This week we had the opportunity to work on 2 new church plants. These Churches are part of The PACE Plan.
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Juarez, Chiapas
We traveled to Juarez, Chiapas on Tuesday, April 28th. My family and I were accompanied by Pastor Jorge and his father, A Musician from Chile and his wife, and Antonio, our candidate to be the new Pastor in Juarez.
We had originally planned a big evangelistic out reach in the town square using the concert to draw in new believers. However, because of the swine flu epidemic we were prohibited from holding a mass public meeting.
We elected to have the meeting outside the home of one of the believers in Juarez. We were fortunate to have an attendance of over 50 people. Many of them were part of the family of believes that already existed in Juarez. Pastor Jorge is from Juarez and most of them were his family members.
That evening we saw new people come to the Lord and we also kicked off the first public meeting of our new Church which will have 4 or 5 families attending. This Sunday will be the first meeting where the new Pastor, Antonio will minister. I’ll be helping him with $100 monthly as part of our PACE plan for establishing new churches.
Tzomjok, Cancuc, Chiapas
On Thursday, April 30th of this week, I traveled deep into the mountains near Cancuc, Chiapas to help with a brand new church plant in a place called Tzomjok. There was previously no evangelical church in this tribal community.
The Tzeltal Indians welcomed me and the group of Indians that traveled with me from Cancuc Pozo by giving us a meal (cabbage and beef).
This was our 2nd visit to Tzomjok. The first time we held an evangelistic out reach in the town square. On the previous visit to this new work we also prayed for the land that the new Pastor, Juan Vasquez, had donated to the church. It was previously used for his coffee crop.
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After clearing the land and adding cement posts, I was invited to raise funds for the new building project. Pastor Juan Perez, the overseer of the new project told me that there were only 9 families and that he expected them to raise up a couple of hundred dollars. I offered to match any amount that the church would donate since I knew that these are very poor families.
I preached on giving and even gave the Indians a rooster as an example of giving.
I gave the invitation– to place their offerings in the box located up front. One by one the members of the new congregation came up and deposited their offerings for the new church building.
How much did they give?
To everyone’s surprise, they placed $1200 dollars into the box for their new buiding project. I was caught by surprise also since I only had $500 dollars with me. It was unexpected, so I happily promised to give them the remaining $700 to match what they had given when I returned.
These Tzeltal Indians have been notorious for giving sacrificially. When I left they gave me coffee and 3 litters of honey from the first fruits of their harvests.
I am using everything that is given to us through Globe for these Church planting projects. If you would like to be a part of our church planting projects and the PACE plan you may visit our donations page to view the giving options.
Of course we also need your prayers as Satan hates it when we are planting new churches and making new disciples for Christ.
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