Colombia

Mission District

• Population: 46,300,196 (72% urban)
• Major Cities: Bogotá (7.8 million), Medellin (3 million), Cali (2.8 million)
• Evangelical Christians: 7.5%
• FM Work Opened: 1994
• Organized FM Churches: 2
• FMC Membership: 350
• Ordained Ministers: 2
• Ministerial Candidates: 5
• Director: Libni Gasca
• Ecclesiastical Accountability: FMWM through Latin America Area Director Dr. Delia Nüesch-Olver

Origins

In December of 1993 the director of the FM churches in Costa Rica, Jorge Gomez, traveled to Colombia to visit his mother-in-law. While there he met with his nephew, Libni Montenegro, who shared that God had given him a vision of raising up a denomination in Colombia. Under Libni’s direction, and with Costa Rican support, the church was started in 1994.

Present Ministries
A dynamic, growing church in the capital of Bogotá is developing leaders and preparing to plant daughter congregations. The church sponsors a children’s home ministering to former street children. The church in Barrancabermeja, an eight-hour drive from Bogotá, is being established and is growing.