TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
The Santiago Partnership serves in collaboration with the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador (IPEE), and specifically with the social development branch of the church (FACE). We are also grateful for many other collaborative partnerships with organizations and individuals, especially Iglesia Emanuel.
+ IPEE
IPEE (pronounced “E-Pay-Ay”) stands for Iglesia del Pacto Evangélico del Ecuador, which means that it is the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador. IPEE was birthed in the late ‘40s by American Covenant missionaries who had come to Ecuador to help establish two schools. Currently, there are over 90 Covenant churches in Ecuador that are spread out throughout the country and are broken up into six districts of churches. IPEE is now legally independent from their American sister-church but still work hand-in-hand in many facets and projects. Joel and Kim are missionaries through the Evangelical Covenant Church of the United States and Canada and are serving Ecuador by invitation of IPEE.
+ Evangelical Covenant Church
The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is an evangelical Christian denomination of more than 800 congregations and an average worship attendance of 178,000 people in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents. Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the church is now one of the most rapidly growing and multi-ethnic denominations in North America. Historically Lutheran in theology and background, it is now a broadly evangelical denomination. This is the denomination that Joel and Kim serve as missionaries.
+ FACE
Fundación Adelanto Comunitario Ecuatoriano (FACE - pronounced "Fa-Say") is the Social Service Branch of the IPEE FACE develops and administers various community-oriented outreach programs aimed at educating the Ecuadorian populace and reducing the need for intervention.
Iglesia EMANUEL
Our home and clinic are in Cayambe in partnership with Iglesia Emanuel, a sister Covenant Church. IPEE decided this church would be a good fit for our first ministry site. A primary reason was their vision for a medical ministry to serve their local community. Iglesia Emanuel stepped out building a Medical Clinic on faith that someone with the needed medical expertise would come to serve. The Santiago Partnership meets that need.
Jose Tuqueres
Pastor of Iglesia Emanuel
Pastor Jose has been serving his congregation for 21 years as the church's only pastor. He and his wife Magdalena have three grown children, Priscila, Alex and Glenda and a grandchild. Pastor Jose's leadership includes his original vision for the Medical Clinic which is what led the Santiago Partnership to Cayambe. In addition to pastoring, he successfully runs businesses in construction, carpentry, and metal working; he also owns a hotel and cafeteria.
F.A.C.E.
Fundación Adelanto Comunitario Ecuatoriano
FACE (pronounced "Fah-Say") stands for Fundación Adelanto Comunitario Ecuatoriano, which means the Foundation for Ecuadorian Community Advancement. Basically, FACE is the branch of IPEE which executes Christian social projects throughout Ecuador. It is an independent organization in that it has its own legal non-profit status though IPEE its umbrella organization. FACE is greatly respected by the Ecuadorian government and many people around the country for the many projects it has executed in its 50 plus years of existence. Projects include the areas of disaster relief, health, agriculture, education, and community development. Everything that the Santiago Partnership accomplishes will be deemed a FACE project in Ecuador that is being accomplished in the name of Jesus Christ and the Covenant church.
Other partners
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