Granada, Spain Suffers 28% Unemployment

For every 1 Evangelical Christian in Spain you have 10 Muslims practicing their faith among them, for every 1 Spaniard converted to Christianity, 3 Spaniards convert to Muslim .Is there a need for the evangelization of Spain? You make the call. Monday we met in Granada, Spain with a missions training organization, which will remain nameless for security reasons, to discuss their methodology for recruiting and training Latin Americans to reach Muslim people in Islamic countries and in Spain. This is one of, if not the most influential, movements in impacting that people group in this area. This organization has identified the Latin Community as a natural place to recruit missionaries in order to impact a North African Muslim culture that has very similar cultural values, origins and behavior patterns to Latinos. Even though their efforts have concentrated on impacting the Muslim community, because of the 20% national unemployment rate and the 28% unemployment rate in their area, the proud Spaniards who once thought it beneath them to ask for assistance from anyone, along with the immigrants have now begun to form the lines to receive food and vocational skills from this organization. Imagine a city of Granada, which has about 300,000 people, only has 3-4 evangelical churches with an average of 40-60 members to bear witness to the gospel. The need is great but there is a movement of churches that are committed to and partnering with each other to strategically plant churches to reach this country for Jesus Christ. There is so much more that we learned that I wish I could share in this blog but instead Charlie, Rene and I will share a little more of our experience this Sunday at Church, hope you can make it or catch it on line. – Jesse Elizondo