Across Latin America, faithfulness to Christ is often forged in hardship.
Political instability, corruption, violence, and the spread of false teaching have created challenges for families and churches alike. As this issue shows, the answer is not retreat or silence, but a renewed commitment to flood Latin America with the gospel through patient church planting, biblical counseling, and steady discipleship. When the gospel is proclaimed clearly and lived faithfully, it does more than address surface needs. It meets suffering with truth, restores what sin has fractured, and builds churches that endure.
Recently, I spoke with a church planter serving in this region, and his words have stayed with me. He described a surge of cults and increase in prosperity preaching. Then he said something that landed heavily: families are disintegrating rapidly. Marriages are breaking. Fathers are disappearing. Children are being shaped by instability. When the family collapses, communities do not merely struggle; they unravel.
His plea was not for another imported program or quick solution. He asked for clear biblical counseling and instruction. He asked for missionary pastors and church planters who can open the Scriptures and say, “This is what God says,” and then apply it patiently to real suffering, real sin, and real questions. People are not only seeking relief. They are seeking truth strong enough to carry the weight of their lives.
This is why the theme of this issue matters: flooding Latin America with the gospel. Latin America needs the true gospel of Jesus Christ—not vague religion, not moralism dressed up as Christianity, and not the empty promises of prosperity preaching. A flood does not arrive cautiously. It comes with force and reach, leaving nothing untouched.
We pray for missionaries who preach Christ without apology, for church planters who remain when the work is hard, and for leaders who disciple patiently. We pray for gospel advance that does more than skim the surface but reshapes hearts, restores families, and raises up healthy churches that multiply for generations—deploying their own missionaries not only in Latin America but around the world.
That is the burden of this issue. It is my prayer that as you read these stories, God will not only inform you but orient your prayers and support toward the beautiful lands of Latin America.
