Christian Sarmiento, has been a pastor, church planter, and servant of God in the Church of the Nazarene since 1976. He has served in many denominational roles in South America, including president of South American Nazarene Seminary. Since 2005, Sarmiento had been the regional director for the South America Region. Christian Sarmiento was elected the 45th general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene at the General Assembly and Conventions on June 15, 2023.