Radio Bautista streams Christian praise, worship music and preaching in Spanish from San Salvador, El Salvador, the live radio service of one of Central America's largest evangelical congregations. It carries sermons and hymns to an audience that extends well beyond the walls of its home church.
The Radio Arm of a Massive Congregation
The station runs under Tabernáculo Bíblico Bautista "Amigos de Israel Central," a San Salvador megachurch founded by Edgar López Bertrand, widely known across Central America as Brother Toby, whose congregation grew to an estimated 80,000 members and spawned more than 40 smaller churches region-wide. That scale, built through decades of television and radio ministry, is what gives Radio Bautista its reach well past a single neighborhood parish.
A Founder Who Became a National Cause
Brother Toby's profile extended far beyond the pulpit. In 2005 he was arrested in Houston on passport fraud charges, and the case turned into a political flashpoint back home, with a support rally in San Salvador drawing an estimated crowd of over 50,000 and then-president Tony Saca rumored to attend, a sign of how deeply the pastor had woven himself into Salvadoran public life. He was eventually sentenced to time served plus supervised release, and Salvadoran authorities said he had broken no laws in the country.
A New Generation at the Microphone
Since Brother Toby's death in late 2017, his son Edgar López Bertrand Jr., known as Toby Jr., has led the church, after the two had publicly disagreed over its direction while his father was alive. Toby Jr. has since drawn national attention for hosting incarcerated gang leaders from MS-13 and Barrio 18 in front of thousands of congregants and a national television audience, continuing the church's long habit of making headlines well outside religious pages.
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For listeners seeking Spanish-language Christian worship music and preaching with real reach across Central America, Radio Bautista carries the voice of a church that has shaped Salvadoran public life for decades. Stream it live on Radio Shuffle.