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October 31, 2024

31 de octubre 2024

Cultivating Relationships

and Understanding

Across Borders

Our 40th anniversary weekend closed with a worship service at the border wall.

Dear friends,


More than 40 years ago, folks like Saul Tijerina and Jerry Stacy and Amelia del Pozo and Shirley Jewell dared to dream of and live into a new reality of mission: Not one church “doing church” to another, but two churches coming together to discern how God was calling them into partnership on the US/Mexico border.


In 1984, Frontera de Cristo was established as one of the binational ministries of Presbyterian Border Ministry. For 40 years, God has been building us together with all of our political, religious, economic, cultural, and linguistic particularities to witness to the reality of God’s desire for us to live as one humanity.


We are grateful that you have chosen to be a part of this community. We not only celebrate what God has done in and through this unlikely community of faith, but we also continue to prepare and anticipate the surprises that God has in store for us in the years to come.

Peace,

Mark & Miriam

A Great Celebration!

Frontera de Cristo's 40th Anniversary in Review

The choir from First Presbyterian Church, Hastings, Nebraska, singing at The Gadsden Hotel

THEY CAME FROM FAR AND WIDE! Nearly 200 people traveled to Agua Prieta, Sonora, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Frontera de Cristo (FDC) over the weekend of October 18―from New York to Florida; from Michigan to Nevada; from Chihuahua to Chiapas in Mexico; from Nicaragua and from Guatemala; and, of course, "locally" from Arizona, New Mexico, and Sonora.


Prestigious speakers offered invaluable insight, and reflection on binational ministry ...

Continue reading this article and see more photos

View the event program book

Read the review in the Hastings Tribune (Hastings, Nebraska)

Read the article from the Presbyterian News Service

The Photo Book Is Here!

THE LONG-AWAITED CAFÉ JUSTO PHOTO BOOK has arrived and you'll have yours soon!


If you haven't had a chance to order one, why not do it now?


Click here to order online and we'll mail you your copy.

Watch Our New Video:

"40 Years of Building Bridges and Tables of Love"

Donate to Our "40 for 40" Campaign

In celebration of 40 years of building relationships and understanding across borders, we invite you to donate to our “40 for 40 Campaign as we begin our 41st year of ministry on the border. Your donation will support all our ministries, helping us to―

  • expand our Children’s Enrichment Ministry which provides safe and welcoming spaces for children’s talents to grow and flourish;
  • provide Café Justo for hospitality centers through our Love Mercy, Do Justice Ministry;
  • strengthen our ministry with our siblings who are in recovery from addictions to alcohol and other drugs;
  • participate in the formation of young adult leaders through our bi-national internship; and
  • strengthen and enhance our welcoming ministries through the Migrant Resource Center and CAME.

Love Mercy, Do Justice, Order Coffee

FRONTERA DE CRISTO AND CAFÉ JUSTO CREATED the "Love Mercy, Do Justice" (Amar Misericordia, Hacer Justicia) initiative to provide coffee for migrant shelters across the southern border. Thousands of women and men each week are greeted with a cup of coffee, a meal, and vital medical attention when they are repatriated into Mexico. You can help support this effort with a donation to Love Mercy, Do Justice.

In the mean time, why not order some coffee for yourself today? You will enjoy delicious 100% organic coffee cultivated, roasted, and shipped by the Café Justo cooperative. To order by mail instead of online, just download this form.

A Week in the Borderlands

Watch our new 2023 video by Steve Zeoli

See the whole Café Justo video list

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Frontera de Cristo is a mission partner of Presbytery de Cristo, one of four presbyteries comprising the Synod of the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico) in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

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