Church Planting

Our basic call to missions is to plant churches, train leaders and turn the churches over to the national leaders. We have planted churches in the Mexican states of Nuevo León, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Jalisco and Colima. Our first church in plant in Mexico was in San Isidro, Nuevo León in March of 1967. I was teaching in the Crusade Bible School at El Carmen during the day and doing tract-drop follow up in the afternoons and evenings. When we did follow up on a family from San Isidro 6 people were saved on the first visit. We started going there twice a week for the next 8 months, visiting homes and preaching the Gospel in the open air. For the last 4 months of that time we went an extra night a week to give leadership training studies to 4 of the men in the new congregation.

In November of 1967 I committed the congregation to Chano Flores as pastor. The work continues to this day. We moved to Celaya, Guanajuato in central Mexico in November of 1967, and in the next 4 years planted churches in Celaya, Acámbaro, Irapuato, Cupareo, La Palma, El Huizache and Las Fuentes. We also helped start churches in Morelia, Queretaro and San Miguel de Allende. In 1972 we moved to León, Guanajuato where we planted a congregation. We also did outreaches to La Labor, Corralejo de Hidalgo, Cañones and La Calera. In 1974 we moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco as a result of a tremendous campaign we celebrated in that city. Besides planting the main church downtown, we have 7 other churches in the city, and churches were started in Colima, Salamanca, Ocotlan, Sahuayo, Zamora, Unión de Tula and El Grullo.

Two of the Guadalajara churches were actually planted by Don and Perri Sams, while David Pursifull took the little Sahuayo mission and planted the thriving church there. We recently were involved in the planting of a church in Mérida, Yucatán. That church has reached out into numerous communities surrounding Mérida, and is growing rapidly.Our basic call to missions is to plant churches, train leaders and turn the churches over to the national leaders. We have planted churches in the Mexican states of Nuevo León, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Jalisco and Colima. Our first church in plant in Mexico was in San Isidro, Nuevo León in March of 1967. I was teaching in the Crusade Bible School at El Carmen during the day and doing tract-drop follow up in the afternoons and evenings. When we did follow up on a family from San Isidro 6 people were saved on the first visit. We started going there twice a week for the next 8 months, visiting homes and preaching the Gospel in the open air. For the last 4 months of that time we went an extra night a week to give leadership training studies to 4 of the men in the new congregation. In November of 1967 I committed the congregation to Chano Flores as pastor. The work continues to this day. We moved to Celaya, Guanajuato in central Mexico in November of 1967, and in the next 4 years planted churches in Celaya, Acámbaro, Irapuato, Cupareo, La Palma, El Huizache and Las Fuentes.

We also helped start churches in Morelia, Queretaro and San Miguel de Allende. In 1972 we moved to León, Guanajuato where we planted a congregation. We also did outreaches to La Labor, Corralejo de Hidalgo, Cañones and La Calera. In 1974 we moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco as a result of a tremendous campaign we celebrated in that city. Besides planting the main church downtown, we have 7 other churches in the city, and churches were started in Colima, Salamanca, Ocotlan, Sahuayo, Zamora, Unión de Tula and El Grullo. (Two of the Guadalajara churches were actually planted by Don and Perri Sams, while David Pursifull took the little Sahuayo mission and planted the thriving church there. We recently were involved in the planting of a church in Mérida, Yucatán. That church has reached out into numerous communities surrounding Mérida, and is growing rapidly.