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CHICAGO—About 600 Bible League-trained Mexican
church planters recently gathered in Mexico City for
a congress to discuss what God has done through their
ministries.
“I was encouraged by the presence of those who
traveled long distances to attend,” said
Arturo Robles, Bible League’s national director
of ministry for Mexico. “Some church planters
traveled for as many as 15 hours to get there.”
The assembly brought together church planters who
have been trained through the Bible
League’s church planting program over the last
11 years. It built on the initiatives of the first
congress held in 2004, and included representatives
from 40 indigenous people groups. Since 1995, these
dedicated Christians have planted more than 3,000 churches
throughout Mexico.
While the event celebrated God’s work through
their ministries, it was also intended to
inform and encourage the church leaders to continue
the vision of evangelizing, discipling, and establishing
new churches in every community in Mexico.
“I admire what is being done from the smallest
camp to the great cities, and in each
tongue,” said Eliud Gomez, who attended the event. “There
is the possibility and resource to reach the one who
is imprisoned and the free one; the child and the old
man. There are no borders that we cannot get into.”
Robles praised the strong content of the congress’ workshops
and the enthusiastic
response of those who attended.
“As the leaders left the congress, they
were so full of excitement,” Robles said. “Seeing
that was a real encouragement to me. We expect to see
hundreds of new churches planted in the next year as
a result of God’s work through this event.
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