Ricardo Sanchez
Director of Hispanic Leadership Development
Biography
Dr. Ricardo Sánchez Estévez was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and moved to North Carolina over a decade ago. He has spent more than twenty years equipping pastors, teachers, ministry leaders, and lay leaders across the United States and Latin America through conferences and workshops, translation and livestreaming of ministry events, and consultation on the effective use of technology in ministry. Alongside his ministry, he spent more than fifteen years leading the consultation, design, and execution of multidisciplinary collaboration platforms and infrastructure projects with international teams in the education, telecom, corporate, and health industries. He directs the Office of Hispanic Leadership Development at Southeastern and serves as GTI Professor of Hispanic Studies, teaching in the areas of Christian education, business, cross-cultural leadership and discipleship strategies, and applied ministry. He holds an Ed.D. from Southeastern and an M.P.M. from the Université du Québec. He also serves as director of the Hispanic Ministry at Richland Creek Community Church. He and his wife, Evelyn, have three children and two grandsons.
Education
MGP (Master of Project Management), Université du Québec en Outaouais
EdD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Professional Experience
Judson College
Adjunct Professor of Business and Spanish; 2020-present
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Adjunct Professor to Dr. Ken Coley; 2018-present
The Summit Church – Summit en Español, Durham, NC
Main speaker: Hispanic Couples’ Retreat, Ridgecrest Conference Center; 2018
Instructor: Hispanic Couples’ Workshop, Brier Creek Campus; 2018
Neuse Christian Academy, Raleigh, NC
Teacher: High School Photography and Filmmaking electives; 2017-2018
Richland Creek Community Church
Bible teacher for Spanish Life Group; 2016-present
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
Instructor for Relevant Preaching Interpretation Workshop for the SBTS Chapel interpreting team; 2014
King’s Christian School, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Teacher: High School Photography elective; 2012-2014
Seminario Bautista Dominicano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Guest Professor for Relevance and Applicability of Social Networking and Web Presence; 2013
MisionVirtual.org
Instructor for Developing the Multimedia Ministry in the Local Church workshop; 2007-present
Freelance Work, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Curriculum designer, implementer, and lead instructor of Business English; 1991-1995
Centro Cultural Dominico-Americano, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) for K-12 and adults; 1990-1994
Ministry/Missions Experience
MisionVirtual.org
Director & Founder; 2005-present
Life Action Ministries, Buchanan, MI
Director of livestreaming logistics and production for the True Woman and Revive our Hearts national conferences; 2012-present
Richland Creek Community Church, Wake Forest, NC
Director of Hispanic Ministry; 2019-present
Service Interpreter and Interpreter Trainer to Spanish; 2015-present
The Summit Church – Summit en Español, Durham, NC
Spanish Preacher; 2018-2019
Faith Lafayette Biblical Counseling Center, Lafayette, IN
Biblical Counseling Training Conference production of Spanish tracks; 2014-2019