To expand the reach of our current ministries by purchasing five and a half acres in a strategic location for regional impact.
Join us in bringing gospel-transformation to hearts and lives, resulting in flourishing communities and much praise and glory to our great God.
With 155 different language groups scattered across this state, Oaxaca is home to one of the highest concentrations of unreached people groups in the Western Hemisphere. We are positioned, in God's providence, to truly impact multitudes who have not yet heard the biblical gospel.
Manantial School in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca was founded in 2013. God has used this ministry to impact the lives of hundreds of families with the Gospel. With over 200 students (and a waiting list of over 200), the school’s current rented facilities are maxed out. The purchase of this property will allow us to multiply the number of students we are serving over the coming years. To serve as a missionary teacher at Manantial please visit Global Education Ministries
Camino de la Cruz was planted in Puerto Escondido in 2017. God continues to grow and establish this fellowship and the number of families and young people being reached and discipled is quickly increasing. While the foundation for future plants is already being laid, we also recognize the need for more space to facilitate the growth. A future auditorium constructed on the desired property will be used for Sunday worship gatherings, school chapel services during the week, and community events and outreaches.
In 2020, the Christian Leadership Institute began as an extension of the Camino de la Cruz Fellowship with the purpose of equipping future leaders and preparing Christians for missions. We are seeking to expand this ministry in the next few years to include an on campus experience with young people coming from all over Mexico, the United States, and other nations. This property and future facility will serve as a hub for training future missionaries and church planters to be sent into areas where the Gospel is desperately needed––including to unreached people groups in Oaxaca State and in nearby Chiapas.
Puerto Escondido is growing rapidly. In fact, the population is expected to double in the next 5-10 years. A new highway significantly increasing our accessibility to Mexico City and other major cities was completed in early 2024. This means that opportunities for gospel impact are increasing… it also means that there are very few parcels left that would be central enough and large enough for the school and church facilities. In the midst of this situation, in God's amazing providence, we found a property that was just the right size and in an ideal location for our ministries.
We were given the unique opportunity to lock in a price back in August 2022 and in June 2024 were able to make our final payment and close on the land. Now we have about $26,100 USD left to pay on a private loan that we took out earlier this year. As we have witnessed God's remarkable provision for this property, it has served to butress the conviction that we felt at the beginning, God has called us here for such a time as this, and we want to be faithful to seize the moment.
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"Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20
Jesus Christ is Lord over every nation on earth––and that includes Mexico. We aim to reach and disciple Southern Mexico through planting Christian fellowships, training leaders, and cultivating communities of Christ-centered education.
We seek to do all of this through joyful dependence upon God for the sake of His glory among the nations.
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* The amount mentioned in the fundraising meter is a dollar estimate of the cost of the property based on recent exchange rates between the USD and the Mexican Peso. Our contract is in Pesos and lists the cost of the property at 13,000,000 Mexican Pesos. As the USD has decreased in value, we have made some adjustments to the meter on this site to more accurately represent the amount we still owe on the land.
