International
Alberto Guang, Ph.D. Missiology, Church of the Nazarene
John Hall, Ph.D. Missiology, Church of the Nazarene
Peter Larson, D.Miss. Missiology, Mexican Baptist Seminary in Lomas Verdes
Eliseo López Cortez, Ph.D. Social Sciences, Metropolitan University of Iztapalapa
Michael McAleer, Ph.D. Church History, Mexican Baptist Seminary in Lomas Verdes
Hugo Ramírez, Lic. Church History
Rosa de Renjifo, Lic. English, National Baptist Convention of Mexico
Luis Manuel Sánchez, M.Th Systematic Theology, Mexican Baptist Seminary in Lomas Verdes
Sergio Ulloa, Ph.D., Decano, Comunidad Teológica de México
CURRENT & PENDING ACADEMIC CONTRACTS
WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS
CURRENT CONTRACTS
Alliance Latin American Theological Faculty (FATELA), Christian & Missionary Alliance
Alliance Biblical Seminary of Colombia (SEBAC)
Alliance Biblical Seminary of Peru (SEBAP)
Assemblies of God Bible Institute of Costa Rica (IBAD)
Great Commission Missionary School, Guatemala (EMGC)
Indigenous University Center of Mexico (CUIM)
PENDING CONTRACTS (now being negotiated):
International Baptist Seminary in Cali, Colombia
Alliance Biblical Seminary of Ecuador (SBL)
Methodist Seminary of Costa Rica (United Methodist Church)
Salvation Army in Costa Rica (Officer’s Training School)
Superior Ministerial Institute (ISUM) of the Assemblies of God (Latin America & Caribbean)
Wesleyan Bible Institute (IBW) of Colombia
OVERVIEW OF UNELA PROPERTY
Located one block east of the Hospital "Clinica Bíblica" – the largest Evangelical hospital in Central America (founded by the LAM) – and about 6 blocks south of downtown San José, the nation’s capital; the surrounding area is largely commercial: stores, restaurants, schools, clinics, doctor’s and lawyer’s offices, government buildings, etc.