We believe that the Bible teaches that the purpose of the church is to flood the nations with the love and the gospel of
the Lord Jesus Christ, not to fill the pews a few times a week. Ephesians 4 teaches us that it is the purpose of the entire
church, not just the elite "educated" few. In short, we see the church as a mission base.
La Iglesia del Seņor Jesucristo en Poroy, (the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Poroy) is located in a small town outside
of Cusco in the southern mountains of Peru. This church is the model being used for reaching the rural areas of Peru and beyond.
Once the believers realized that they could do all things through Christ who strengthens them, this small but thriving
church in a district seat of 2,500 population has caught the vision. Among the works of this church are:
Men and Women’s discipleship classes
Comedor, or after school feeding program for children coming from outlying communities
Prison ministry in Cusco
Community outreach
Church planting in surrounding communities
Literacy training as an evangelistic tool
Surveys have indicated that there are 7000 communities in the Department of Cusco without churches. In another department
to the south, the number is 10,000. The story is the same around the entire country.
The church in Poroy has caught the vision to take the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to these and as many of the
other thousands of such villages in Peru – and Beyond.
