Parker Habermehl is a senior at Ozark Christian College getting a degree in Biblical Communications with a minor in Organizational Leadership. He is from Roanoke, Texas, and feels called to serve in full-time ministry after graduation.
Yola and Misael Cruz Trejo are both originally from Mexico City, Mexico, where they now form an integral part of a CMF team in Mexico City that ministers to hundreds of people. Through this ministry, they’ve seen transformation happen in the lives of individuals, families, and specifically the communities of Fuego Nuevo in Iztapalapa and Xalatlaco on the west side of the city.
Michael Grimm is preparing to go to Mexico City to serve with the Church Catalyst team to support the ministries that are already taking place there.
In summer of 2021, CMF launched a Marketplace Ministry in Mexico City in partnership with an organization called Sinapis, that empowers “entrepreneurs professionally and spiritually using training and a global support network so they can grow to the next level and transform the world around them”. Sinapis focuses on small and growing businesses, creating new job growth in communities.
Nine Mexican Christian business leaders gathered in Mexico City in early August to participate in a two-day overview and mock training of the Aspire business development program.
More teammates are needed to pioneer an exciting, brand-new ministry initiative!
CMF will launch a Marketplace Ministry team in Mexico City in 2021 to launch a Business Training Academy that will focus on developing Kingdom entrepreneurs.
Hugo Fortis and Mariana Luna de Fortis are entrepreneurs who founded a web development company based in their hometown of Mexico City with their business partner. But they are also dedicated “tentmaking” ministers who have served for years with CMF’s local church planting and CHE projects.
Rachel is excited to serve with Marketplace Ministries in Mexico City, helping to establish a business training center that shows entrepreneurs how to implement Kingdom principles in the workplace.
A REACH internship in micro-finance projects in Kenya drew business graduate Josh Durand to a role in a new CMF Marketplace Ministries initiative. A trip to Mexico City confirmed his call to provide faith-based business development training for entrepreneurs. Listen as Josh shares his enthusiasm for his new mission!
