- MY MENTOR IN THE MINISTRY OF THE PEN

Rev. Floyd Woodworth


Rev. Floyd Woodworth is the son of Assemblies of God pioneers in the United States. He completed studies at Central Bible Institute in Springfield, Missouri, and later graduated with a B.A. from Bethany Peniel College in Oklahoma.
Floyd started his missionary work with a “hitch-hiked” trip to Mexico City, where he enrolled for classes at the university to learn the language of Cervantes. Soon, at the request of the Assemblies of God, Floyd went to Cuba to help teach pastors. He remained there for 10 years as professor and Director of the Bible School. In 1964, Floyd and his wife, Mildred, and their three children moved to Colombia to train teachers and pastors. Floyd strengthened his writing skills by earning an M.A. in Latin American Literature from the University of Southern California. He then began training Latin-American evangelical writers. Floyd started CONOZCA, a magazine that reached evangelical ministers across Latin America and in some European countries. He authored several books, including La escalera de la predicación, Hacia el arte de escribir, Hacia la meta, y Verdades fundamentales. With his colleagues at Servicio de Educación Cristiana (Christian Education Services), he led workshops on editing, helped edit several textbooks for Latin American Seminaries, and taught classes in Bible, Theology, and Ministry for Instituto de Superación Ministerial (ISUM), as well as M.A. studies for Facultad de Teología.
In his 58 years of missionary ministry, Floyd has taught in every Latin American country, as well as in Haiti, Jamaica, Canada, Belgium, Spain, and the Canary Islands. In more recent years, he has served as an editor for 13 books on the history of the Assemblies of God in Latin America. His contribution to God’s kingdom has impacted thousands of Latin-American pastors, evangelists, writers, and missionaries.
Conocí a Floy en Costa Rica en 1976. Luego aquí mismo en 1978. Fue mi maestro en composición y Biblia. Estudiando la maestría fue mi maestro en Técnicas de Investigación. Por correspondencia me asesoraba en mis comienzos.