Adan Benavente
Solola, Guatemala
Adan Benavente Monterrosso and his wife, Miriam, were born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. They now live and work in Solola. They have five children: Vasty, Dana, Helen, Natan, and Gladis. They range in age from 10 to 18. The Benavente family’s home is in the neighborhood of Patricio Green, Barrio Calvario.
Adan graduated from the Bible Institute in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In 1987, he began his formal ministry preaching for the Church in Quetzaltenango. At that time, Norman Gene Luna, Francis Hobbes, Pedro Batres and Everado Suquenza also worked with that congregation.
In January 1998, Adan and his family moved to Solola near Lake Atitlan. At that time, there was no Church of Christ meeting in the area. Since 1998, 60 people have been baptized and this congregation continues to develop and grow. This growth is the direct result of the church’s evangelism in several ways.
One avenue of their evangelism is visiting with their neighbors and offering invitations for Bible studies and to worship. Another avenue is follow-up with the people served by the their medical clinic. In addition, they have training programs for men, women and children.
Active in church planting, they are also starting two new congregations, teaching those who speak a local dialect, Cackchikel. These groups meet in suburbs of Solola: Panajachel and Santa Clara La Laguna.
Adan has assisted in training preachers by teaching courses in the Bible Institute in Honduras, in Guatemala City, and a group which meets in Chichicastenango.