Ambassador of Christ in the Americas

MEDELLIN, Colombia – More than a decade ago, a chorus from Harding University in Searcy, Ark., traveled to Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. The students shared their voices – and their love of Christ – with people of South America.

Among their audience were Rosanna Marín and her family. It was their first contact with Churches of Christ.

Recently Marín got the chance to make a similar trip from her home in Venezuela to neighboring Colombia. The young Christian was one of four members of the a cappella singing group Unión C that sang for more than 160 people at a church in Medellín.

The group, which also included Darling González, Jonathan Hanegan and José Santoyo, conducted a congregational singing workshop for churches in Medellín and sang at the third annual National Youth Camp in Cali, Colombia.

Santoyo, a leader in the church in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, directs an all-girl chorus from the church in nearby Barcelona.

“The church in Medellín has invited him to return and continue teaching on worship and congregational singing,” Hanegan said.

“Venezuela and Colombia are now divided, but they were once united as ‘La Gran Colombia’ under Simón Bolívar,” Hanegan said. “Through mission efforts like this one, the Churches of Christ in Venezuela will be united under their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”

WATCH VIDEOS of Unión C’s performances under the “playlists” option at www.youtube.com/panajonathan.

The Christian Chronicle, March 2009 edition.