Faculty Mentor
Soong-Chan Rah
About Marcos
Marcos Canales, an immigrant from Costa Rica with Peruvian parents, has been pastoring amongst the Latina community of Los Angeles for two decades. He has also worked in the areas of community-based youth development, immigration advocacy, leadership coaching and theological education. Marcos is pastor of La Fuente Ministries: a bilingual, intercultural, and intergenerational congregation in the city of Pasadena, CA. He received his Master’s of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and his most recent publication includes a co-authored book entitled Las Casas on Faithful Witness. One of his greatest passions is to integrate social justice, Latina theology, and ecclesial action. Marcos is a first year student Ph.D. in Theological Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Education
Fuller Theological Seminary
2012
Masters of Divinity
Point Loma Nazarene University
2005
BA in Philosophy and Theology
Research Interests
Practical Theology, Post/Decolonial Studies, Migration, Latina/o/x and Latin American Theologies
Publications
Una Teología de la Migración: Movimiento, Memoria y la Construcción del Significado
2025, Consulta de la Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana
A theology of migration is needed as abductions, enforcement, and terror plagues the Latinx communities in the United States. Informed by pastoral accompaniment and public theology, this paper seeks to highlight God’s agency in boundary crossings as a meaning-making reflection for ecclesial witness.
“Creativity in the midst of Cruelty: Congregational and Liturgical Responses in the Midst of Immigration Raids"
2025, Association of Hispanic Theological Education
A congregational culture that promotes el senti-pensar as a theological framework allows for emotions, grief, and loss to be part of Christian formation within seasons of natural disasters and political unrest.
“An Imaginative Latinx Pastoral Epistle.”
2024, Theologies for Pastoral Ministry Project (An Association of Theological Schools Project funded by Lilly Endowment Inc)
A pastoral epistle providing encouragement, exhortation, and esperanza to a Latinx pastoral leader in the midst of a contested political season including theological reflection and ecclesial action.
“Compas en Misión: Re-location in Church Renewal.”
2022, Fuller Magazine
A theological reflection on transnational missional partnerships as a pathway for church renewal, pastoral leadership, and justice-
Faithful Witness: Bartolomé de las Casas, Social Justice and Scripture.
2022, TUMI Press
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