Our ultimate hope for Mexico is to see it no longer be a mission field at all. All of our church planting efforts are aimed squarely at local empowerment so that Mexico’s churches might become more and more vibrant, mature, and strong.
The Pachuca Project has the long-term goal of planting five growing national congregations in this city of 1.5 million.
Most of our church planting work in Pachuca is driven by:
Relationship evangelism
In our neighborhood and city, we are actively engaged in relationship evangelism with our neighbors, friends, and acquaintances. These relationships form the basis for home groups and Bible studies. Also, we build relationships through “Claves” or outreach centers. Our goal in this area is to see these friends become new Christians that are part of new church small groups.
Cell groups
Our church planting model is strongly oriented around creating interconnected small groups. Each week these groups meet in homes to discuss what was studied on Sunday in the sermon and teaching. We’ve found that this promotes community and growth as the church members see themselves as ministers in their city.
Leadership development
Our church planting model is infused with leadership development. Every member of the church is encouraged to attend Christian leadership training courses, and to gradually take on additional responsibilities in the church’s small groups. IMPACTO Latino’s church plants in Pachuca take new Christians from baptism to small-group leadership.In this way the church has a constantly growing leadership base for new Christians coming into the church. Our long-term goal in this area is to create a sustained Mexican leadership capable of taking on full responsibility of the church.
