Manuel Abarca has served as Pastor of Encuentro, the Spanish speaking ministry of Northwest, since 2016. He has also been a music teacher, youth pastor, worship leader, missionary, church planter, and the Director of Hispanic Church Planting for the OK/TX district of the EFCA. He received his Master’s in Divinity from the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, Minnesota. Manuel loves people, playing piano and guitar, and spending time with his wife and four children.