Commitment to the local church is one of Campus Outreach’s core values. Jesus established his Church to have the keys to the kingdom, and Campus Outreach (CO) partners with the Church. Every CO ministry needs to have a solid local church to flourish. The ministry in Monterrey, Mexico, collaborated with San Pedro Church and the City-to-City Network to plant a new church near Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey Tech), widely regarded as the top university in Mexico. The team invested years in establishing a strong core group, and in October 2022, Iglesia Núcleo held its inaugural service. Since then, the church has become a welcoming place for university students. Many who had never set foot in a Christian church now regularly attend. Bety is one of those students.
Bety transferred to Monterrey Tech as a second-year student. Her close friend from high school, Daniella, was involved with Campus Outreach and invited her to a few CO events, including parties, coffee dates, and game nights. Bety found the community to be loving and filled with Christ-like people who cared for her, which made her want to be around them more. Still, when the staff asked to start reading the Bible together, Bety wasn’t willing.
Then, the church was planted.
Like many in Mexico, Bety grew up in a nominally Catholic home. Once Iglesia Núcleo opened, she attended church every Sunday and never missed an evangelistic event. She even started helping and serving within the church. After observing the life change happening to students in discipleship groups, she desired to experience it herself. On staff with Campus Outreach, Christina began meeting with Bety and a couple of other girls to read the Bible together. After a few meetings, Bety shared that she was understanding Christianity for the first time. Still, when asked, she said she did not consider herself a Christian.
Finally, after months of reading the Bible and hearing the gospel preached every Sunday, she committed her life to Christ! Bety became the first new believer in the Iglesia Núcleo community! She is currently in a Grupo Incio (Beginning Group) with Christina, learning what it means to follow Jesus.
¡Pray for Iglesia Núcleo! Ask that more families will join, that unbelievers will continue coming, and that God’s sheep will have a place to be fed and grow. Pray for its leadership: Luis (pastor), Ale (CO staff), and Rodrigo (CO staff), and please pray that Bety will be rooted and established in the faith.
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