Julio Guarneri was born in Mexico City and grew up in Monterrey, Mexico as his

parents did evangelism and discipleship work among university students in both cities.

Guarneri obtained a B.S. in Secondary Education from Texas A&I University, Kingsville;

an M.A. in Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort

Worth; and a Ph. D. in Leadership Studies with a concentration in ministry from Dallas

Baptist University, Dallas. His dissertation, “COMIBAM 1984-2000: A Historical

Analysis of a Majority World Missionary Sending Network” was recognized by the DBU

faculty as the most distinguished dissertation in 2014. The dissertation has also been

published by the Evangelical Missiological Society.

Dr. Guarneri was licensed to the ministry and pastored his first church  ...