{"id":8287,"date":"2005-12-24T01:03:09","date_gmt":"2005-12-24T06:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=8287"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:29:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:29:22","slug":"4661","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/24\/4661\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Retreat Focuses on Church Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (December 24, 2005)\u00a0 &#8211; A recent retreat involving Mexican\u00a0 pastors and lay people was a major step forward in choosing the first\u00a0 church planters for the Evangelical Covenant Church here.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>More than 40 people from eight Mexican states attended the retreat in\u00a0 Oaxtepec, about an hour south of Mexico City and some 4,500 feet above\u00a0 sea level.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/1208.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[8287]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8288\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/1208-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/1208-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/1208.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The leaders are catching the vision that God could do great things in\u00a0 and through the planting of new churches,&#8221; says missionary Karl Peterson.<\/p>\n<div>Speakers at the conference were Walter Contreras, director of Hispanic\u00a0 church planting for the Evangelical Covenant Church and church planting\u00a0 for the Pacific Southwest Conference, as well as Roberto Ghione, pastor\u00a0 of &#8220;Centro Familiar Nueva Esperanza&#8221; or New Hope Family Center in Simi\u00a0 Valley, California.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;I have a deep sense that this will do more to move our beloved Mexican\u00a0 Covenant forward than anything we have seen in the last many years, says\u00a0 John Kerl, country coordinator for Mexico in the Department of World\u00a0 Mission.<\/p>\n<div>The retreat, held November 28-30, was the second of three prayer and\u00a0 planting retreats, says Peterson. The first was held in August and the\u00a0 third is scheduled for January 12-14.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;The first three retreats are introductory in nature, trying to start a\u00a0 church planting movement,&#8221; says Peterson. &#8220;While there are possible\u00a0 places to plant churches, no pastors have been chosen. It may be that we\u00a0 choose a lay pastor using the bi-vocational model in these church plants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>The retreats are sponsored by Friends of World Mission, part of its\u00a0 &#8220;Preparing the Soil and Sower&#8221; project. The Missions Commission of the\u00a0 Mexico Covenant Church organized the event. 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