After nearly 17 years of ministry service in Alabama, Ramon Rivas said goodbye March 16 with plans to continue his ministry work in Mexico.
Rivas served as a church planter for the Northwest Alabama Hispanic Coalition in Hamilton and was later commissioned by the North American Mission Board in 2008 as a church-planting missionary for Hispanic churches. He worked in various ministry capacities in Franklin, Winston, Colbert-Lauderdale and Marion Baptist associations.
Rivas began several new Hispanic missions. One was Primera Iglesia Bautista, Hamilton, in Marion Association — the first Alabama Baptist church owned by a Hispanic congregation — where Rivas served as pastor for eight years.
Rivas’ heart for ministry was evident to those he worked with, including Keith Box, Marion Association’s director of missions.
“He is a very dedicated and committed man,” Box said. “First and foremost he loves Jesus. I’ve never met a man with such a drive and passion to win people to Christ. … Only eternity will show the impact Ramon Rivas has had for the kingdom of God.”
Primera Iglesia Bautista, Hamilton, hosted a party March 16 to celebrate Rivas’ retirement from ministry in Alabama.
Rivas now lives in Texas and it is his “heart to start a mission in Mexico,” he said. He asks for prayers for God to open doors for this new chapter of ministry.
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