Mexico

Camden Jordan

It all started when I trusted Christ as my Savior about age 6 in my church and continued as a young teenager with a thirst to know Him. I was surrounded by family and a church family who poured into me and taught me to invest in my relationship with God and to be in His Word. At 14 God touched my heart at camp and convinced me that He wanted to use my life in full-time ministry. I served the Lord through summer camps and missions trips throughout high school. Then I attended the Word of Life Bible Institute and God wooed my heart to Him even more through the beauty of His Word and His redeeming love as I watched and experienced Him change hearts. He grew within me the desire that was planted years earlier to introduce young people to Him through the gospel, help them grow in Him through discipleship, and see them do the same with others. The Lord opened the door for me to do so with a missionary internship through Word of Life in Mexico for two years. It was easily extended as I continued to seek the Lord’s direction in my life.  My desire is that Mexican youth will have the same opportunity I was given; to be redeemed, know God, and fulfill His purposes for their lives.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. (Psalm 48:14)

Why Mexico?

With a population of more than 118, 419, 000 people, 75-89% of them are professing Roman Catholic. Mexico is the second largest Catholic country in the world. All over Mexico pagan rituals and processions are celebrated annually, some of which even seem to be “patriotic”.
There is also strong influence of many cults, most of which profess to be “Christian”. They have taken much ground in their propagation of false doctrine. Among them are Jehovah’s Witness, Mormons, Oneness Pentecostal, and “La Luz del Mundo” (The Light of the Word).
There are still peoples and tribes across Mexico, that speak a dialect completely different from Spanish who have never had a true witness of the Gospel presented to them.
There is a section composed of six states that share a common border where less than 2% identified themselves as evangelical believers, an area often called “The Circle of Silence” because the influence of the Gospel has been largely silent there. Many are much more engulfed in Catholic tradition than in other parts of Mexico, causing them to be much more suspicious of “other religions” and outside missionary influence. Some missionaries have been deported for their work there.
In Chiapas (southern Mexico), Christians are regularly persecuted for their faith.
An exciting reason for reaching Mexico is reaching the rest of the world! There is an overwhelming need for the gospel in the Middle East and other parts of the world. While it is increasingly difficult for the American missionary to access these areas, doors are open for Latin Americans and God is calling them out!