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Daniel F. Romero |
Our center is named after Reverend Daniel F. Romero. The Reverend Daniel F. Romero is a native of Los Angeles, California and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the American University in Washington, D.C. Rev. Romero received his Master of Divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California in 1970 and was ordained into the Christian ministry in June of that year by the Los Angeles Association of the Southern California Conference/United Church of Christ (UCC). He was called to serve as Minister of Education at the Community Congregational Church of Chula Vista, California from 1970-73, and was pastor at Morningside United Church of Christ from 1973-76. In November, 1976, Mr. Romero was elected Associate Conference Minister for the Southern California Conference/UCC, and in December of 1984 received a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University Law School. He is a member of the New York Bar with particular interest in immigration and international law. Rev. Romero was appointed General Secretary for Mission Program of the United Church Board for World Ministries in 1987. In 1996, he assisted with the establishment of the Common Global Ministries Board of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In November 1998, Rev. Romero was elected Conference Minister for the Southern California Nevada Conference. He has traveled extensively reviewing mission programs and policy with overseas partners and has served in a variety of capacities with the United Church of Christ, the National Council of Churches and in facilitating the UCC/Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ecumenical partnership. He is committed to working with diverse constituencies in shaping an authentic ecumenical and multicultural context for ministry. He is the author of “Our Futures Inextricably Linked: A Vision of Pluralism”, published by the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries.
Centro Romero is one of the Centers for Education and Social Transformation, a concept created at the Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ under the leadership of Rev. Linda Jaramillo in 2005. The Daniel F. Romero Center for Border Ministries was envisioned by Southern California- Nevada Conference Minister Rev. Dan Romero, after whom the center is named. Centro Romero was developed in partnership with the Southern California-Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ and Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ. The Romero Center is located in San Ysidro, California, less than 20 minutes from the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
The Romero Center offers:
- Immersion experiences, lectures, workshops and conferences at our sites in San Ysidro and in Tijuana, México;
- Support outreach activities with local communities, schools, churches, universities, and seminaries and,
- Leadership development for those interested in justice work on both sides of the border.
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| Theological Reflection |
| If participants desire to grow as individuals and as a human family, there is a theologically-based need to cross borders. At the Romero Center we accept that borders will never disappear, but we also believe that borders do not have to divide or separate. Borders can be privileged meeting places. Through our immersion opportunities, participants are invited to view or observe the border and reflect theologically considering the border communities as places of great importance and as markers that enable us to recognize and respect the differences that make us who we are as individuals and societies.
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