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For 50 years, Christian Reformed World Missions (CRWM) has worked alongside national and international partners in Mexico to proclaim the saving gospel of Jesus Christ in a syncretistic religious context where nominal Roman Catholicism, secular consumerism, and pre-Columbian religions mingle freely. CRWM works predominantly in three areas: in two cities along the U.S.-Mexico border, in three cities in the central highlands, and in southeastern Mexico.
Our focus is equipping our national partners for greater capacity in church planting and development, leadership training and development, and transformational ministries.
- Wayne and Sandy De Young (Guadalajara): Wayne helps evangelists establish networks of house churches under the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city. Sandy teaches first grade at Lincoln School in Guadalajara.
- Scott and Marcia Geurink (Tijuana): The Geurinks are working with the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico to develop a presbytery in Tijuana through church planting and leadership development. Scott is also the Mexico Team leader. Marcia is involved in teaching Sunday School, teacher training, counseling, and income generation projects for girls and women.
- David and Blanca Gifford (Mexico City): Dave is involved in leadership and church development through teaching at a seminary, speaking at conferences, creating web resources, helping with church planting, and hosting service and learning teams. Blanca coordinates the visas for the Mexico field and organizes children’s ministries in Mexico City churches.
- Daniel and Jeananne Kuiper (Ciudad Juárez): Dan’s main focus is teaching New Testament, Old Testament, Greek, Theology and Missions at two seminaries in Ciudad Juarez, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Jeananne administers three small theological bookstores, heads up a discipleship program through Crossroads Bible Institute, and teaches music and hymnody.
- Abraham and Elaine Lee (Cuernavaca): The Lees focus on leadership development and church growth in Morelos State, Chiapas State, and Mexico City through pastoral ministries, theological teaching, discipleship, family ministries, and Bible-friendly ministries (“Read the Bible in 90 Days” and the “Time with God" monthly devotional). Since 2009, they have also offered Image of God seminars to help people experience spiritual and relational restoration. Elaine also trains women’s ministry leaders.
- James and Barbarita Lee (Tijuana): James and Barbarita work alongside the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico, focusing on church development and youth ministry, assisting a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, and teaching at the Reformed Presbyterian Bible Institute of the Northeast. Barbara uses her training as a nurse to reach out in the communities where new churches are being developed.
- Ben and Amy Meyer (Guadalajara): The Meyers work with the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico to plant and grow vibrant Reformed churches and leaders in Guadalajara. Ben also serves as the Mexico coordinator for the Multiplication Network, a ministry that helps denominations plant and strengthen churches. Amy reaches out through English classes and participates in leading worship through playing the piano.
- Lorri Scholten (Oaxaca): Lorri teaches at a school for the children of Wycliffe missionary translators in Oaxaca, the Mexican state with the most linguistic diversity in the country.
- Jan and Darlene Van Ee (Mérida): Jan teaches Hebrew, Bible and Culture, Exegesis, Revelation and Biblical Archeology at San Pablo Seminary. Jan also pastors two mission churches in different parts Mérida. Darlene operates a school preparing students for further studies in the United States and teaches piano to music students.
- John and Shirley Wind (Mérida): The Winds work with an increasing number of Family Ministry teams to strengthen the Latin American church. They have influenced thousands by teaching and modeling biblical principles for marriages and families, training facilitators for Home Builders Bible studies, raising up family ministries teams and leaders, and by connecting short-term mission groups with projects in Mexico.
Learn more about CRWM projects in Mexico. Not from Canada or the US? Click on either country.
Christian Reformed World Missions began working in Mexico in 1959 among migrant workers who had returned to their homes from the United States of America. The mission formed a partnership with the Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada de Mexico (IPRM, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Mexico) in 1962 and supports the evangelism, church development and leadership development efforts of this church with missionaries and financial grants. Some of the missionaries also work with the Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de Mexico (INPM, National Presbyterian Church of Mexico).
- Population: 112 million
- Language(s): Spanish (99%), many indigenous languages (Nahuatl, Maya)
- Religions: Roman Catholic (83%), Protestant/Evangelical (5%), Sects (2%)
- Date entered by World Missions: 1962
- Number of World Missions workers: 8 career families, 1 partner missionary, 1 volunteer family
- Ministry emphasis: Church planting and development, leadership development, transformational ministries.
- Location of work: Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Mérida, Oaxaca, Chiapas.
- Partners: Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico, National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Wycliffe, Timothy Leadership Training, Family Ministries of Latin America, Multiplication Network Ministries, Church of God, and many others.
Visit the World Factbook for more information on Mexico.
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