2013 Annual Report - The Foursquare Church

2013 Foursquare Cabinet Foursquare Missions International
NORTH AMERICA – Ted Vail
Area Missionary Reports
Opportunities:
• This region is ripe for outreach, leadership development, and church planting! Millions
of people live in Central Mexico and it is under-­‐reached. The average age is a mere 26
years old.
• Canada, like the U.S. is a land of diverse ethnicity. As in the U.S., people from nations
without the gospel are pouring into Canada as well.
• There appears to be a breakthrough with the Foursquare Mexico central property, “Dios
es Amor.” After 12 years, it looks like this property will be returned to Foursquare
Mexico. It will serve as a training base, national hub, and it returns a sense of soul to the
movement.
• We have a central facility in Mexico City that services a new ABI training extension in the
Central Mexican region. The number of churches in this region is growing.
• Mike Carey continues to focus on preparing, training, and sending through the
establishment of Bible schools.
• John Mazariegos is the ABI representative to Mexico and is experiencing significant
growth through his church in San Luis Potosi.
• There are an additional 10 FMI missionary units in Mexico developing leaders planting
churches and facilitating partnerships that are increasing the gospel.
• The average age in Mexico is 26 and there is an immense need for outreach to youth
and children.
• Urban and Ethnic U.S. and Canada are brimming with opportunity for church planting
but require a fresh perspective and prioritization. These are the growth areas of our
future.
Challenges and areas of prayer:
• We lack long-­‐term ministers of the gospel in Mexico. We have a Bible school started
now in Mexico City with a facility and five locations and this is a huge start for the
Central Region. We need a fresh burst of young leaders and young missionaries willing
to invest their lives.
• There will be presidential elections this year for Mexico as a nation. This will affect the
climate towards the gospel.
• There are serious challenges in Foursquare Mexican leadership at the board level. This
has discouraged young ministers and made it very difficult to recruit new pastors or
connect with potential American missionaries.
• The ongoing violence on the U.S. and Mexican border along with growing challenges
such as human trafficking, drug use and drug violence, arms sales and smuggling, and
immigration issues reflect the need for transformation within this region.
• There are regions of Mexico with millions of inhabitants where there is inadequate
gospel presence.
• In Canada, the city of Quebec continues to be very hard ground. There is an initiative to
plant more churches in Toronto which is the most multicultural city in the world. As in
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