IMPACTOLatino has years of experience as church planters in Mexico. The IMPACTOnetwork is a catalyst for church planting that facilitates kingdom growth through the recruiting, training, and coaching of key church planters, as well as the funding of their church plants during the crucial first years.
MISSION |
To take the Gospel to the people of Mexico by planting new, dynamic, self-sustaining, and self-multiplying churches to make disciples of Christ.
The vision is to plant new, dynamic, self-sustaining, and passionate urban churches around Mexico. The IMPACTOLatino team has based their new IMPACTOnetwork project on these principles:
IMPACTOLatino accomplishes this purpose by planting worshipping churches that are committed to evangelize and disciple their communities. IMPACTOLatino’s ministries may include any project to foster:
The purposes of IMPACTOLatino is fulfilled by supplying oversight, prayer, encouragement, and any additional ministries that the Board of Advisors deem possible considering the personnel and financial resources of IMPACTO Latino to empower the Missionaries and National Ministry Workers fulfill their ministry Callings. |
HISTORY |
IMPACTOLatino’s mission work began in 1995 with evangelistic Bible Studies in the city of Pachuca, in central Mexico. The first Celebration Service was held on January 6, 1996 with 14 individuals present. Today that church, New Hope, is a congregation of more than 400 and continues to expand its cell ministry throughout Pachuca. The New Hope Church is now completely led and supported by nationals.
In 2006 plans were made for the first multiplication of the New Hope church to a second congregation. A group of 30 members from New Hope were invited to participate in the founding of the Jubilee Christian Church on the east side of Pachuca. On February 11, 2007 the New Hope church commissioned this core group and also installed the two elders of the new congregation. Missionary Eric Duggins and National Ministry Worker Jorge Del Angel were named as Elders of this new congregation. On February 18, the first worship service was held in the Hotel Del Valle Inn by the State University of Hidalgo. 91 people were present for this first celebration. Its first six cells began to meet in March 2007. The young congregation continues to grow — both numerically and in maturity. IMPACTOLatino’s Pachuca Project is an expanding church planting project. Prayers and vision are already in the works for a third congregation in the Pachuca area. Though a few years away, this third congregation will be the next step as the New Hope and the Jubilee congregations work together to reach this dynamic, growing city of 1.5 million. The missionaries of IMPACTOLatino have been involved in church planting in urban Mexico, in some cases for more than 30years. Thesechurcheshavebecomeself-sustaining,dynamicandself-multiplying. Theirmembersarepassionate about becoming disciple makers, and impacting their city for Christ. John 4:35-38, in essence, says, we have been sent to harvest what others have planted. IMPACTOLatino ́s new project, the IMPACTOnetwork is a reflection of this Biblical passage. For more than a century missionaries have invested their lives and resources in Mexico. There is now a renewed receptivity and a new generation is called and committed to reaching Mexico. Our goal is to multiply these past efforts by recruiting, training, and sending church planting teams to begin a church planting network in central Mexico. |
BELIEFS |
We try not to be dogmatic about matters on which believers hold divergent views. Our core beliefs are centered in Christ and His message as supported by Scripture. More obscure doctrine, as well as controversial issues about which the Bible is silent, are left to believers to sort out on their own. On these issues we take no official/dogmatic position. What follows is a summary of what we believe:
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