Samuel Joaquín Flores

Samuel Joaquín Flores (born on February 14, 1937, died December 8, 2014) was a Mexican religious leader and a representative of the La Luz del Mundo church.

Flores was the son of Eusebio Joaquín González, founder of the La Luz del Mundo church, which later became known as the "brother Aaron." Flores dedicated most of his life to the religious group of his father. He was minister of the church until age 27 in Tepic, Nayarit, until after the death of his father, on June 9, 1964. He then became the top leader of the religious group. On May 17, 1962, Flores, who was in charge as head of the church in the Port of Veracruz, married Eva García López, in Guadalajara, with whom he had eight children: Benjamin, Israel, Azael, Rahel, Naasón Merarí, Bathsheba, Uzziel and Atlaí.

Under his administration, the La Luz del Mundo church grew both in Mexico and abroad. In Mexico, it had 188,326 followers according to the INEGI Census in 2010.

Flores created the Beautiful Province Educational Institutions. In the field of health, he created the zhospital Siloe in Guadalajara, and was involved in various cultural, labor and social projects.

Flores died on December 8, 2014, at his home in the Hermosa Provincia neighborhood, the world headquarters of La Luz del Mundo in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, at 77. His funeral was attended by church members from several countries of the world, as well as the Governor of Jalisco, Aristóteles Sandoval, and the municipal president of Guadalajara, Ramiro Hernández.