Your CBF Florida Staff

Tammy Snyder became CBF FL/CI Coordinator June 2022.  She joins the Fellowship bringing with her 21 years of ministry experience in both church and parachurch organizations.  Thirteen of these years were spent at Bayshore Baptist church, Tampa, FL, where she left as Associate Pastor.  For 23 years being a military family, she lived and traveled throughout the US and the world.  Tammy has learned it is most important to focus on similarities rather than differences, while recognizing the gifts and learnings other cultures bring to our faith development.  Tammy, originally from PA, and her husband Tanker have two children, Quay (Margaux, 2020) and Claire (Hunter, 2022). Email Tammy.

Xiomara Reboyras-Ortiz, Coordinador Asociado CBF FL/CI. Ella es puertorriqueña y residente del estado de Florida. Posee estudios a nivel de bachillerato y maestría en Psicología, Divinidad, y Mediación & Resolución de Conflictos. Es ministro ordenado por la Iglesia Metodista en la cual sirvió durante 10 años en Puerto Rico y los Estados Unidos. Durante los últimos 11 años, ha servido y actualmente trabaja activamente en el Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo (CBF) y pastorea la Comunidad Cristiana Nuevo Pacto en DeLand, Florida. Sus experiencias profesionales y ministeriales, particularmente en servicios sociales, administración empresarial, justicia social, espiritualidad, fortalecimiento ministerial y enseñanza, le han capacitado para ser la pastora y plantadora de una congregación emergente que rompe con los modelos tradicionales de iglesia y adoración del mundo evangélico hispano.

Entre algunos de sus compromisos y pasiones ministeriales, la Reverenda Xiomara actualmente sirve en la junta directiva de Las Mujeres Bautistas en el Ministerio USA (BWIM) y es coach para pastores y plantadores de nuevos ministerios del Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo. Es también la única miembro hispana de CBF del programa GRACE como Safeguarding Specialist, que es un programa para capacitar a las congregaciones en la prevención y manejo de hostigamiento y agresión sexual en el ámbito de la iglesia local. La Reverenda Xiomara coordina y facilita por medio del departamento de Fortalecimiento Ministerial y Congregacional de CBF, el trabajo del Cohort para pastoras en Puerto Rico para desarrollar estrategias para ministerios y vidas fortalecidas y saludables.


Xiomara Reboyras-Ortiz, CBF FL/CI Associate Coordinator. She is Puerto Rican and lives in Florida. She has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Psychology, Divinity, and Mediation & Conflict Resolution. She is an ordained minister of the Methodist Church in which she served for 10 years in Puerto Rico and the United States. For the past 11 years, she has served and currently works in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF). She is the Lead pastor of  Comunidad Cristiana Nuevo Pacto (New Covenant Christian Community) in DeLand, Florida. She draws on her professional and ministerial experiences, particularly in social services, business administration, social justice, spirituality, ministerial strengthening, and teaching, which have prepared her to be the pastor/planter of an emerging congregation that breaks with the traditional models of church and worship of the Hispanic evangelical world.  

Among some of her commitments and ministry passions, Reverend Xiomara currently serves on the board of directors for Baptist Women in Ministry USA (BWIM) and she is a coach for pastors and church planters for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. She is also the only CBF Hispanic member of the GRACE program as a Safeguarding Specialist. The program trains congregations in the prevention and management of harassment and sexual violence within the local church. Reverend Xiomara coordinates and facilitates through the CBF Thriving in Ministry, the work of the cohort for women pastors in Puerto Rico;  focused on developing strategies for stronger ministries and healthier lives.
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