Spiritual Warfare Activities in Mexico City, April 2003
JN439-3. NEWS BRIEF: 17-hour celebration draws a million to Mexico City
(April 2003)
In what Christian leaders hailed as a historic event, a million believers from various
denominations in Mexico united over the Easter weekend to proclaim Christ in the country's
capital. They say the Mexico City gathering - which evangelicals deemed inconceivable just
12 years ago because of anti-Protestant laws in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation -
reflects the growing revival that is sweeping through the majority of Latin America, where
the great majority of believers are Pentecostals.
On Saturday, pastors, ministry leaders and laypeople representing more than 20,000
churches converged in the world's largest city - population more than 23 million - for
Marcha de Gloria, or March of Glory. "This is a historic day in Mexico," said
pastor Carlos Quiroa, 42, who helped start the march in the early 1990s. "This
meeting is the largest meeting ever of Christians." The march - which took three
hours to complete - featured a praise band and 400 dancers in white and green uniforms.
Young and old alike carried Christian signs, banners and balloons with Scripture verses.
Broadcast live on 130 Christian radio stations throughout Mexico, the march culminated at
the Zócalo, the city's main square, the historical, political and religious heart of
Mexico.
SOURCE: http://www.joelnews.nl/news-en/jn439.htm
Mexico: Million-strong 'March of Glory' celebration reflects Pentecostal revival
In what Christian leaders hailed as a historic event, a million believers from various
denominations in Mexico united over the Easter weekend (April 2003) to proclaim Christ in
the country's capital.
They say the Mexico City gathering—which evangelicals deemed inconceivable just 12
years ago because of anti-Protestant laws in the predominantly Roman Catholic
nation—reflects the growing revival that is sweeping through the majority of Latin
America, where the great majority of believers are Pentecostals.
On Saturday, pastors, ministry leaders and laypeople representing more than 20,000
churches converged in the world's largest city—population more than 23
million—for Marcha de Gloria, or March of Glory.
"This is a historic day in Mexico," said Carlos Quiroa, 42, who helped start the
march in the early 1990s. The pastor of Strong Tower Church, a 1,000-member charismatic
congregation in Mexico City, added: "This meeting is the largest meeting ever of
Christians."
Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, the March for Jesus-type event featured a 10-mile
procession on Reform Avenue, one of the city's main thoroughfares, which saw four of its
lanes closed to traffic for the march. Costing $300,000, and financed by numerous churches
and ministries, the massive 17-hour event required hundreds of police and security
personnel.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Maricela Ramírez, whose husband,
Jaime, pastors 350-member Nueva Vida Foursquare Church in Santa Barbara, Calif. The couple
had traveled to Mexico City along with Argentinean-born, California-based evangelist
Alberto Mottesi, who was the main speaker at the event.
"It's impressive that all of these people are here to lift up the name of
Jesus," Ram'rez told Charisma News Service as she surveyed the huge procession.
"Mexico City will not be the same after this."
The march—which took three hours to complete—featured a praise band and 400
dancers in white and green uniforms. Young and old alike carried Christian signs, banners
and balloons with Scripture verses.
Broadcast live on 130 Christian radio stations throughout Mexico, the march culminated at
the Zócalo. The city's main square, it features the National Cathedral—headquarters
of the country's Catholic Church—and the National Palace, the office of the president
and Mexico's lawmakers.
"The march ends here because it's the historical, political and religious heart of
all of Mexico," said Cecelia Pezet, 49, pastor of a 500-member full gospel church in
Mexico City who, with her sister, Mercedes, launched the march with Quiroa.
The rally—which began at 6 p.m. Saturday, local time, and ran through 7 a.m.
yesterday—featured continuous praise and worship, prayer and preaching. The all-night
vigil rivaled the excitement and atmosphere of a Latin American championship soccer game,
as the majority of the participants stood, danced, raised their hands and shouted
"Christ is alive" and "Make Way to Jesus Christ"—the theme of the
seventh annual event.
"Christ who walked in Israel 2,000 years ago is here today," Mottesi, who turned
61 Saturday, told the massive crowd during a steady drizzle. "I've come here to tell
you that there is a great revival happening in all of Latin America, including the Mexican
republic."
The thousands gathered at the Zócalo erupted in a loud roar, even as the rain came down
harder. It didn't seem to bother anyone. "Nobody is leaving despite the rain,"
said Antonio Reza, 40, pastor of a Hispanic Southern Baptist Church in Moreno Valley,
Calif., who attended the event as part of Mottesi's team. "They're so hungry for the
power and presence of God. It's amazing."
Source: Eric Tiansay, Charisma News Service, 4/21/2003. Used with permission.
http://www.pneumafoundation.org/pi_4_2003.jsp
JN439-5. RESOURCE: Spiritual mapping for
effective spiritual warfare
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see: SPIRITUAL MAPPING, FOR EFFECTIVE SPIRITUAL WARFARE
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