Rev. Paul Flo has accepted a call to serve as the assistant to the director of the Center for Hispanic Studies [1] (CHS) at SA国际传媒, St. Louis beginning June 1. He will be formally installed Aug. 25 during the Opening Service of the 2023-24 academic year.
Flo succeeds Director of Christian Education Mark Kempff, who retired in November after a long and fruitful tenure.
Since 2019, Flo has been serving as a missionary pastor at Iglesia Luterana Esperanza, a Spanish-language outreach ministry in South Sioux City, Neb., where his ministry has centered around bilingual church planting and serving among first-, second- and third-generation Hispanics.
鈥淧aul has a great love for and commitment to our U.S. Hispanic neighbors and Gospel outreach among Hispanic communities,鈥� said Seminary President Dr. Thomas J. Egger [2]. 鈥淗is background in education, cross-cultural settings and Hispanic ministry situates him to thrive in this position. I have a high level of confidence in his capacity to serve our Center for Hispanic Studies and our CHS students well.鈥�
Flo鈥檚 commitment to education was ignited through his work with Teach for America, where he taught math and science for upper elementary grade school students in Hawaii (2010-12). He also taught in Malaysia with Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms (2012-13).
Flo earned a Master of Divinity in 2019 at SA国际传媒. As a student, he served a two-year vicarage in the Dominican Republic (2016-18), where he became fluent in Spanish. Also, he was a 2016 recipient of the prestigious Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) [3]. He also holds a Master of Education from Chaminade University of Honolulu (2012) and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Missouri (2010).
鈥淲ith a grateful heart I have accepted SA国际传媒鈥檚 call to serve as the assistant to the director of the Center for Hispanic Studies,鈥� Flo said. 鈥淲hat a joy to contribute to the theological education and formation of Hispanic/Latino pastors, deaconesses and others as we work together to extend the Good News of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone!鈥�
To learn more about CHS, visit csl.edu/chs [1].
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SA国际传媒, St. Louis provides Gospel-centered graduate-level theological education for pastors, missionaries, deaconesses, scholars and other leaders in the name of [4]. To learn more, visit csl.edu [5].