The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Chiapas, Mexico, unveiled a mobile television production truck that will enable Hope Media Chiapas to produce and transmit gospel programming from locations throughout the state.

The newly acquired unit was inaugurated on July 18, 2026, during the Chiapas Mexican Union’s second Short Film Festival. About 220 young communicators, filmmakers, church leaders, and members of the union’s Creative Disciples initiative attended the ceremony at the union headquarters in Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

Church leaders said the truck will support evangelistic campaigns, facilitate coverage of church events, strengthen local congregations, and distribute programming across digital platforms. It will also help develop content in the Indigenous languages spoken throughout Chiapas and carry messages of hope to people who cannot easily attend church programs in person.

“I want this mobile unit to travel throughout our territory for the glory of the Lord,” said José Luis Bouchot, president of the Chiapas Mexican Union. He described the truck as the result of cooperation among the union’s nine local fields and called for it to be used to develop innovative evangelistic and community-oriented projects.

While in Chiapas for a pastoral visit, Abner De los Santos, president of the Inter-American Division, emphasized the need to use communication technology with a clear spiritual purpose.

“We live in a time when communication has unprecedented reach,” De los Santos said. “A message can reach thousands of people in seconds. Technology is not an end in itself, but an instrument God can use so that more people may know Jesus.”

Félix Cortés, an engineer with Mexican broadcaster TV Azteca who assisted with the unit’s installation, presented its production and transmission capabilities. The vehicle is equipped for television production, live broadcasting, streaming, and content distribution through multiple digital platforms. It also includes a cooling system, connections for external electricity, its own generator, and specialized production equipment.

“It is well equipped to meet the production needs in Chiapas,” Cortés said. “We hope they will enjoy it and make the most of it.

The vehicle will give the union’s local fields a shared production resource for responding to events and ministry opportunities throughout Chiapas, including communities located far from fixed production facilities.

The production truck is part of a broader digital evangelism strategy in Chiapas connected with OneVoice27, a world church initiative seeking to unite communication efforts and mobilize members to proclaim the message of Jesus through different methods and platforms.

Approximately 250,000 people connected with previous digital campaigns in Chiapas through social media and other communication platforms. The church developed the Esperanza Chiapas digital platform, introduced online Bible courses, and created an artificial intelligence assistant that allows users to study the Bible through WhatsApp.

The union now aims to establish an active social media presence in 80 per cent of its congregations. It will also continue training Creative Disciples—a network of content creators, communicators, and other church members who use their artistic, digital, and professional talents for online evangelism and faith-based storytelling—across its nine local fields.

The training is designed to move participants toward developing an intentional pathway for evangelism and discipleship through content creation. Instruction in storytelling, directing, audience engagement, artificial intelligence tools, and culturally relevant communication prepare Creative Disciples to reach people who do not know Jesus and connect media content with Bible study and continued spiritual growth.

Plans also include establishing a media center to coordinate several communication initiatives, including an online radio station and the production of audiovisual content in Indigenous languages. The strategy calls for Tsotsil-speaking staff who can produce programs and respond to community members in their own language.

The Short Film Festival demonstrated the growing network of communicators and creators that the mobile unit is expected to support. During the July 17–18 gathering, participants screened 26 short films in 12 premiere blocks. The productions came from teams representing the union’s nine local fields, Hope Media Chiapas, Adventist institutions, and Creative Disciples groups.

Organizers said the films reflected growing interest among young communicators in using cinema and digital media to share hope and introduce people to Jesus.

Uriel Castellanos, communication director of the Chiapas Mexican Union, said the festival drew not only spectators but also the producers, directors, actors, writers, and other creators responsible for the featured projects.

“One of the main objectives of this event is to foster a transformative encounter with Jesus, the Creator, screenwriter, and director of our lives,” Castellanos said.

De los Santos said the films contained “deep messages” capable of touching people’s hearts. He urged participants to view the festival as a launching point for projects with a wider evangelistic impact and to create content that prepares people for the return of Jesus.

As the festival concluded, Bouchot challenged communicators and church leaders to keep that spiritual purpose at the center of every project. With the mobile production truck now ready for service, the union plans to carry its expanding media ministry to churches, communities, and digital audiences throughout Chiapas.

The original article was published on the Inter-American Division news site.