Vice-President Rhode Island Baptist Seminary and Chief Translator for B.P.S. Spanish New Testament
Dr. Guerrero was saved November 6, 1955. He was baptized January 15, 1956 by Gulf Baptist Church in Tampico, Mexico. Dr. Guerrero was called to preach in 1957 and ministered in his church until 1959, when he started working with a missionary couple, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hopper for 18 months in Tuxpan, Veracruz.
Dr. Guerrero has worked in many areas – as a sportswriter for two magazines, at the U.S. Consulate in Tampico, as a manager in the hospitality industry, and as a teacher at Universidad Hispano Mexicana in Mexico City.
During his work at the university (1976-1979) he studied languages, including English, French, Italian, and Portuguese. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in 1978.
In 1977, Dr. Guerrero founded and managed his own travel agency, which he used to do mission work in many countries.
During his time in Mexico City, Dr. Guerrero served as Associate Pastor of Iglesia Bautista Viaducto and a professor at Viaducto Baptist Seminary. Dr. Guerrero helped in the start of three missions through that church in the areas of Amecameca, Ciudad Satelite, and La Condesa.
That same year (1977) Dr. Guerrero met Dr. D. M. Fraser, founder of Bearing Precious Seed. He worked with Dr. Fraser since that time and together they saw the need for a proper Spanish New Testament based on the Textus Receptus. It was at that time Dr. Guerrero and his pastor, Fancisco Paredes, started working on the New Testament in Spanish.
Brother Guerrero has labored for over forty years translating the New Testament.
In 1979 Dr. Guerrero was asked by Dr. Johnny Ramsey, pastor of First Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX, to start a Hispanic church out of First Baptist. In May 1980, Dr Guerrero was ordained by First Baptist Church to pastor that Spanish work. At that time, Dr. Fraser was also a missionary out of that same church, and fully involved in the BPS and SOS work. Dr. Guerrero started and headed the Spanish School of the Scriptures in that church.
Dr. Guerrero earned his masters and doctor degrees though Louisiana Baptist University in 1993 and 1995 respectively.
It was during the 1980’s when Dr. Guerrero and Dr. Desent became life-long co-laborers in the School of the Scriptures and the scripture translation, publishing, and distribution work. Dr. Guerrero assumed the Vice-Presidency of Rhode Island Baptist Seminary in 1993.
Dr. Guerrero currently resides in Arlington, TX, with his lovely wife Lesa.