Background
Arce-Martinez, Sergio Samuel was born on February 21, 1924 in Caibarien, Villa Clara, Cuba. Son of Sergio Rogelio Arce-Ojeda and Esther Justa Martinez-Diaz.
Arce-Martinez, Sergio Samuel was born on February 21, 1924 in Caibarien, Villa Clara, Cuba. Son of Sergio Rogelio Arce-Ojeda and Esther Justa Martinez-Diaz.
Bachelor, La Progresiva, Cardenas, Cuba, 1940. Blekinge Institute of Technology, Seminary Evangelico, Rio Peidras, Puerto Rico, 1945. Master of Theology, Princeton Seminary, 1956.
Postgraduate, Princeton Seminary, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Havana, Cuba, 1963. Doctor of Theology, Seminary Commenius, Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1978.
Guest professor, Seminary Evangelico, Matanzas, Cuba, 1947-1959;
professor dogmatics, Seminary Evangelico, Matanzas, Cuba, 1961-1984;
president, Seminary Evangelico, Matanzas, Cuba, 1969-1984;
emeritus professor, Seminary Evangelico, Matanzas, Cuba, since 1985;
guest professor, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1985-1986;
president, Christian Movement for Peace in Latin American and the Caribbean, Matanzas, since 1991. Guest professor Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, California, 1979, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, California, 1982. Moderator Presbyterian Church, Cuba, 1957-1958, 61-62.
General secretary Presbyterian Reformed Church, Cuba, 1965-1984.
President Center de Accion Social, Nueva Paz, Cuba, 1946-1950, Ateneo Cultural Jose Marti, Nueva Paz, 1947-1950. Board directors Evangelical Youth Cuba, 1948-1950, Ecumenical Study Center, Havana, 1973-1985. Vice president Christian Peace Conference, Praha, 1968-1969.
Emeritus president Center Informacion ecumenica, Matanzas, 1989. Member Association Teologos del 3d Mundo, Association Teologos de Cuba (president 1969-1971), Association Teologos en Contexto Global.
Married Dora Encarnacion Valentin Morales, May 29, 1945. Children: Reinerio Miguel, Dora Ester.