Church planting in Córdoba, Argentina
Who are we?
Scott is from Dallas, Texas and moved to Cordoba to do full time mission work in 2006 after going on several short-term trips between 1998-2005. Sofia was born and raised in Cordoba. Scott and Sofi met in 2008 and were married in 2011. Lucy was born in 2014 and loves reading. Bennett was born in 2017 and loves all kind of games and being in company with friends. Sofia studied English Translation at the National University in Cordoba and does part time work with The BibleProject. Scott’s first field of study was Health Sciences and worked in that area before moving to Cordoba. He then began studying theology and recently earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Our sending missionary agency is ARM Ministries. www.armmin.org
What have we done?
Time has flown by and it has been 20 years Since I (Scott) have been working as a missionary in Cordoba. From 2006 to 2010 my main work was outreach to university students in a dense urban area where young people from all over the country live. It was through this ministry that Scott and Sofi met. From 2010 to 2012 I mainly focused on getting my theology degree, but also served in the university and young adult ministry at a local church called Centro Crecer. At the church, I met several missionaries who shared a dream of launching a Seminary that would be dedicated to equipping current and future pastors and missionaries. From 2012-2022, Scott, along with other missionaries from differenct countries and missions agencies, helped launch and grow the Seminary that is called Seminario Carey. I served as professor and also as curriculum development and course developer. By God’s grace, this Seminary grew from just a few students and one certificate program to hundreds of students and a Master’s level degree. During the years at Seminary, Sofi worked as a freelance translator for various publishers of Christian books such as Lifeway and others. In 2020 I (Scott) saw a need for biblically sound resources for athletes and sports ministries and started a non-profit ministry called Vertical Deportes to meet this need. Since then we have been able to produce orginal content as well as provide translations of Bible Studies, articles, and books which have received good feedback from athletes in the region.
What are we doing?
Over the past 5-7 years we have gotten to know more of our neighbors and have been burdened by the fact that that there is no church in and around the neighborhood we live. Also over that time frame we came to know more and more Kyle and Alissa Winker, missionaries from Dallas also working in Argentina, but in Buenos Aires. After much prayer and consideration, we decided to partner with the Winkers to plant a church here in our neighborhood (called Urca). The Winkers moved to Cordoba in June of 2025 and shortly after we left the Centro Crecer congregation in order to focus 100% on planting a church. When I tell people from Cordoba that we are planting a church in this area of town, the most popular response I hear is “Oh, that will be tough.” The general profile of people who live in this area are not too receptive of the gospel, but we know that there are some who are ready for Christ to invite them into His Kingdom. Over the past months we have slowly grown and are now six families, three of which were not going to a church previously.
What is our need?
We currently are needing to increase our incoming monthly donations by $500. Currently, we have $3,500 coming in from donors who commit to give monthly, which is short of our needed amount of $4,000. We hope to add individual families or churches to our support base in order to meet this need so that we do not have to leave the field for an extended amount of time.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or to hear more about our work.
Current support level 3,500
Total monthly support needed for family of 4: 4,000