Mexico
Field Facilitator
Humberto Gonzales - pastor of Centro Cristo Es El Camino
outreach activities in Mexico
- Evangelism in Tepatitlan, Jalisco
- Ministry in a small, less-reached village
- Relationship building with families
- Construction and community develpment
- Coming alongside the local church and helping them reach the city through evangelism
- Opportunity for drama and children's ministry
- Door-to-door evangelism
Ministry Outreach Locations
Tepatitlan, Jalisco. Muchiacan village ministry.
Population
97,967,000. Annual growth rate of 2.0%
Peoples
- Mestizo (Spanish/Amerindian) - 55%
- Amerindian - 28%
- Euro-American - 15.3%
- Afro-American - 15.3%
- Other - 1.2%
Languages
Official language is Spanish.
Capitol
Guadalajara - capitol of Jalisco.
Economy
Exploitation of oil and development of industry has benefited the top third of the population, but the poverty o fthe poorer two-thirds has increased. Massive national debt, inflation, and the deepening economic crisis forced the government to face up to the protectionism, unwised investment policies, entrenched sectional interests, unfairness of existing economic structures, rapid population growth, archaic land-tenure systems and blatant corruption. Mexico's economic turnaround has been spectacular since the end of the '80s. Public debt/person $920. Income/person $1,990 (9.4% of USA).
Location
Latin America's fourth largest country.
Politics
Independent from Spain in 1821. A growing movement for economic reform and political freedoms has led to accelerating government liberalizations and privatization of large state-owned industries and banks. Mexico raified the North American Free Trade Agreement with the USA and Canada in1992.
Religion
Secular state with freedom of conscience and practice of religion.
- Protestant: 5.2%
- Roman Catholic: 89.5%
- Non-religious/Other: 5.3%
