The building project of the Miracle Fishing CBC Church in Guatemala is moving along nicely! The Miracle Fishing congregation is the only CBC church in Guatemala at present, but that will likely soon change. Their building project started about 2 years ago when members of a leadership team knelt on the newly purchased property and laid hands on the ground that would one day hold a new church building. They are seen above asking God to raise up a great congregation that would be the seed church for CBC in Guatemala and we look forward to what God will do!

Money for the project began to come in through the CBC mission fund and construction began. The cost is roughly $53 per square foot which, according to Google, compares to $160 – $325 per square foot in the US, and at present the church is about one third complete. Guatemalans do not normally borrow money for building projects. They buy materials as money becomes available and then build as funding allows.

The structure they are erecting is not only being designed to handle their congregation, which has already grown well beyond the facility they currently use, but it is also planned to host a weekday program for local youth and perhaps even a Christian school. The congregation already gives great attention to its youth, involving them in many aspects of their church’s ministry. They hope to expand with after-school programs and much more once their new building is finished. It will also likely become the central meeting place for CBC in Guatemala. Other churches in the area are already expressing interest in joining CBC and Miracle Fishing Church will be the heart of that new region in Central America.

If you would like to help the Covenant Brethren Miracle Fishing Church complete its building, you and/or your congregation can send donations to:

Covenant Brethren Church
Attn: Carl L. Brubaker, CBC Treasurer
P.O. Box 22
Lititz, PA 17543

Enclose a note or write “Miracle Fishing Church–Guatemala” in the memo line. For $53 you can build a square foot of this new and exciting church! Let’s work together to see this wonderful ministry move forward to the Glory Of God!

Submitted by Craig Howard – Publishing Committee