Evangelical Mission Ministries

Evangelical Mission Ministries (EMM) is a non-denominational, evangelical mission agency based in Pharr, Texas, United States EMM missionaries work primarily in Mexico in the areas of church planting, evangelism, sales and distribution of Christian literature, and Christian education. Beginning in 1995, EMM constructed the Walter Gomez Evangelical Center in Pachuca, Hidalgo, that now houses a Bible College, performing arts auditorium, and administrative offices for the Mexican National Church with which it partners.

History

Evangelical Mission Ministries was originally formed in 1954 under the name Mexican Militant Mission in Pharr, Texas, by the Reverend Walter Gomez. Initially, the mission focused on planting churches through foreign missionaries and national workers in Northern Mexico. Due to its efforts of sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people of Mexico, groups of believers began to form with concentrations in the small villages surrounding Monclova, Coahuila. The need to train Christian workers, and specifically nationals as pastors, for these growing congregations soon became apparent.

In 1955, the Mission started a Bible School just outside the city of Oaxaca to address these needs. The school moved after three years to the city of Monclova and later moved again to its current home in Pachuca in the year 2000. Over the ensuing years, the mission agency also changed its name. As the connotation surrounding the term "militant" became an increasingly negative one in the United States, the mission adopted the name Mexican Mission Ministries. Later, in 2007, it underwent its most recent transformation to EMM.

Supporters

EMM is a faith-based mission. Because it is not affiliated with any single church denomination, its supporters come from a wide variety of protestant and evangelical backgrounds. They also range geographically from Florida to Washington, and from California to New York. Due to a strategic partnership with Global Outreach Mission of Buffalo, New York, supporters throughout Canada are also able to receive tax-deductible contributions to the mission.

External links

* [http://www.emm-mexico.org Official website]
* [http://www.cetym.com Official website of affiliated Bible School in Mexico (Spanish language)]
* [http://www.missiongo.org Official website of Global Outreach Mission]