Creative Church Planting

 

God is at work in Latin America. For many years missionaries have been sent to countries like Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, and Brazil. They have served faithfully, establishing churches and schools. Now a new aspect of the God’s work has been undertaken.

Baptist Evangelistic Missionary Endeavors is building on the work of those missionaries by investing in the lives of those who have been trained in the schools they started. BEME takes the graduates of those schools who desire to plant a church and supports them for two years so a new work can be established.

Director Andrew Counterman presented the success of this approach to the Golden Agers last week. He shared numerous stories of men like Natanael Aguilar in Mexico and Julio De Santis in Peru. He described the building project progress of Jesus is the Rock Baptist Church in El Milagro, Peru, headed by Pastor Josue Rodriquez.

Through the work of BEME many churches have been planted throughout Latin America. Supporting a national pastor for two years has proved to be more cost effective than sending a missionary from the United States who has to learn the language and provide for continual support.

To learn more about the work of the Countermans, contact them at missions@bemela.org.