Rev. Luis Bernard named director of Brite's Borderlands Center
Fort Worth
1/29/2007
Brite Divinity School has hired the Rev. Luis Bernard as director of
its Borderlands Center for Latina/o Church Studies, effective Feb. 1.
He comes to Brite from Sarasota, FL, where he was the pastor of Beneva
Christian Church. Texas-born, Rev. Bernard is a graduate of the
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, TX, and received a master's
degree from the University of Central Texas in Killeen. He received his
M.Div. degree from the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico in San Juan
and is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ).
Rev. Bernard has pastored congregations in Puerto Rico, Nashville, TN,
and Homestead, FL. He and his wife, Carmen, have three daughters.
She has a Ph.D. degree in food service management and plans to teach in
the Metroplex once the family has relocated to this area after the
school year ends.
The work of the Borderlands Center is focused on how the growing
Latina/o population challenges the traditional Christian approach to
blending religion and culture.
