Witnesses to the Ascension

The Rev. Sergio Sapunar
Written By The Rev. Sergio Sapunar

After Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, he spends 40 days with his disciples. On the day of his ascension to heaven, he tells his apostles that they will receive power from the Holy Spirit to be witnesses of his life and resurrection to Jerusalem and the ends of the earth. What was their early ministry like and how did God work through them to spread the gospel in their own culture and to the greater Greco-Roman world? What does it mean for us to live as present-day witnesses in the culture God has put us in?

Scripture Reading: Acts 1:6-11

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The Rev. Sergio Sapunar

Sergio is originally from Chile, South America. He began his ministry as a missionary among indigenous Anglican brothers and sisters in the rural South of Chile. After two years, he returned to Santiago (the capital), where he studied (BTh) at the Anglican Seminary. After seminary, he became an assistant pastor and later the rector of Saint John's Anglican Church. In this church, he spent nine years leading a church revitalization. After the church grew and matured, he came to the States to keep improving his theological and pastoral skills. He received a Master of Divinity and a Master in Christian Counseling from the Reformed Theological Seminary (Orlando and Charlotte).

Sergio serves as the Canon for Ethics & Safeguarding in our diocese. He is also a Biblical counselor and serves as a leader and speaker in Caminemos Juntos, a Hispanic initiative of the ACNA..

Although Sergio enjoys theological and exegetical discussions, his passion is to make the Scriptures manageable, practical, and contingent for all people. In addition, he has a heart to equip pastors, leaders, and churches with practical theology and pastoral counseling.

Sergio is married to Marcela and has two kids, Benjamin and Magdalena.

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