Bob and Angelique Kendrick began visiting Central America in 1982. The extreme poverty and spiritual needs they saw broke their hearts. After several more trips to the region, they realized that the Lord was calling them to full-time missionary service.
In 1985, Bob resigned his position as pastor, and he, Angelique, Amy (age 3), and Matt (age 1) moved to Costa Rica to enter language school to better prepare themselves for work in the Spanish speaking world.
Upon completion of language school in 1986, the Kendricks began their new ministry in El Salvador, Central America. For the first two years, they served in the First Baptist Church of Chinameca. Chinameca is a small, rural town of 22,000 people, 120 kilometers east of El Salvador.
During this time, Bob realized that there was only a handfull of churches scattered within a 50-mile radius of Chinameca. The need to reach the lost in this area and to plant new churches there burdened his heart.
In 1987, the Kendricks founded the Baptist Bible Institute of Chinameca to help train pastors to go out and start churches in this vastly unreached area. Soon, Institute students were starting churches and sending their leaders back to the Institute to be trained as well.
In 2001, the Kendrick Ministries, with help from the Hope Foundation, were able to buy a radio station that would offer Christian radio for their entire target area of Eastern El Salvador- home to over 2 million people.
In 2005, the Kendricks were able to expand their ministry westward to the capital of San Salvador (population 2.2 million). Today, Bob is campus pastor and is in charge of Theological Education at the Evangelical University of El Salvador. Angelique works in women's ministries on campus and frequently sings in Chapel.
The Kendricks live in El Salvador. They continue their work with the Bible Institute, church planting, and Radio Esperanza. They also serve full-time at the University.
Kendrick Ministries is a 501-C-3 Non-Profit Corporation that is funded by individuals and churches who share the vision of reaching El Salvador for Christ.