Stacey Steck
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Long-term volunteer Stacey Steck was appointed in January 2009 to serve as associate for congregational growth and development at the invitation of the Costa Rican Presbyterian Church (IEPC, or Iglesia Evangelica Presbiteriana Costarricense).
Stacey serves the IEPC by giving workshops and developing resources and by advising the church in the areas of leadership development, discernment of vocation, strategic planning and stewardship. Stacey is also responsible for helping Presbyterian congregations in the United States have meaningful visits and mission trips to Costa Rica. He takes care of logistics, helps plan the educational program, accompanies the visitors and leads reflections with the participants to draw out the significance of their experience.
Stacey also serves as half-time pastor of the Escazú Christian Fellowship, an English-speaking congregation in San José, Costa Rica’s capital city.
The IEPC was formed in 1985 with seven churches and was known as the Fraternity of Costa Rican Evangelical Churches (FIEC). Now with 23 churches and missions, the IEPC considers itself an evangelical church that has inherited the basic principles of the Reformation.
The IEPC’s newly adopted mission statement describes its identity as “a people of God that lives and proclaims the Christian faith and the holistic transformation of society so that all may live in peace and plenty.”
Although just appointed by the PC(USA) as a long-term volunteer in January 2009, Stacey has been in Costa Rica serving the Escazú Christian Fellowship since June 2006. Prior to that, he served as stated supply pastor and head of staff at First Presbyterian Church in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
“Having lived in Costa Rica for the last three and a half years,” writes Stacey, “I have been blessed to be part of the IEPC. I’m impressed by their dedication to growing vital churches and a vital institution to serve those churches. Their style is more emotive than most U.S. Presbyterians are used to, including outward expressions of joy and grief that remind me greatly of the Psalms.”
Stacey holds a B.A. in communication from The American University in Washington, D.C., and an M.Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament and is a minister member of Minnesota Valleys Presbytery.
Stacey is married to Flora Calderón-Steck and they have one child, Julian.
Birthdays:
Stacey - November 11
Flora - July 8
Julian - February 5, 2009