Pioneer Jorge Betancourt
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Name: Jorge Betancourt
Mission Church: Antioch Fundamental Baptist Church
(Iglesia Buatista Fundamental "Antioquia")
Field: Ciudad Juárez , Chihuahua
Marital Status: Married |
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Partner: Kevin Wynne, Pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Mexico City |
| Total Saved |
1212 |
| Total Baptized |
3 |
| Sunday AM attendance |
12 |
Bro. Betancourt wrote, "This month we have been seeing the hand of Gd working in saved people and also in viitors. As we knock on doors we realized that there are destroyed families, abandoned children, and children without their parents' attention.
Some young girls have started to come to church with us. They are Carla, Maria, and Silvia. Their parents don't want anything to do with Gd. The good thing is that in spite of their indifference toward God, they still allow the girls to come to church. The girls love to hear God's Word.
Thank you for your prayers and financial support." |
Conversion Experience
I was born in Guerrero in 1980 to Catholic parents. There were many problems in our home, and they eventually divorced. When I was seventeen, I visited one of my sisters in Juárez City and attended a Wednesday night church service where Bro. Julián Moreno is the pastor. That night, I was saved and baptized. I began to get involved in all the activities in the church.
Calling and Preparation
While attending a Bible conference in Monterrey, the Lord called me to preach. I attended Mount Zion Fundamental Baptist College and worked in the bus ministry while receiving my Bible training. My future wife also attended the college. Her dad was an alcoholic and drug addict, so her mother raised the children. She was saved at fifteen when a lady who was out soul winning came to her door. During a Bible conference in Yucatán, she surrendered to full-time Christian service.
The Field
There are about 1,500,000 people in Juárez City. It is one of the largest cities in Chihuahua because it is heavily industrial and borders the United States. Many people from the Mexican republic settle there.
Materialism is Juárez’s main religion. Most parents work in the factories while their children are left to fend for themselves. Drug trafficking, vandalism, murders, and other serious crimes are rampant.
Future Goals
- Establish a local independent Baptist soul winning church
- Prepare workers for the service of the Lord
- Establish a bus ministry
- Have youth activities
- Send students to Bible college
Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
Mexico consists of 31 states and one federal district. Spanish is the official language, but one million Mexicans speak other indigenous languages. The population is approximately 105 million and grows by 1.8 million yearly. Mexico’s climate varies from dry desert wasteland conditions in the north to rainy, tropical conditions in the southeast and a mild climate in the central plateau.
Chiapas is Mexico’s southernmost state and may have been the site of Mexico’s first permanent human settlements. Chiapas has little industry but is agriculturally rich. In this resource-rich state, one-third of the homes do not have running water, and rates of illiteracy and child mortality are among the highest in Mexico. Most chiapanecos are very poor, and wealth is concentrated in a small oligarchy.
The Roman Catholic Church has been deeply etched into all areas of Mexican life. Ninety percent of all Mexicans profess Roman Catholicism which has been present in Mexico from the first days of the Spanish Conquest. Throughout the country’s history, the Catholic Church has been the main unifying force of society. Many facets of Mexico’s Catholic Church come from native forms of worship as old gods were identified with saints and included in the Catholic religion. The most potent symbol of Mexican Catholicism is the Virgin of Guadalupe, a manifestation of the Virgin Mary who reportedly appeared on a hill near Mexico City in 1531.
Mexican people are searching for the truth and are open to the Gospel, but groups of American cults such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and Seventh-Day Adventists have gained millions of converts in the spiritually dry hearts of the people.
Thousands are saved each year as Bible-believing preachers tell them of the love of Christ. Pilot American missionaries, with established works, are training nationals in the ministry of the Gospel. National missionaries are sent out by the hundreds each year to win souls in cities, towns, and villages.
Global Church Planters desires to financially help these national missionaries (we call them Pioneers) start thousands of churches in Mexico.
