Julio Bautista was Sports Ambassador coordinator from 1986 to 2004 and in 2005 became missionary of International Sports Ministry. His education includes the following: CSI SM certificate completed 2005 Completing Bachicher in Theology, Guatemalan Presbyterian Seminary 1975-78,90 Psychology Degree (1999) High School: graduated as teacher of primary education (1978) Julio speaks Spanish and English.

 

Contact Information

Ministry: International Sports Ministry / Confraternidad Cristiana del Deporte Argentina Address: Alsina 119 – San Isidro (1642) Buenos Aires - Argentina Phone #: 54 11 4732-2679 Email Address: julio@ccdconfraternidad.com.ar Skype Contact: juliob2005

 

Country Information

Argentine Republic / República Argentina: 36 million inhabitants, 95% of the population is white (most are descendants of Italians and Spaniards, as a result of the massive European immigration). The white and Indian half-castes only to 4.5%, the pure indigenous population to 0.5%. There is complete religious freedom in Argentina, although the official religion is Roman Catholic. Other religions practiced in the country are Protestant, Jewish, Moslem, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox and others.

 

Ministry Information

CONFRATERNITY CHRISTIAN IN SPORT ARGENTINA is a networking church ministry founded in 1991, which represents a vision of churches, united with a common purpose developing the sport ministry. With the role of support for those who talk about Jesus in the sport’s world and equipping the churches that reach their communities through sport in cooperation. The following are our goals: To facilitate contacts and resources in order to start or develop a sport ministry in the local church. To contribute in the training of leaders. To develop strategic alliances among churches and sport ministries in a national and international level through various events and the sending of sport people to creative access countries. The Confraternity consists of people who love Jesus and want to help the church learn how to communicate that same love through sports and recreation.

 

Testimonial

In the first weekend of December 2006, 200 national leaders, invited for ACIERA (The Evangelical Argentina Alliance), were all together working on the National Transformation Plan and sports ministry was included!