Mexico/Border Missions-Big Bend Frontera
Big Bend Frontera
Mission work conducted in Mexico, is done so in cooperation with Big Bend Frontera. Assistance is provided to over 75 congregations among Mexican nationals whose settings range from the very remote to the metropolitan areas of Mexico. The Big Bend Frontera Coordinator, Lloyd Taylor and Phyllis his wife, are Mission Service Corps volunteers, and live in Van Horn. He is assisted by Ed Jennings, Director of Missions for the Big Bend Baptist Association. The Taylors' primary support is provided by individuals and organizations who want to be a part of this ministry. Lloyd has a farming and ranching background and Phyllis is an R.N. who is empolyed by the Texas Department of Health. Their ministry involves assisting borderland and Mexico interior churches in the areas of Church Extension, Leadership Training, and Community Ministries. This includes accompanying inland church mission teams in doing VBS, Construction, Agriculture, Healthcare, and Community Development projects. The provision of transportation for convention leaders, inland mission teams, vehicle preparation, and placement with church leaders, are also components of their ministry.
L.V.N. Gloria Chavira is serving as the Healthcare Coordinator for our Mexico/Border Missions effort. Gloria assigns inland church healthcare teams to assist Big Bend Borderland Churches to provide community ministry through Medical, Dental, and Optical clinics. The preparation of medicines, glasses, and dental equipment, are also a part of her responsibilities. If medical referrals are necessary, Gloria makes arrangements with the appropriate medical personnel.
Needs always outstretch the resources. Rough roads and remote destinations take a toll on equipment, requiring constant upkeep and repair, and frequent replacement. The Big Bend Frontera Field Office complex in Van Horn, Texas, is home to a mechanical repair shop and dormitory where inland church mechanic teams are invited to help with vehicle repair.
Inland church mission teams of 1-25 people with skills capable of meeting the Borderland churches' requests can be used in many different projects.See Current Projects
BBBA Mexico/Border Missions-Mission Statement
Big Bend Baptist Association-Mexico/Border Missions works in cooperation with the Big Bend Frontera, the Rio Grande River Ministry, BGCT, Convencion Regional Bautista Fronteriza, and Convencion Regional Bautista Pueblo de Dios, Convencion Regional Bautusta Valle de Juarez, other Mexico Interior Regional Conventions and Churches, and Other Partners (Baptist Churches, Conventions, Entities, and Individuals) of like purpose, to establish and sustain a consistant, on going, local church based ministry, in order to advance the Gospel of Jesus Christ along the US-Mexico Border Region known as the Big Bend and beyond the Border into the Interior of Mexico.
Big Bend Frontera Border Ministry Strategic Plan
The Big Bend Frontera in conjunction with the Big Bend Baptist Association the Rio Grande River Ministry BGCT, BBBA borderland churches, and participating Partnership Churches, is being coordinated by the Big Bend Frontera Coordinator Lloyd Taylor, assisted by BBBA Director of Missions, Ed Jennings, and Health Care Coordinator, Gloria Chavira, with the support of Mission Service Corp Volunteers, and Others. At the request of and under the direction of the Mexican National Baptist Associations, (Convencion Regional Bautista Fronteriza y Convencion Regional Bautista Pueblo de Dios, Convencion Regional Bautista Valle de Juarez and Others), church development, healthcare, human services, and community development assistance is being provided to Mexican National Churches with the participation of Upstate Partnership Churches. We count it a blessing, and a privilege to work with Churches both North and South of our Border in this mission effort.