Established Churches

All of these 10 churches listed on this page are member churches of the Fellowship of Evangelical Berean Churches of Ecuador.  This fellowship provides assistance for the churches when in need.  The church remains independent with their own autonomy led by a board along with the pastor to make any and all decisions.  These churches are listed as to their number of years in existence beginning with the oldest.

1.  Caluma

Caluma is a small community on the coast of Ecuador.  This church struggled for many years with a pastor who had a very unbiblical testimony.  When the decision was made to change pastors, God opened the doors for new ministries.  The church has grown and renewed their testimony in the community.  Pastor Jorge Verdezoto is starting other churches in the area. 

2.  Yaruquí

Yaruquíi has been ministering for nearly 30 years already.  The community is a very fast growing area near the new international airport.  The valley is growing in numbers and the church desires to meet the spiritual needs of the area.  God is opening the doors for the outreach into the community with the pastor Holguer Molineros and assistant Pastor Fernando Bassler reaching these people for Christ.  This church has a major responsibility to the people. 

3.  GuarGuar

The rural community of GuarGuar has no small town, but is only a group of farms in a valley 4 hours south of Quito.  The church has remained open with one family ministering alone in this small church.  Pray that they will be walking with the Lord and providing a good, biblical teaching of the Word to the people who live near them.  

4. Tumbaco

 The church in Tumbaco is a very strategically located ministry.  The very quickly growing suburban of Quito is a very important ministry.  The church is pastored by Manolo Carrión.  The Berean Bible Institute is located here.  They are involved in a construction project for more Sunday school space as well as larger classrooms for the institute classes.  God is blessing this church's faithful ministry for many years.

5.  Pifo

The largest and fastest growing church in the fellowship is Pifo.  The church board ministers to a large group of people.  There are 5 pastors ministering to over 500 people.  The senior pastor is Ramiro Báez.   The weekdays finds them ministering to 350 students in the christian school.  On Saturdays they have classes by extension for the Bible institute.  This is a church that has a very large ministry and has a huge responsibility.

6.  Checa

Checa is a growing group of believers who have a very mature pastor and ministry.  The church has gone through some difficulties but now have begun a good, positive ministry.  God will use this testimony for His glory until Christ comes.  God is ministering through these men and women to get the message out to the world.  They are near the new airport as they welcome new people into their community.  Pastor Bólivar Báez is their pastor. 

7.  Mulauco

An hour up the mountain, lies a small community with a good church for the people to learn about God and His Word.  This church was started and has grown steadily since then.  Now with the people filling the building, they are looking to add on more Sunday school space for the children's ministry.  God is blessing faithfulness.  Any worthwhile church ministry takes time and time it took to see the growth.  Pastor Leonardo Haro is a pastor who has a tailor shop where he makes suits and dresses.

8.  Quinche

The church in Quinche has been through some difficult times during its growing stages.  Situated in a very strong Roman Catholic community, the people have received persecution along with threats to their lives.  The church was burned to the ground once; rebuilt and continues to grow.  The founding pastor went on to continue the church plant in Quito, leaving a local man, trained in the Word to continue as pastor.  Wilmer López has been faithful as a leader in the church and now became the pastor, leading the ministry.  This is the first established church in this small Roman Catholic community.  Others have tried and failed.  God allowed this church to continue due to a faithful witness and faithful people who remained under the pressure no matter what happened.

9.  Puembo

Puembo is a community on the edge of the new international airport's runway.  Strategically located for further growth and ministry to a growing population ready to move in.  Most of these are unsaved and so this church has been preparing itself for this future ministry.  They are ready to call their own pastor.  They have a building that will be adequate for 200 people.  This church has the responsibility of hiring their first pastor to continue the growth, reaching out to the spiritual needs of the people.

10.  Berean Bible Church of Quito

This is the first church building in Quito.  There are three churches in Quito under our fellowship.  The others are mission churches.  This building was finished in 2009.  The church has a board of leaders who have the responsibility to continue leading the church on to greater ministries in a metropolitan setting.  They are not paying a pastor full time yet.  The church ministers to hundreds of people each week in their ministries for youth and children.  The Bible institute extension is located in this building.  Very soon the church will be able to pay the salary for their pastor.  The attendance runs near 100 presently.  The building will hold nearly 300.  Should this church continue the ministry already in progress, God will build this church to a size of effective ministry.