Joe & Bev Fitzpatrick
Mission to the World / San Juan, Puerto Rico
Joe is part of Mission to the World’s Global Theological Education team with a concentration in teaching Spanish-speaking pastors and church leaders in Latin America. After having served with MTW in Manila, Philippines, for six years and in Puerto Rico, the homeland of Joe’s mother, for 13 years, they are now based in the Philadelphia area. Joe travels for modular courses in mostly Old Testament topics. He provides one- to two-week classes for gatherings of students who prepare prior to and after the class weeks. Lately he has had the opportunity to assist SRL Seminary (srlseminary.org), which began through the vision of PCA churches in Philadelphia, to provide seminary education on-site in Latin America. They have a main campus in Medellín, Colombia, and sites in 15 locations. Joe loves what he does and never gets tired of seeing the Holy Spirit renew students’ desire to study the Word as they see the story of redemption in the Old Testament—the ‘unfolding mystery’ as Edmund Clowney called it in his classic book on seeing Christ in the Old Testament.
Prayer needs:
- Please pray as Joe teaches pastors and church leaders in Latin America. Many of these leaders are bi-vocational with busy lives and ministries as they also study the Word. Pray that the Spirit will nurture their love of Scripture and that they will be able to share that in their ministries to their churches and communities.
- Pray as Joe teaches a new course on the Holy Land. He is excited about sharing his passion for Biblical geography and history with his students.
- Joe and Bev are new grandparents of Evelyn Grace (born in March 2022) which is a joy. Pray as their three children (all in their twenties) work and study in FL, MD, and PA.
Joe & Bev Fitzpatrick
Mission to the World / San Juan, Puerto Rico
Joe is part of Mission to the World’s Global Theological Education team with a concentration in teaching Spanish-speaking pastors and church leaders in Latin America. After having served with MTW in Manila, Philippines, for six years and in Puerto Rico, the homeland of Joe’s mother, for 13 years, they are now based in the Philadelphia area. Joe travels for modular courses in mostly Old Testament topics. He provides one- to two-week classes for gatherings of students who prepare prior to and after the class weeks. Lately he has had the opportunity to assist SRL Seminary (srlseminary.org), which began through the vision of PCA churches in Philadelphia, to provide seminary education on-site in Latin America. They have a main campus in Medellín, Colombia, and sites in 15 locations. Joe loves what he does and never gets tired of seeing the Holy Spirit renew students’ desire to study the Word as they see the story of redemption in the Old Testament—the ‘unfolding mystery’ as Edmund Clowney called it in his classic book on seeing Christ in the Old Testament.
Prayer needs:
- Please pray as Joe teaches pastors and church leaders in Latin America. Many of these leaders are bi-vocational with busy lives and ministries as they also study the Word. Pray that the Spirit will nurture their love of Scripture and that they will be able to share that in their ministries to their churches and communities.
- Pray as Joe teaches a new course on the Holy Land. He is excited about sharing his passion for Biblical geography and history with his students.
- Joe and Bev are new grandparents of Evelyn Grace (born in March 2022) which is a joy. Pray as their three children (all in their twenties) work and study in FL, MD, and PA.
