Vivancos in Mexico

We are missionaries serving in church planting and leadership development with United World Mission. Our ministry began back in 1988 with the planting of one church, Iglesia Bautista Bet-lehem, in Chiconautla, which is located in Mexico City’s northeastern metropolitan area. Manuel continues to serve as Senior Pastor of Bet-lehem Chiconautla, and for many years this church has served as a base for ministry projects and leadership development.

Church-planting teams have gone out from this church to several parts of Mexico City’s metro area and beyond, including La Presa, Nexquipayac, La Purísima, Irapuato, La Guadalupana, Tecámac, Tizayuca, Héroes Tecámac, La Magdalena Panoaya, Zumpango, and the Mixtec region of the state of Puebla.

Click here to open a Google map of our network of churches.

Daughter churches of Bet-lehem Chiconautla that are officially established and functioning under Mexican leadership:

Jesús, Nuestro Pan de Vida in La Presa, currently led by Ana Lilia Sánchez

Iglesia Vida Nueva in Tizayuca, Hidalgo, currently under the leadership of Mike & Nancy Palumbo

Uno Más en Cristo in Héroes Tecámac, pastored by Josué & Adianela Hernández (with mentorship from John & Tracey Pieters)

Verdad y Vida in Zumpango, pastored by Fernando & Miriam Alfaro

Another satellite church added to the Bet-lehem network:

Iglesia Cristiana Bautista Betesda in Nicolás Romero, pastored by Leví & Dámaris Vázquez

Upcoming church plant: Please help us pray for confirmation on the location and the development of the church-planting team.

Manuel meets weekly with leaders from most of these churches for Bible study, sharing, and leadership development activities. He also serves as president of the board of our sector of Baptist churches (about 25 participating churches) and as part of the alliance of local pastors in Chiconautla.

We also enjoy hosting summer teams who do short-term ministry with us while living with local church families. Interested? Let us know!