The Hispanic Center for Theological Studies appreciates your visit to our website. We are an institution with a ministerial formation focus seeking to assist those whose desire is to serve the Lord, the church and their community. We are located in the geographic center of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. We also have satellites located in places where there is sufficient interest and initiative to organize study groups.

We believe that theological education and ministerial formation belong to all members of the community of God. Some of our students are already pastors, while others have just begun their pilgrimage of faith; some are professionals, while others have little schooling; some come from historical churches, while others belong to new charismatic and Pentecostal movements; our students like the educational and administrative staff are represented by men and women committed to serving Christ.

Our services are intentionally directed towards the Spanish speaking community of God that generally does not have access to traditional institutions whose focus is ministerial formation, often because of language, educational costs, distance or a myriad of other inconveniences. CHET concurrently prepares men and women whose goal is to earn post-graduate degrees from accredited schools that accept our Bachelor or Ministry Diploma (some CHET graduates are presently studying at the masters degrees level). Our graduates are serving as pastors, as church planters, as counselors, as Sunday school teachers or are serving their service to the community.

If God has called you to equip yourself for His service, or has called you to prepare members of the community of God for ministry, we will be honored and pleased to accompany you in your walk and in this way give honor and glory to He who has called us to collaborate for the expansion of the Kingdom.

Sincerely in Christ,

Jorge E. Maldonado, S.T.M.; Th.M.; D.Min.
President