MEXICO – The Lutheran Synod of Mexico (Sínodo Luterano de México – SLM) held the closing service of its 54th General Assembly on June 1, during which time the church installed its newly-elected president: Rev. Omar Marín Garza Martínez.
Rev. Martínez is the pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Matamoros, and was serving as treasurer of the SLM at the time of his election. President Martínez graduated in 2019 from Seminario Concordia El Reformador in the Dominican Republic. He also holds a Master of Arts from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, which he received in 2025.
SLM President Martínez succeeds Rev. Isaac G. García Castillo, who had served the Mexican church as president for more than eleven years. During his tenure, the SLM grew from three pastors to eleven today. The church also saw the establishment of three new congregations, the reopening of three previous congregations, and the creation of the Instituto Martin Lutero. President Emeritus Castillo will continue to serve as pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church in Mexico City.
During its General Assembly, the church also elected other officers, including Rev. Isaac Neftalí García Castillo as Vice President, Rev. Job Jiménez Tejeda as Secretary, and Rev. Benjamín Quezada Guzmán as treasurer.
The Lutheran Synod of Mexico is a member church of the International Lutheran Council, a global association of confessional Lutheran churches which proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, grounded in the authority of Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
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