Nationals who themselves evangelize, disciple, train leaders, and establish local churches are the ultimate fulfillment of the Great Commission. As missionaries serving in Mexico, our goal has been exactly this – to train nationals to assume leadership for churches that in turn send out missionaries and perpetuate the cycle. In June 2018, we reached a milestone of “handing over a work to a national.”
We have served as missionaries in Mexico for 10 years. A year after we first arrived, we began serving at New Life Baptist, a church plant that had recently been established as a church but still had no constitution or formal membership. In fact, it had hardly any members. Nine years ago there was exactly one faithful man. Our prayer was, “Lord, give us men.” And God did.