Dick and Suyapa Flores de Leon

Controversial, former pastors of Solid Rock - an abusive, elitist church in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In churches throughout Amsterdam, people can be found who have been hurt at Solid Rock, particularly under the erstwhile leadership of Dick and Suyapa Flores. (See the Solid Rock entry for details).

In the past few years - after leaving Amsterdam in January, 2001 - Dick and Suyapa Flores (now calling themselves "Flores de Leon") have been associated with a number of ministries.

In February, 2002, Dick Flores returned to Holland to speak at a conference organized by the Levend Evangelie Gemeente (LEG) in Aalsmeer. But after a number of former Solid Rock members contacted leaders at the LEG regarding Flores' behavior and theology, he was not allowed to preach there.

Currently, they are associated with Harvest World Outreach Ministries as "Associate Pastors and Project Co-ordinators for the Mandeville Campus" (Lousiana).

They were briefly associated with the Global Strategy Mission Association, where they billed themselves as "Urban Missionaries."

They are (or have also been) involved with the G12 cell church movement. An Oct. 2000, article identified Dick Flores as "G12 Europe Director." This is worrisome, because to date, Dick and Suyapa Flores de Leon have not accepted responsibility for the problems they caused in the lives of many people.

Name Change

A number of people have reported that, in 2005, Dick and Suyapa moved to Spain where they started a church called Iglesia Evangelica de Estepona. It is also reported that they have changed their names, and are now known as Richard and Ruth Flores de Leon.