Pioneer Heber Ochoa
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Name: Heber Ochoa
Mission Church: Soconusco Baptist Church
Field: Tapachula , Chiapas , México
Marital Status: Married |
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Partner: Kevin Wynne, Pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Mexico City |
Conversion Experience
In 1991, I was born again in Comitán, Chiapas.
Calling and Preparation
In 1995, I was called into full-time Christian service. I started my training for the ministry at Mount Zion Baptist Institute under the leadership of Pastor Kevin Wynne. I met my future wife at the institute. She attended his church and was saved and baptized in 1989. We were married in 1998 and completed our studies at the institute in 2000.
Bro. Wynne recommended we stay in Mexico City and continue serving there while preparing to move to Chiapas. In 2003, the Lord opened many doors for us to move.
The Field
We arrived in Chiapas in April 2003 and started a work in the city of Tapachula. We began door-to-door soulwinning, visitation, and also started Bible study groups. We were able to rent a place in June and held our first Sunday school. There have been many souls saved, as well as spiritual growth in the church.
Future Goals
- Establish a soulwinning church
- Establish a bus ministry
- Train soulwinners and workers for the ministry
- Send students to Bible college
- Plant churches in surrounding suburbs
Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
Mexico consists of 31 states and one federal district. Spanish is the official language, but one million Mexicans speak other indigenous languages. The population is approximately 105 million and grows by 1.8 million yearly. Mexico’s climate varies from dry desert wasteland conditions in the north to rainy, tropical conditions in the southeast and a mild climate in the central plateau.
Chiapas is Mexico’s southernmost state and may have been the site of Mexico’s first permanent human settlements. Chiapas has little industry but is agriculturally rich. In this resource-rich state, one-third of the homes do not have running water, and rates of illiteracy and child mortality are among the highest in Mexico. Most chiapanecos are very poor, and wealth is concentrated in a small oligarchy.
The Roman Catholic Church has been deeply etched into all areas of Mexican life. Ninety percent of all Mexicans profess Roman Catholicism which has been present in Mexico from the first days of the Spanish Conquest. Throughout the country’s history, the Catholic Church has been the main unifying force of society. Many facets of Mexico’s Catholic Church come from native forms of worship as old gods were identified with saints and included in the Catholic religion. The most potent symbol of Mexican Catholicism is the Virgin of Guadalupe, a manifestation of the Virgin Mary who reportedly appeared on a hill near Mexico City in 1531.
Mexican people are searching for the truth and are open to the Gospel, but groups of American cults such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and Seventh-Day Adventists have gained millions of converts in the spiritually dry hearts of the people.
Thousands are saved each year as Bible-believing preachers tell them of the love of Christ. Pilot American missionaries, with established works, are training nationals in the ministry of the Gospel. National missionaries are sent out by the hundreds each year to win souls in cities, towns, and villages.
Global Church Planters desires to financially help these national missionaries (we call them Pioneers) start thousands of churches in Mexico.
