Texas International Bible Institute
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
There is a need for more trained Spanish-speaking men and women who are equipped to teach and demonstrate knowledge of the Bible and of Jesus Christ in practical ways in their families, churches, and communities.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Full-time scholarship students
In this program we provide students with a scholarship that can permit them to study full-time and work in their local churches, under the supervision of experienced church leaders. The primary method of formation and teaching is live interactive video conferencing. This program requires two years full-time to complete.
Local Bible Schools
In this program our video courses and all accompanying materials are loaded onto flash drives, DVDs, or portable hard drives and given to people and churches located where internet access is limited or non-existent. Local facilitators organize the programs in each small group, church, or city, and we coordinate with these facilitators
Online video courses
These courses are the same as those shared in our live full-time program, but recorded as videos and accompanied by all course materials. They are accessible 24/7 anywhere in the world with internet connections, and administered by full time coordinators and part-time facilitators. If students only wish to obtain knowledge, these courses are free.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana 2020
External reviews

Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of people trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Local Bible Schools
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Results include students in the online, videoconferencing, and hard drive programs. In all, since we began, we have had about 22000 students take one course or more.
Number of program graduates
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Full-time scholarship students
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These are students just in the full-time program. Our Cuba program, beginning in 2018, plans to graduate people every three years.
Baptisms
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This represents the number of people baptized in sites where we help train students; much of the credit goes to the people in each site. This is likely incomplete, as we do not always receive reports.
Number of churches planted
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
These represent new churches planted, not just churches with whom we work. Since 2009, we have helped plant 72 new churches, with again much of the credit due to people at each site.
Hours of training or supervision per year per student
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Full-time scholarship students
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Each student receives weekly guidance from a full-time supervisor in spiritual formation, strategic planning, and problem-solving. This is in addition to other consultation or counseling needed.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our mission is to train and form Spanish-speaking men and women worldwide for ministry and Christian living, and reproducing these in other people and communities.
We want to promote an environment of love, respect, unity, dialogue, compassion, and service, both in our school and in the local churches and communities where we live.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We teach 41 courses on the biblical text and various ministry skills. We also require our students to do practical field work in their local churches, under the supervision of a full-time ministry coordinator and local leaders. With these skills and practice, they make disciples of Jesus Christ and gather them in local churches wherever they live.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We offer the training described above on three different digital platforms worldwide: live interactive video conferencing, online recorded video courses, and these same courses provided on portable hard drives, DVDs, or flash drives. We create, tailor, and maintain the technology required to do this training; our website, our video conferencing system (Zoom, capacity of 11,700 sites connected at once); our servers with our online courses; our YouTube channel, and any portable storage we supply.
We offer these tools to anyone who desires to be equipped in spiritual formation, biblical knowledge, and ministry of various kinds.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have had 155 graduates from the full-time program since 2007.
We have 264 current full-time students or graduates working in 179 congregations in 123 cities in 19 countries; this does not include all the part-time students working in many more places.
We have helped plant 72 new congregations since 2009, and there have been 5200+ baptisms since 2009 in places where we help train people.
As of September 2022, we have a total of at least 4000 students worldwide in our full-time student program, online courses, and local Bible schools.
Since we have begun, we know of at least 22,000 students worldwide who have taken one or more courses with us, in some format.
In addition to our undergrad program, we collaborate in a masters program to continue advanced training for some of our graduates. This program currently has 40 students.
We plan to continue to increase the number of full time students, as well the the online and Local Bible School students.
We can increase our technological capability as needed.
We obtained certification in October 2020 from the Asociación de Educación Teológica Hispana (Association for Hispanic Theological Education). This certification is done in collaboration with ATS (the Association of Theological Schools) who accredits all seminaries in the United States. With this certification, our graduates can be accepted at any seminary in the US.
Besides our enrollment increasing as a result of this certification, it also has helped us obtain a grant to further equip our faculty, from the Leadership Education program at Duke Divinity, which in turn is partially funded by the Lilly Endowment.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Texas International Bible Institute
Board of directorsas of 07/13/2023
Mr. Gustavo Villanueva
Texas International Bible Institute
Term: 2021 - 2023
Jamie Lemon
Dick Nill
Flo Mata
Alan Mashburn
Randy King
Greg Lemon
Gustavo Villanueva
Micaela Villanueva
Paul Gidden
Lewis Norman
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
The organization's co-leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.