Marketplace Chaplains International’s practice over the years has been when God opens doors, the ministry quickly goes through them by faith and dedication to duty. That is the way the ministry has developed internationally, as well as throughout the United States. The doors opened by Divine Providence in Mexico and Puerto Rico in 2006, in England, Scotland, and Wales in 2008 and in Canada in 2009. Today, Marketplace Chaplains International helps train, launch, and support workplace chaplain organizations around the world, including: Malaysia, Brazil, South Africa, Philippines, and Ukraine.
Canada
Seeon Smith – Executive Director of Operations – Canada
Seeon began serving as a part-time chaplain to businesses in Edmonton, Alberta in 2011. In 2015 he became the first full-time employee for Marketplace Chaplains Canada. He gives direction and support to chaplains and companies served in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The largest company in his area has 425 employees in 60 locations, served by 18 chaplains. Before accepting the full-time position with Marketplace, Seeon was the senior pastor of New Hope Christian Assembly in Edmonton, having launched the church in 1999. He has work experience in retail, insurance, and management and is a graduate of Northeast Bible College and Vanguard College, both in Edmonton. He and his wife Debbrah live in Edmonton. They have four children.
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Dan Truitt – International Director for Puerto Rico
Dr. Truitt is a 30 year veteran of workplace chaplaincy, having joined Marketplace in 1984. He has served in multiple roles from front-line chaplain to many administrative and leadership responsibilities. His focus over the past decade has been staff training and the international expansion of the employee care service, beginning with Mexico and Puerto Rico in 2006. He provides support and oversight to the leadership of the service in these locations and visits them as needed. Before joining Marketplace he had a brief career in corporate accounting. Dan has degrees from Texas A&M, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in religion and ethics from Baylor University. Dan and his wife, Dixie live in Wylie, Texas, near the International Headquarters of Marketplace Ministries in Plano. They have two children and three grandchildren.
Miguel (Mike) Madera – Company Care Leader for Puerto Rico
Mike began serving as a chaplain in Puerto Rico from the beginning of the employee care service there in 2006. In addition to his active front-line chaplain service, he gives direction and support to the other chaplains serving in the Commonwealth. He also serves as pastor of Iglesia Bautista Tabernáculo de Reunion in the city of Aibonito.
Before joining Marketplace Mike was founder and president of La Tierra Prometida, a drug rehabilitation center which provides drug counseling and pastoral care for individuals and families. For 16 years Mike was an inspector and supervisor of ship hulls and cargo. He served in the US Navy from 1971-1976. He is fully bilingual in Spanish and English. He is a graduate of the Haggai Institute and has received specialized training in concepts of substance abuse from the Universidad Central del Caribe. He and his wife, Ludy live in Aibonito. They have three children and 4 grandchildren.
