From September 12-26, the La Mayor Esperanza, a campaign by the Adventist Church in Bolivia, saw two intensive weeks of evangelism, during which 3,447 people were baptized.
The campaign began in the different regions of the west, center, and east of the country, with the opening of more than 2,500 evangelism centers made up of small groups, homes, and missionary couples, according to the evangelism department of the Bolivian Union (SU) of the Adventist Church.
In the second week, emphasis was placed on baptism decisions with La Mayor Esperanza week, during which Pastor Bruno Raso, vice president of the Adventist Church in South America, was the speaker.
The Central de Comunicación Nuevo Tiempo Bolivia, in coordination with the department of Evangelism and the administration of the UB, was responsible for the programming and transmission of the eight days of evangelism. They were broadcast on open TV channels in the cities of Cochabamba, Sucre, and Guayaramerín on cable TV, Tupac Katari satellite, 24 radio stations nationwide, and on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram platforms, with a reach of more than 500,000 people.
Commitment to hope
The closing of the campaign took place on Saturday, September 26, with a group baptism and special program, which was attended by the leader of the Adventist Church in South America, Pastor Erton Köhler. In this programming, the regional administrations organized baptism programs with hundreds of people who made the decision to be baptized. Baptisms took place in churches, schools, rural areas, and rivers.
Finally, Pastor Hugo Valda, leader of the Adventist Church in Bolivia, thanked all church members in the country for their commitment and dedication in bringing people to the feet of Jesus. He pointed out that they are not numbers, but people who agreed to follow God's path, and who must be cared for, accompanied, and instructed.
Valda also reported the numbers of baptisms by region: western Bolivia had 1,512 baptisms; the eastern region had 935 baptisms; and the central region had 1,000 baptisms, making a total of 3,447 new people baptized.
“Missionary work does not end here,” Valda points out. “In October and November we will have two events at the national level: the Impacto Esperanza and the Reunion program, in which we want to continue counting on the strength of the entire Church in Bolivia, with the mission of continuing to work so that Christ returns soon in our generation.”
According to the church’s communication department in Bolivia, the church uses all technological and digital means they can to spread a message of hope to individuals, families, and the entire country of Bolivia.
This article was originally published on the South American Division’s Spanish site