Mexico

Central America

Year opened: 1987

Although the Roman Catholic Church dominated Mexico for more than 300 years, there are still segments of the population that have few committed Christians to minister in remote areas. Of the more than 107 million inhabitants, 40% live below the poverty line. Ministries are needed to reach out to the marginalized poor and the youth and children who are looking for direction.

Through one of its first missionary couples, natives of Latin America, The Mission Society began its work in Mexico. This couple planted the Vine of the King Church, which serves as a center of discipleship and Christian worker training.

Today, Mission Society missionaries continue efforts in rural areas around Monterrey. They host short-term teams and work together with Mexican nationals to minister through cell churches, outreaches to women and children in the impoverished barrios, and service to the "garbage people," some of Mexico's poorest who survive by gathering items that might be useful from garbage trucks. Newly assigned missionaries to Mexico continue a work begun with the Methodist Church of Mexico, training pastors and leaders at the John Wesley Seminary. Others work to establish Community Health Evangelism (CHE), an evangelistic outreach which trains nationals to teach other nationals about preventative health care and about the Gospel of Christ.

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the spiritual revival that is beginning to grow and transform Mexico.
• Pray that followers of the cult “Santa Muerte” (holy death) will be unsuccessful in their efforts to have the country officially recognize them as a church and give this cult an official national holiday. Pray that these people will come to know Jesus as the Giver of Life.
• Pray that the government will work to resolve problems such as poverty, family violence, addictions, and widespread corruption. 
• Pray that the government can put to an end the ongoing drug wars which have cost many lives.
• Pray that the Methodist Church of Mexico will see its vision realized of becoming a “sending” rather than a “receiving” church and that it will be “salt and light.”