Lifeway Equipa Conference, Mexico

An update from Joselo Mercado, Lead Pastor of Iglesia Gracia Soberana in Gaithersburg;

On Thursday, November 7, my son Joey and I arrived in Queretaro, Mexico, to be part of Lifeway Equipa, a conference designed to equip the church with Gospel centered teaching.

The main theme was Discipleship, and I had the opportunity to teach the main session on Discipleship and Marriage. I was able to point to the glorious image that marriage is of the Gospel and how the husband is called to wash their wives with the word.

Over 2,500 people were able to receive Gospel centered teaching. I also was able to be part of a panel discussion on biblical counceling where I think God allowed us to encourage the churches to equip all members to be able to participate in the task of helping each other with Gospel truths.

I want to spend some time giving glory to God for the life of my son Joey. It brings me so much joy to have him with me on the trip. I receive multiple emails from people that they were very encouraged by his life and godliness. How our love, care, and relationship for each other reflected the Gospel not only in my preaching but also on how we live our lives. All glory to God!

We finished our trip spending two days with the SGC Silao. They are such a wonderful gospel centered church. We came away so encouraged by the great job the pastoral team is doing to build this church in the gospel and SGC values.

Tony Cuellar, a close friend of mine and a member of an SGC in NJ, came with me on the trip. He grew up in Silao as his father planted a church in that area in the 1980s. It was so amazing to see the faithfulness of God as members of Tony's church were now part of SGC Silao. It is such a joy to partner with godly people all over the world to proclaim the truths of the glorious gospel!