Manuel Orellana

Pastor - northern San salvador churches

Manuel Antonio Orellana Cisneros was born on May 30, 1949 into a non-Christian family. Since childhood, he was a very hard worker. He came to know Christ at age 7, which resulted in rejection by his family. He attended the Baptist School of Santa Ana where he graduated from Ninth Grade. During the Civil War in El Salvador he was constantly being recruited to fight. Instead of fighting, he believed the Lord had called him to preach His Word, to which he was obedient. Not long thereafter, the Baptist Mission where he attended church, invited him to join their staff.

At age 17, the Lord confirmed His call upon his life to preach His Word. He showed Manuel the urgent need for planting churches who would evangelize and disciple. He immediately started an outreach ministry and reached many people who needed Christ. At age 20, Manuel met Gladis, and after 2 years of dating, they were married. They have one daughter, Teresa, and 2 grandsons, Jonathan and Daniel.

In 1985, Manuel met Steve Kern and Good News in Action as a ministry. He began to work alongside Steve in the planting of new churches where he also pastored and preached the Word. Vida Nueva Apopa was his first church, established in 1986. Since that time Manuel has been working with Steve and Good News in Action planting and pastoring churches in the northern region of El Salvador:

Vida Nueva El Coyolito was established in September 2000
Vida Nueva La Labranza was established in December 2002
Vida Nueva Aguilares was established in December 2008
Vida Nueva Nueva Concepcion was established in February 2010
Vida Nueva El Paraiso was established in October 2014