Raising up a new generation of disciples in Latin America
Welcome!
Gilbert, Virginia & Sofia Contreras
We are Assemblies of God missionaries to Argentina.
Thanks for visiting and learning more about our passion for raising up a new generation of disciples in Latin America.
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Links
You may find these links helpful:
• AG World Missions
• So. California District Council
Spring Newsletter
This brief note is to inform you that our Spring 2012 Newsletter is now available for download.
Fall Newsletter
10/22/11 19:22 Filed in: The Latest News
We wanted to let you know that we just released our Fall 2011 Newsletter.
Some amazing things are happening among students and professionals here in Argentina and our ministry is privileged to be a part of that work. You will find below a link to our most recent newsletter in PDF format. Please download a copy for yourself and print it to share with others.
It is our hope that you will be encouraged by what is happening in university student ministry and our lives.
Thank you once again for your partnership.
Some amazing things are happening among students and professionals here in Argentina and our ministry is privileged to be a part of that work. You will find below a link to our most recent newsletter in PDF format. Please download a copy for yourself and print it to share with others.
It is our hope that you will be encouraged by what is happening in university student ministry and our lives.
Thank you once again for your partnership.
Summer Newsletter
07/02/11 19:48 Filed in: The Latest News
We wanted to let you know that we just released our Summer 2011 Newsletter.
Click here to read it online or download it and post it in your church.
Click here to read it online or download it and post it in your church.
Scheduling Missions services for 2012
We will be updating our calendar on a weekly basis in order to provide for you the most current information, make scheduling a service much easier.
After looking at the open dates on our calendar and you want to schedule a service, complete the service request form and we will reserve a date for you.
We are open to coming mid-week, for a youth service, women's rally, BGMC event... we are open to serve in the local church in any way possible so please don't hesitate to contact us.
After looking at the open dates on our calendar and you want to schedule a service, complete the service request form and we will reserve a date for you.
We are open to coming mid-week, for a youth service, women's rally, BGMC event... we are open to serve in the local church in any way possible so please don't hesitate to contact us.
Resources
05/03/11 11:59 Filed in: The Latest News
Resources
by Virginia Contreras
Having worked in campus ministry since I was myself a university student, I have tried everything in order to evangelize the “La Plata” and “Lomas de Zamora” campuses: mimes, open air skits, concerts, etc. Lots of efforts, not much fruit. In 1990’s I decided another approach: I started to write and print tracks with themes such as: abortion, euthanasia, creation versus evolution, alcoholism, life after death, etc. (many of them were later on reprinted and used by various UAD churches in their own outreaches).
I started to invite Christian professionals to give seminars organized by our group, with themes according to the different tracks. To make it short: I have witnessed the importance of apologetics prior to evangelize this special people group (university students) that God has called us to reach.
Apologetics is a resource and it is a type of pre-evangelism because it prepares the soil for the presentation of the Gospel. On the other hand, to become a Christian does not mean to suppress the life of the mind, but to renew it by the Word of God.
Hence, I developed new resources that we have been using in the last five years. What is new is that lately I have put them in the form of short seminars.
Some of them are:
I have started to present different topics to some CU groups. The CU leaders who attend the seminar get the power point file and the material in order for him/her along with their group to use it as an evangelistic tool in their campus or organized meetings in their local churches inviting unbelieving friends. We have done the “Vocation” seminar in Mendoza and in Buenos Aires with great feedback.
Pray with us that God in his mercy uses our CU national leaders and these seminars to demolish the preconceived notions that some Argentines have of what the “evangelicals” are and that the Holy Spirit makes his way into this generation.
Pray for me to have wisdom, insight and strength to keep on writing and developing resources to reach university students.
by Virginia Contreras
Having worked in campus ministry since I was myself a university student, I have tried everything in order to evangelize the “La Plata” and “Lomas de Zamora” campuses: mimes, open air skits, concerts, etc. Lots of efforts, not much fruit. In 1990’s I decided another approach: I started to write and print tracks with themes such as: abortion, euthanasia, creation versus evolution, alcoholism, life after death, etc. (many of them were later on reprinted and used by various UAD churches in their own outreaches).
I started to invite Christian professionals to give seminars organized by our group, with themes according to the different tracks. To make it short: I have witnessed the importance of apologetics prior to evangelize this special people group (university students) that God has called us to reach.
Apologetics is a resource and it is a type of pre-evangelism because it prepares the soil for the presentation of the Gospel. On the other hand, to become a Christian does not mean to suppress the life of the mind, but to renew it by the Word of God.
Hence, I developed new resources that we have been using in the last five years. What is new is that lately I have put them in the form of short seminars.
Some of them are:
- Vocation (Taller de orientacion vocacional)
- Stewardship of creation (Ecologia y el cuidado del planeta)
- Theology of work (Trabajo: maldicion, bendicion o necesidad?)
- Conflict Management (Taller de resolucion de conflicto)
- Victim mentality (El problema de la mentalidad de victima) and others.
I have started to present different topics to some CU groups. The CU leaders who attend the seminar get the power point file and the material in order for him/her along with their group to use it as an evangelistic tool in their campus or organized meetings in their local churches inviting unbelieving friends. We have done the “Vocation” seminar in Mendoza and in Buenos Aires with great feedback.
Pray with us that God in his mercy uses our CU national leaders and these seminars to demolish the preconceived notions that some Argentines have of what the “evangelicals” are and that the Holy Spirit makes his way into this generation.
Pray for me to have wisdom, insight and strength to keep on writing and developing resources to reach university students.