Iglesia Arca de Salvación (Fort Myers, Florida, USA)

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The Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Arca de Salvación began as a Spanish-speaking Bible study in Fort Myers, Florida, in 1985. Hector and Maria Muñoz, who earlier led Hispanic Mennonite churches in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Los Angeles, California, led the group. In 1986, the congregation, with the help of the Southeast Mennonite Conference, purchased and slowly remodeled a property that it dedicated on 5 December 1987.

In 2011, the congregation began construction of a new church facility, though it was not completed until Easter 2013.

In 2018, the Southeast Mennonite Conference withdrew from Mennonite Church USA and became a district of LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches. Thus, Iglesia Arca de Salvación's denominational affiliation changed.

In 2024, about 300 people attended the church, which was a multicultural congregation where people from nine countries met.

Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Arca de Salvación is the church's registered name in Florida, though it is more commonly referred to without one or both of "Evangelica Menonita."

Bibliography

Alvarez, Sara. "Giving in to the call." TheMennonite 15, no. 8 (August 2012): 12-14.

Lehman, Martin W. Roots & Branches: a Narrative History of the Amish and Mennonites in Southeast United States, 1892-1992, 2 vols. Telford, Pa.: Cascadia Publishing Company, 2010-2011: v. 2: 122, 182-183, 197-199.

Melendez, Danice. "Arca de Salvación." LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches. 29 October 2024. Web. 13 May 2025. https://lmcchurches.org/2024/10/congregational-profile-arca-de-salvacion/.

Miller, Jim. "Ark of Salvation finishes construction." TheMennonite 16, no. 7 (July 2013): 37.

Richard, Phil. "Los Angeles: three new churches." Gospel Herald 78, no. 24 (11 June 1985): 411.

Additional Information

Address: 3629 Michigan Avenue, Fort Myers, Florida 33916

Telephone: 239-332-7556

Website: https://www.facebook.com/arca3629/?locale=es_LA

Denominational Affiliations:

LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches

Pastoral Leaders at Iglesia Arca de Salvación

Name Years
of Service
Hector R. Muñoz (1931-2019) 1985-1992?
David Santiago 1989-1994
David Maldonado 1994-2017?
Madeline Maldonado (Associate) 2000-2017?
Domingo Marcial 2018?-
Armando Pacheco (Associate) 2018?

Iglesia Arca de Salvación Membership

Year Members
1990 40
2000 40
2009 100


Author(s) Samuel J Steiner
Date Published May 2025

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Steiner, Samuel J. "Iglesia Arca de Salvación (Fort Myers, Florida, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. May 2025. Web. 2 Feb 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Iglesia_Arca_de_Salvaci%C3%B3n_(Fort_Myers,_Florida,_USA)&oldid=180704.

APA style

Steiner, Samuel J. (May 2025). Iglesia Arca de Salvación (Fort Myers, Florida, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2 February 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Iglesia_Arca_de_Salvaci%C3%B3n_(Fort_Myers,_Florida,_USA)&oldid=180704.



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