posted on January 1, 2025
aXcess: Evangelism and Disciplemaking Among Indigenous Peoples in the Mountains of Central Mexico
This team member will be based out of Guadalajara and supported by SouthPointe teammates. They will make frequent trips to two primary unreached areas where they will evangelize and make disciples to support the building of two chapels for these new believers. They will lead and recruit short-term teams from our Mexican campus churches and U.S. churches to support the two church-building projects and train others in cross cultural evangelism.
Position Type
- International worker (IW)–aXcess–Vocational Track or Clergy Track
- Church planting, discipleship, education, theological education, evangelism, leadership development, short-term team administration, and development
- Partially funded
- Single or couple
Responsibilities:
- Evangelize in unreached areas, traveling to remote towns from Guadalajara
- Develop young leaders in their faith and ministry skills and work alongside existing ethnic leaders
- Form working partnership with indigenous leaders, national church pastors, and Mexican churches to form viable, self-sustaining churches
- Recruit, administrate, and host short-term teams from Breath of Life campuses and U.S. churches for evangelism, community development, and chapel construction
- Develop and coordinate annual summer mission camps for training Mexican believers and evangelism in unreached towns
Required Qualifications:
- A recognized bachelor’s degree
- Completion of at least 30 hours of Bible/theology/ministry and 15 hours of intercultural studies
- Spouse must hold a recognized bachelor’s degree and have completed at least 18 hours of Bible/theology, 12 hours of missions/ministry studies (with a minimum of 6 hours in cross-cultural or missions studies)
- Completion of Alliance Polity course
- Completion of Alliance ordination/consecration
- Minimum of two years successful Alliance Licensed Ministry Experience
- A minimum Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) score of 50
- Ability to initiate a new ministry or grow an established ministry
- Training in evangelism and discipleship
- A conviction of calling to take Christ to the hard places, requiring good physical health and endurance for mountain trails
- Experience in discipling believers to spiritual growth and maturity
- Flexibility to adjust to the unexpected
- Willingness to work independently as well as on a team
Biblical Characteristics Desired:
- Kingdom-minded
- Biblically grounded
- Spirit-dependent
- Competently skilled
- Self-aware
- Self-disciplined
Timeline for Deployment:
Summer/fall 2027. All appointees are required to attend a cross-cultural and language acquisition program and pre-field course/experience prior to deploying.
General Information:
World Factbook – Mexico
Joshua Project – Mexico
Language Expectations:
Language is an essential part of ministry. Those who do not know the language will attend a language study program. The goal will be to speak, read, and write the language at a functional level in order to mentor, teach, and train others.
Language learning in Mexico is accomplished through a two-year language program for the non-spanish speaker. This MOD may require that the worker learn some indigenous language depending on where they will work.
Health Considerations:
Healthcare in Guadalajara is excellent. Good health and physical conditioning is important in working in indigenous areas that may be mountainous and involve hiking/walking.
Expectations for Spouse:
Spousal roles vary based on the spouse’s gifts, training, and abilities as well as the needs of the team. It is expected that both spouses will be meaningfully involved in meeting ministry objectives depending on the nature of family roles, children, etc.
Family will be based in Guadalajara, and there will be monthly trips involving being in the indigenous community for one week during the visit.
Children’s Educational Plan and Options:
Guadalajara has good options for education of children of all ages.
Compensation Package
The successful applicant(s) will receive a full compensation package with the expectation that, once appointed, efforts will be made to raise a portion of support costs through the applicant’s network of friends, family, local church, or other resources. Information on support costs will be made available upon application. Training and/or coaching in fundraising is available.
Whole-Life Health
As part of an evangelical denomination, we are committed to biblical holism, which is modeled and reflected through our work. Due to this commitment, part of the required qualifications includes optimal emotional, spiritual, and physical health. These will be assessed during the application process.
Important Clarification
Applicant(s) should be aware that serving in the international world often requires a higher degree of grace and flexibility. For example, overseas teams can be suddenly and unexpectedly impacted by illness, government decisions, financial realities, team changes, or other factors beyond the team’s control. The challenge for applicants is that these factors can sometimes necessitate the sudden redefining of a position, which may take place before, during, or after the application/interview process has begun or is completed.
Questions?
Please email the IPO office at [email protected].