Rev. Dr. Daniel F. Flores is the founding President of Sociedad Wesleyana.  He is an ordained Elder in The United Methodist Church and independent scholar of religion. He was Director of Studies at The Charles Wesley Heritage Centre in Bristol, England from 2000-2001.  Dr. Flores has earned the following advance degrees: doctorate (PhD) in American Religion & Culture and  MPhil in Theological & Religious Studies from Drew University; MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary; and MA in Theology from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

He is a member of the General Commission on Archives & History; The World Methodist Council; and The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.

Dr. Flores is married to Rev. Thelma Herrera Flores, an ordained Deacon and Assistant Pastor at La Trinidad United Methodist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.

Articles by Dr. Flores

Rev. Dr. Eliezer Valentín-Castañón is an ordained Elder pastoring in the Baltimore Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church. Most recently, he was the Associate General Secretary for the South Central Jurisdiction, at the General Commission on Religion and Race of The United Methodist Church. Prior to coming to the General Commission, he was the Director of Civil and Human Rights at the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church. Among his responsibilities with GBCS Dr. Valentín-Castañón, worked on issues of Public Education, Immigration Policy, Welfare Reform, Affirmative Action, Restorative Justice, Capital Punishment, and Minimum Sentencing, Separation of Church and State, and others. He has worked in Washington for 10 years bringing the witness of The United Methodist Church to the heart of Capitol Hill.  In 1987, he entered Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey where he obtained his Master of Divinities degree in 1990. In 2002, he received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. In 1989, he was ordained deacon and in 1990 he was appointed to the First United Methodist Church of East Hampton, N.Y., where he served for 4 years. In 1994, he was appointed to the Quakertown, U.M.C. in The Greater New Jersey Conference (then known as the Northern NJ Annual Conference), and then appointed to the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church, where he served for 10 years.

Eliezer is married to Magda E. Morales and together with their children, Daniel (13) and Eduardo (9), they attend Calvary United Methodist Church in Frederick, MD. They have been happily married for over 20 years.

Rev. Dr. Carol Rotz, DLit. et Phil., was Adjunct Professor of Bible and Theology at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho.  She is a member of Women and Holiness and The Wesleyan Theological Society.  Dr. Rotz is a frequent writer on the issue of education with particular interest in peoples of other cultures.

Northwest Nazarene University

Education
M.S.S.W., University of Texas at Arlington, 1978; B.A., University of North Texas, 1966

Publication
Pentecost Journey: A Planning Guide for Hispanic Ministries (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1999)

Professional Distinctions
Ordained Deacon, Central Texas Conference, United Methodist Church; member, The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, The United Methodist Church; former General Board of Global Ministries missionary for Hispanic Ministries assigned to the Commission on Church Growth and Development, Central Texas Conference; former executive director, Metropolitan Board of Missions, The United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, TX

Southern Methodist University - Perkins School of Theology
Mexican American Program