Third Generation Church Planting

In 2007, we had the privilege to work with Pastor Fabian Santillan, planting a church in his back yard. (Pictured with Sandy Marek, Church Plant Coordinator with E3). During the years the church has matured to the point of planting a new church this year in the downtown area of Clodimira. This was not the first year we had worked with Fabian. He had participated with us six years in both the Santiago del Estero province and the Sante Fe province. Iglesia Jesucristo me Esperanza of Clodomira, the church that was planted in his backyard in 2007, now has caught the vision for the church planting movement. Clodomira has 22 barrios and Pastor Fabian's plan is to establish 10 churches in barrios surrounding the downtown. A church member, Dora, has already donated some of her land and opened her home for the next church plant in Barrio Mendilarzu. In Barrio Fatima, Lorena Gauna's home is used for children's ministry every Saturday. In Barrio Ramon Carrillo, there are weekly meetings with youth, adolescents and women. In Barrio Juan Domingo Peron, there is also an ongoing children's ministry. We are excited to work with pastors, like Fabian, who have a vision for their towns, cities and beyond. This year Fabian involved the local Baptist missionaries, as well as churches in Tucaman province that sent a team to participate in the church planting campaign. We are excited to see what God does in the future through leaders like Fabian. This year the church in Clodimira received some special training on how to start “I am second” groups in their community. Pictured above is the small group discipleship training for the church members on the Sunday before the campaign. This small group discipleship training equipped the church members to follow up new believers through natural "home discipleship" studies.