2009 National Meeting

The annual national meeting of the churches of Christ in Honduras met in Catacamas this year. Every year they must meet according to government regulations. It is similar to how churches must have a business meeting in the states to meet state regulations. While the main purpose is to satisfy government regulation and each congregation is totally autonomous, it is a good time of fellowship. Preachers and leaders from all over the country converge to meet at the city chosen at the previous meeting.

This year they chose to meet in Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras on August 29th. The MPRC was able to assist this gathering by housing 13 preachers in the Center. Another family, the Noe Perezes, stayed at the Tomkinses. We also have some photos of the gathering, which met at the church building of the church of Christ in Barrio El Colegio.

A number of leaders from Olancho were chosen as leaders of the organization for this year.

• Davíd Chacón, President
• Geovany Moreno, Vice President
• Hugo Espinal, Treasurer
• Carlos Carbajal, Secretary
• Enrique Pagoada, Representative of the Dto de Olancho
• Armando Pacheco, Fiscal

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		Starting to gather			Our host, Hugo Espinal, preacher at the iglesia de Cristo, Bo. El Colegio.
		Rocendo 'Chendo' Antunez gets a good laugh.
		Noé Perez and Armando Pacheco are happy to be in Catacamas. Noé is a forester and one of the elders at the Guanacaste congregation in Tegucigalpa. He is the outgoing president. Armando is an elder at the La Vega congregation in Tegucigalpa and is 'supposed' to be retired from Baxter Institute.
		A preacher from Tegus and Lupe, who teaches at Baxter Institute
				Sign in
		Guillermo, Enrique, Efren, and Samuel, all from Catacamas, love the fellowship that comes with being christians.
		José and Armando are delighted to see each other again.
				Noé starts the meeting.
		Lidio and Eliseo listening intently.			Javier Perez
		Enrique and Efren			Rigoberto Vargas, whose father heads up the prison ministry in Honduras.
				Enrique pointing to where he knows he is heading with his father, José, standing behind him and his uncle, Santos Lainez, sitting listening.
		Tito and David greet.			Rafael 'Tito' Bertrand, one of the pioneers of the churches of Christ in Honduras.