We will have a team returning to Guatemala this summer to support Christ Redeemer Church and the rural collective of church planters in Los Chilitos and Guatemala City, as well as to support Fundaninos.
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In 2024, Emmaus Church began a partnership with Christ Redeemer Church in Los Chilitos, Guatemala, a ministry of ACTS 29 Latin America led by Mitch & Amanda Muñoz. Since arriving in this small, undeveloped location in rural Guatemala in 2015 with no known contacts and not even a full grasp of the local language, they have had the privilege of baptizing new believers in the local river and have seen families restored. The village has begun to be transformed as many basic needs are being met through the work of the church. Having established local elders at Christ Redeemer Church, Pastor Mitch and his team are in the process of planting other local churches in their area as well.
In 2018, Emmaus Church began a partnership with Fundaniños. Fundaniños opened its doors in 1998 by a group of volunteers who sought a way to create prevention programs that would help children in high-risk and vulnerable situations to stay off the streets and have the possibility of a better future. It is their goal to provide happy, Christian and independent children, always supporting to keep groups of brothers and sisters united.
The central message of our faith is The Gospel - that Jesus Christ came to provide a perfect atonement on the cross to reconcile us with God, and through faith in Him, we can be forgiven of all sin and freed to live a life of joyful obedience to God. All our work in Guatemala seeks to proclaim and protect this glorious good news.
Strong churches grow and flourish around faithful pastors. Knowing this, we seek to train and equip local pastors in Biblical doctrine for faithful ministry. We are working to establish and strengthen enduring faithfulness to God's Word among the church leaders of Guatemala by partnering with Pastor Mitch and the ministry of Church in Hard Places as they are actively training and equipping local church leaders to plant and revitalize healthy, gospel-preaching local churches.
Local churches are God’s Plan A for the advancement of the gospel message. Knowing this, we seek to mobilize the men who have gone through Church in Hard Places’ Pastor’s Training by providing true partnerships that include accountability, financial support, and sound Biblical guidance.
In all of our work, we want to make disciples of Jesus. We send teams regularly to Los Chilitos and Guatemala City to work in the local communities - sharing the love and truth of Jesus. Though each trip varies according to the needs presented by Pastor Mitch, our goal is always to make disciples who both know and obey the truths of the Bible. As we go to make disciples, we also grow in our own knowledge and obedience of the Scriptures.
