Faculty - IBIT

These are the 24 professors from 8 different countries who teach courses live by Zoom in the normal course rotation each year, which are part of the new curriculum in our bachelor’s degree in ministry and biblical studies. All are Christians with expertise in their fields of study, and decades of experience in ministry. Of these 24, six have a doctorate twelve at least one masters’ degree, and two more are working on a masters.

Carolina Archer is originally from Córdoba, Argentina, and holds a PhD in Spanish Linguistics from Texas Tech University. She is an ATA-certified English-to-Spanish translator, professional editor, and proofreader. Before founding WordWise Proofreading and Translation Services, Carolina served as a university professor of Spanish and Director of World Languages at Abilene Christian University. She currently works as a Spanish editor for a major Christian publisher. She and her husband have been involved in Christian ministry and missions for many years in Latin America and in the United States. Carolina thoroughly enjoys equipping others to communicate God’s truth with clarity, faithfulness, and excellence.

Timothy Archer began to serve as director of development for TIBI, part-time, in August 2025. He was director of International Ministry at Herald of Truth and has spent three decades working in Spanish ministry, including 15 years in Argentina. He is the preaching minister for the Alvarado Church of Christ in Alvarado, TX. He received his BA and MA in Bible and Related Studies and a MS in Communications all from Abilene Christian University. Tim has authored or co-authored several books including Letters From The Lamb, Hope For Life and More Hope For Life, Church Inside Out, as well as a history of the churches of Christ in Cuba that was co-written with Cuban preacher Tony Fernández. He teaches courses for the undergraduate and masters’ program at TIBI.

Steve Austin graduated from Abilene Christian University with a BA in Biblical Studies a MA in Biblical and Related Studies, an M.Div, and a D.Min degrees. He was a missionary for 7 years; bilingual minister at the Impact church in Houston for 7 years, and founding director of TIBI full-time since 2005. He is the editor of Cantos del Camino, and the author of the book After the Tomb. He has given classes and seminars and consulted with churches in most countries of Latin America. He serves also as a professor in the Masters of Practical Theology program of the RIB.

Carlos Camacho 1994 graduated from the Polytechnic University (Antonio Jose de Sucre), with a degree in electrical engineering. He also graduated from TIBI with a bachelors degree and from the RIB with the Masters of Practical Theology degree (MPT). He worked effectively with two churches for 30 years in Venezuela, leaving them as self-supporting with elders, deacons, and ministers. He specializes in discipling and training others in ministry. He has given conferences in Cuba, Peru, Venezuela, and the US. He is the current field work supervisor with TIBI, and lives with his family in Merida, Mexico. He teaches several courses in addition to his field work supervision.

Rolando Camacho, originally from Venezuela, and now lives in Badajoz, Spain. He is a graduate of TIBI, and also has his Masters’ degree. He has served as a bilingual minister in Florida and also as a minister in several churches of Venezuela and now Spain.

Leonardo Capodicasa, from Venezuela, is a 2022 graduate from TIBI, with the Bachelor of Ministry and Biblical Studies. He is working on the MPT degree with TIBI. He is a popular musician, a guitarist, musical producer and arranger with extensive experience in the teaching and performance of music of various kinds. He has served actively in praise and worship ministry in different congregations of Venezuela. He and his wife Dayana began a home church during the pandemic which has grown and flourished since 2020. Currently he is a co-professor of the praise and worship course at TIBI.

Reynaldo Dominguez, from Nicaragua, is a 2011 graduate of TIBI, and a 2021 graduate of the MPT degree as well. He worked with various churches in the region of Managua, including the KM 20 and Leon churches, before moving to the US several years ago, where he helps lead the Chestnut Drive Hispanic work in Georgia.

Carlos Garcia and his wife Cruz live in Porlamar on Isla Margarita in Venezuela. Carlos graduated with a BA in chemistry there, then he and Cruz graduated from TIBI’s undergraduate program. Carlos added the MPT later. He and Cruz minister in the church on the island, and aretraining several leaders. Carlos teaches Prison Epistles and assists in NT Greek.

Glen Henton received BA and MA degrees in Bible, then missions. He and his wife Kathy and their family moved to Argentina to serve a total of 16 years in two different periods with several churches in Buenos Aires. Glen has also served as professor of Bible and missions at Freed-Hardeman University, and also at several churches in Mississippi and Tennessee. He teaches our Church Leadership course.

Benjamin Matul teaches the Pastoral counseling course for the MPT. He is from Guatemala City, Guatemala, where he received undergraduate and masters’ degrees in counseling and psychology. He also graduated from TIBI with his undergraduate degree and also the RIB with the MPT. He has served faithfully as a leader in the vibrant Villa Nueva church in Guatemala City for decades

Alejandro Mena lives with his wife Jennifer in Managua, Nicaragua, where they serves in the Villa Poder del Sol congregation as one of their leaders. He is a graduate of TIBI in the undergraduate program, and is studying in the MPT program. He helps teach Hebrew 1 and 2 in the LMEB undergraduate program.

Juan Meza is from Mexico, where he studied in the Bible school at Torreón. Then he came to the States to earn his bachelors’ and masters’ degrees in biblical and theological studies from Harding University, and in 2026 added a doctorate of Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has served as an adjunct professor for Harding, and as a minister in congregations in Searcy (Arkansas) and Memphis (Tennessee). He has given various conferences and seminars about biblical text and ministry in Latin America.

Kevin Montgomery graduated from Texas Tech University with a B.A. in Spanish, and received a Master’s Degree from Texas Tech University in Classical Greek. He also completed studies at the Sunset International Bible Institute. He has been a missionary in Chemnitz, Germany, and bilingual minister in El Paso, TX. He has served as assistant director for TIBI since 2008.

Daniel Nin lives in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he is the lead minister in the Gazcue congregation. He has graduated from the Atlantic International Bible Institute in Miami (Sunset), and the RIB MPT program. For a number of years he has also taught in AIBI’s undergraduate program in the biblical institute of Havana, Cuba, and served as director of La Hispaniola, the institute in Santo Domingo. He teaches Isaiah for TIBI in the undergraduate program.

Alirio Ortega, from Venezuela, is a graduate of the Universidad de Zulia in Venezuela, as well as basic studies in the New Testament and Greek. He has given seminars about discipleship and church growth. He has served part-time or full-time for years at churches in Maracaibo (Venezuela), and helped plant several churches there. For 4 years he also produced and worked in Christian radio programming. He currently teaches the Minor Prophets course for TIBI.

César Augusto Páez Barrios is from Venezuela. He graduated from TIBI with his Bachelor of Biblical Studies degree in 2013. He also completed a 10-course certificate program in counseling, directed by Ignacio Barcenas. He has worked in churches in Venezuela and Mexico. Currently he directs the spiritual formation program that is part of TIBI’s curriculum.

J. Omar Palafox is a Mexican missionary from Guadalajara. He is a graduate of the mission school at Sunset International Bible Institute in Texas. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Bible and a Master’s in Ministry from Lubbock Christian University, and a second Master’s Degree in Divinity from Abilene Christian University, Texas. In May 2021, he received his Doctor of Intercultural Studies from Fuller University in California. He has been a mentor and church planter in Latin America as Coach of life. His ministry is the expansion of “ASHREI,” a resource network where spiritual formation is central. He currently is assistant professor of Bible at Abilene Christian University.

Wladimir Pereira was baptized in the Valera church in Trujillo, Venezuela, in 2003. Between 2006-08, he served in the army in that country. He has a wife named Rebeca and two children. In 2015, he began his studies in TIBI and graduated in 2017 with a bachelors in Biblical studies and ministry. From 2020-23, he studied in the Masters of Practical Theology program in the Biblical Institute Network (RIB), graduating in 2023. He is currently enrolled in the ministerial equipping program at Abilene Christian University. His passions are missions, preaching, edification, reading, movies, and traveling.

Jorge Pineda, from Venezuela, is based in Tampa, Florida and holds a Master’s degree in Hispanic Studies from the University of Central Arkansas, as well as Bachelors of Biblical Studies degree from the Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock, TX. He has taught at the Quito School of Biblical Studies and the Atlantic International Bible Institute in addition to ministering in 6 different congregations and has given seminars and campaigns in various parts of Latin America.

Sixto Rivera is founder and Executive Director of Genesis Alliance. He was born in Honduras and grew up in El Salvador. He moved to the United States, received the good news of Jesus and was “born again” in Houston, Texas, in 1982. His passion for reaching the lost began then and has never ceased. Sixto graduated in 1989 from the Harding School of Biblical Studies in Searcy, Arkansas. He then returned to Texas and attended Dallas Christian College where he studied Ministry and Leadership. It was then that he began his journey answering the call to reach the growing Hispanic population with the good news of Jesus and began planting churches. While planting a church in Garland, Texas, between 2000 and 2003, he began to understand the need to equip others to plant multiplying Latin churches. The response to this need began in 2007, when Genesis Alliance was born and began to grow. The dream of developing more leaders and planting more Latin churches became a reality, and today more than 100 churches have been planted in eleven different countries. More and more leaders are being trained and equipped continuously, and they in turn train other leaders. Sixto has continued to pursue additional education, constantly reading and studying to keep his knowledge and God’s work at the forefront of current practices. Sixto has a servant’s heart, passion for the lost, and experience in church planting and leadership development.

Alfonso Sanchez and his wife Itziar live in Huntsville, Alabama, where they lead the Hispanic ministry at the Westlawn congregation. Alfonso graduated with an HR degree from the Universidad Autónoma in Coahuila, Mexico, then received his bachelors degree in Bible and ministry from the Baja Biblical Institute in Ensenada, Mexico, then his MPT degree from the RIB. He teaches courses for BBI and now teaches General Epistles for TIBI, and co-teaches the Introduction to Ministry course as well.

Yancy Smith: Yancy is from Fort Worth, Texas. He received his Bachelor degree in biblical languages from Abilene Christian University, his Masters in Greek and New Testament studies also from ACU, and his Ph.D in biblical interpretation and Near East studies from Texas Christian University. He served for 10 years as missionary in Buenos Aires, and in various churches as a leader and minister in Texas. Currently he is the director of global translation services for Bible League International. For the RIB, he is teaching the Theology of the New Testament course.

Isaac Torres and his wife Nathaly are from Barquisimeto, Venezuela,. They and their two sons now live in Nashville, TN, where Isaac founded the Hispanic work at the Bellevue church of Christ in 2023. Isaac is a 2014 graduate of TIBI and a 2021 graduate of the MPT. Isaac has more than two decades of full-time ministry experience, working in the Luisiana iglesia de Cristo in Peru; in the Morelia, Querétaro, and Torreón congregations in Mexico; and three congregations in Venezuela (Los Sauces, Barrio Union, and El Manzano.) All these last three were planted since 2014. Now Isaac’s focus is on church planting, evangelism, and discipleship. He helps teach our Evangelism course at TIBI, and has taught the graduate version of Evangelism in the MPT for several years.

Bernie Villalobos is currently serving as the evangelist at the Paso Ancho Church of Christ in San José, Costa Rica, a congregation which he planted.The Paso Ancho congregation has planted two new churches in Costa Rica in the last two years. He studied at the Technological Institute of Costa Rica where he graduated as an Agricultural Engineer in 2001. He studied at the Biblical School of the Americas in Panama from 2002-2003, then graduated from the Texas International Bible Institute in 2011 as part of our first international class, then from the MPT in 2021. He teaches Old Testament 2 and 4 for TIBI.

These 7 brethren have taught occasional live courses, and/or have recorded other courses which are part of our online offerings at www.ibitenlinea.org.

Oswaldo Albarracin received a bachelor’s degree in Baxter Institute of Biblical Studies in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and has a Masters in Theology. He established the Cuenca Biblical Institute in Ecuador and was a professor there. He has served in the Clínica Medica Saint, the churches of Christ in Pedregal, and Kennedy. He has been a teacher in the Escuela Quiteña de Estudios Bíblicos, and has given conferences in Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. He is currently the director of the Quito School of Biblical Studies. He received his Masters of Practical Theology degree in December 2021, as part of the first cohort to graduate from that program.

Ignacio Barcenas is originally from Mexico, and is a 1983 graduate of the Sunset School of Preaching. He received a BS in biblical studies and also an MS in marriage and family studies from Southern Christian University, and is licensed counselor. He has planted two Hispanic congregations in the Houston area since 1983. For several years he was field work supervisor for TIBI. He served as a full-time counselor, marriage and family therapist and trainer in Galveston, TX, and is now minister of the Iglesia de Cristo in South Houston, TX.

Jim Holway received his bachelor degree in Biblical Studies from Freed Hardeman University, with an emphasis in biblical languages. He also has a Master of Religious Studies from Harding Graduate School of Religion, with an emphasis in Missions and the New Testament. He has served as a minister and church planter in various congregations in Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida in the US, and as a missionary for 10 years in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also certified as a facilitator and director of marital and pre-marital counseling. He has been a keynote speaker and professor for various churches, schools, and conferences or courses in Latin America (Argentina, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Bolivia, República Dominicana, Ecuador and Belize) and in the US. He currently is the minister of the Sunset church of Christ in Miami, Florida. He also has taught courses for TIBI and for the RIB Masters of Practical Theology program.

Kirk McAfee graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a BS in Civil Engineering and a Master of Missiology from Abilene Christian University. He has been a missionary in Costa Rica, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. He helped plant the Instituto Bíblico de La Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic, an extension of the Atlantic International Bible Institute in Miami, where he was director several years. He currently is a hospital chaplain in Miami.

Enrique Martorell, of Spain, is a graduate of the Bible at the School of Biblical Studies at White’s Ferry Road in West Monroe, Louisiana. He earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Theology from American Christian Bible College in West Monroe, Louisiana, and received a Ph.D. in Christian Education from The Theological University of America. Though Enrique passed away in 2023, we still use some of his videos in classes.

Arturo Puente is currently an instructor at the Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock, TX. In the past, he has also taught full-time at the Quito School of Biblical Studies and Lubbock Christian University. He has served as minister in the bilingual Colgate church in Lubbock, Texas. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Bible and Ministry, and a Master’s of Divinity. He is an accomplished scholar and teacher, and has published a commentary on the book of Revelation.

Edgar Yungán, from Ecuador, holds a degree in Social Communication from the Universidad Laica in Manta (Ecuador), Bachelors in Pastoral Theology from SEMISUD (Ecuador), a Bachelors of Biblical Studies from EQEB/SIBI, and a Master’s in Bible and Theology from Lee University. He has been a missionary in his country and currently is an evangelist as well as full-time Professor of Theology and Academic Dean at the EQEB in Quito. He received his Masters of Practical Theology degree in December 2021, as part of the first cohort to graduate from that program.

The following men teach the following courses in our Master of Practical Theology program, for the Red de Institutos Bíblicos (RIB, or Biblical Institute Network in English), which TIBI helped create and in which we participate actively. As you see, some of them teach on both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Timothy Archer teaches the Theological homiletics course for the MPT. He began to serve as director of development for TIBI, part-time, in August 2025. He was director of International Ministry at Herald of Truth and has spent three decades working in Spanish ministry, including 15 years in Argentina. He is the preaching minister for the Alvarado Church of Christ in Alvarado, TX. He received his BA and MA in Bible and Related Studies and a MS in Communications all from Abilene Christian University. Tim has authored or co-authored several books including Letters From The Lamb, Hope For Life and More Hope For Life, Church Inside Out, as well as a history of the churches of Christ in Cuba that was co-written with Cuban preacher Tony Fernández. He teaches courses for the undergraduate and masters’ program at TIBI.

Jhon Cuarán Cuarán teaches the Theological Hermeneutics class for the MPT.

Jonathan Hanegan: Jonathan is originally from Denver, Colorado. He received his bachelor degree in missions and Spanish from Oklahoma Christian University, and a masters’ of missions from Abilene Christian University. He has served as a minister in Venezuela, and currently works with the Cristo Redentor church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He teaches the Church Growth and spirituality course for the MPT.

James Henderson James currently teaches our spiritual formation class for the MPT.

Benjamin Matul teaches the pastoral counseling course for the MPT. He is from Guatemala City, Guatemala, where he received undergraduate and masters’ degrees in counseling and psychology. He also graduated from TIBI with his undergraduate degree and also the RIB with the MPT. He has served faithfully as a leader in the vibrant Villa Nueva church in Guatemala City for decades

Juan Meza Juan teaches the Theology of the Old Testament course for the MPT. Juan is from Mexico, where he studied in the Bible school at Torreón. Then he came to the States to earn his bachelors’ and masters’ degrees in biblical and theological studies from Harding University, and in 2026 added a doctorate of Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has served as an adjunct professor for Harding, and as a minister in congregations in Searcy (Arkansas) and Memphis (Tennessee). He has given various conferences and seminars about biblical text and ministry in Latin America.

Hugo Monroy: Hugo is originally from Colombia, where he graduated with a bachelor of philosophy and letters from the Universidad Santo Tomás. Then he obtained two masters’ degree from Abilene Christian University, in missiology and in theology. He has served as a leader and minister in various congregations in New York City. He teaches the History of Christian Thought course for the MPT.

J. Omar Palafox: Omar teaches the Leadership development course for the MPT. He is a Mexican missionary from Guadalajara. He is a graduate of the mission school at Sunset International Bible Institute in Texas. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Bible and a Master’s in Ministry from Lubbock Christian University, and a second Master’s Degree in Divinity from Abilene Christian University, Texas. In May 2021, he received his Doctor of Intercultural Studies from Fuller University in California. He has been a mentor and church planter in Latin America as Coach of life. His ministry is the expansion of “ASHREI,” a resource network where spiritual formation is central. He currently is assistant professor of Bible at Abilene Christian University.