Home Churches Offer Safe Haven for Christians in Violence-Stricken Mexico

Szalkowski says in every Mexico-U.S. border town, people have been directly affected by the violence through the death of innocent friends or family, the death of loved ones who were wrapped up in the cartels, or the abductions of those around them. Szalkowski says kidnappings for ransom are common among middle-class Mexicans.

As a result, "People are afraid to gather in large groups, and that affects church-going people. They're seeing their pastors abducted out of the pulpit right in front of their eyes and held for ransom."

E3 is implementing their I Am Second program into home groups in Mexico, to encourage group Bible studies that will essentially serve as small house churches. The hope is that as people get involved with the home churches, the groups will multiply. So far, E3 has just completed a few training sessions, but their goal is to have 8,000 of these groups along the border. Read more

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