Work Teams History

Pastor Oscar Dorantes graduated in 1969 from Southeastern Bible Collage and returned to Merida to finish his theological training. This fulfilled his requirements from the Presbytery for ordination.

From 1976 -1984, Oscar and his wife Thelma were teachers in a technological high school. She taught accounting and he taught English and social sciences. Accion officially was founded in 1989, but Oscar hosted his first group during his time in Felipe Carrillo Puerto which is located in the state of Quintana Roo.

The first Accion work team was Chapel Woods PC of (then) Decatur GA in July of 1981. Since then we have hosted over 243 teams from all over the U.S.