The Gospel Advancing In Colombia
An update from Manolo Quintal, Pastor of Iglesia Sublime Gracia Sublime, Silao, Mexico…
In early December, I had the privilege and blessing of traveling for six days to the region of the Colombian Caribbean. I was invited to participate in the conference ‘Back to the Book’ (in Spanish, De vuelta al libro) in the city of Sincelejo in the Sucre department. It was very remarkable to see that some people traveled 4 hours and others 6 hours by road to serve at the conference. I also met people who arrived from cities that were 2 and 3 hours away and a couple who traveled 13 hours from the city of Armenia.
Volunteers from both churches (Barranquilla and Sincelejo) serving at the conference.
After the conference, I had the opportunity to teach at a prayer workshop at Iglesia de la ciudad of Barranquilla, and attend the 8th anniversary of Iglesia Biblia Soberana Gracia in Santa Marta. I was very blessed to see from the front row what God is doing through the ministry of three pastors and two churches who have joined in their efforts to plant gospel centered churches in their region. These men are Jacobis Aldana from Iglesia Biblica Soberana Gracia in Santa Marta, and Miguel Miranda and Alejandro Cueto from the Iglesia de la ciudad of Barranquilla.
The 8th anniversary of Iglesia Biblica Soberana Gracia (Santa Marta City).
The grace of God over these men and the churches the Lord has called them to serve is very evident. They have embraced this call, and the call to plant gospel centered churches in their beautiful region of Colombia.
The city of Sincelejo, like so many others in the area, does not have even one church where the gospel is preached and with a sound ecclesiology. This led them to start the ‘Back to the Book’ conference which was attended by 200 people, including some pastors and leaders from local churches. The response was greater than the organizers expected.
With Jacobis and family (His wife Keila and their sons Santiago and Jacobo).
It is evident there is a gospel environment both in the churches and in the relationship between these pastors. We might possibly hear in the following years of at least another 4 churches being planted by these brothers.
One of the best ways we can support this beautiful work in Colombia is by praying for them. Here are some prayer suggestions:
May the Lord continue to add his grace to these pastors and their churches to continue advancing the Gospel of Christ in this beautiful land.
May the Lord help them disciple more men who can serve in church planting.
May the Lord give them grace to face difficulties and oppositions for the sake of the Gospel.
Iglesia Biblica Soberana Gracia (Santa Marta City) celebrates 8 years.