Location: Mexico
Our Vision: We seek to equip and
empower local leaders for church planting, pastoral ministry, and missionary
service, fulfilling the Acts 1:8 mandate to expand God’s Kingdom as witnesses in Latin America and beyond.
Ministry Focus: As part of Mission Global
and GlobalEd, Toni and Erin are founding the
Ebenezer Institute of Ministry Formation in Mexico. The goal of Ebenezer Institute is to meet the urgent need
for non-formal contextualized theological education with a perspective of
Integral Mission, equipping local pastors and leaders in Mexico and Latin
America. By leveraging the Ministry Essentials Training Program (METP), Ebenezer will aim to provide practical training
for those called to pastoral ministry, church planting, or missionary service,
as we work together to expand God’s Kingdom throughout Latin America and the
world for His glory.
Ministry History: Toni, originally from
Paraná, Brazil, and Erin, originally from
Saskatchewan, Canada have been serving as full-time cross-cultural missionaries
in Baja California, Mexico, since 2011, alongside our four children: Bella,
Lucas, Joshua, and Olivia.
For
13 years, we served as the founding Managing Directors of Casa de Luz
Ministries, a ministry which empowers single-parent families through a children’s
center, youth mentorship, small business initiatives, and community outreach in
Primo Tapia, Baja California, Mexico.
Over
the years, we pursued further theological education—Erin
at Wheaton College and Fuller Seminary and Toni at South American Theological
Seminary—and focused on empowering local leaders. In 2024, we felt the Lord
calling us to transition our ministry efforts to address the urgent need for
contextualized theological equipping in Mexico and Latin America. This calling
led to the birth of the Ebenezer Institute of Ministry Formation.
Prayer Requests
- For God to raise up Mexican leaders in Baja California (10% Evangelical) and Michoacan (1.1% Evangelical), Mexico to expand His Kingdom in Latin America, to unreached people groups, and around the world!
- For God to help us develop the correct partnerships with local churches in Baja and main-land Mexico so that leaders can be trained, equipped and sent!
- For God to continue to reveal Himself and His heart to us and to guide us as we seek to obey Him and to step out in faith and obedience in the birthing of Ebenezer Institute.
