Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

Ephesians 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2  And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

"The cross will give us the understanding about the truly love for others"

The labor of love comes from my union with Christ! 

I cannot do anything by myself, 

probably by myself I would do something but as a religion,

because the religious person would do an imitation of labor of love, 

but the essence of it will be look for itself glory,

but in contrast with the labor of love in union with Christ 

that is the nature of being a child of God where God is glorify!

Christ Fellowship is now an organized church. 

We are grateful for the Grace of God among Christ Fellowship! 

He is still confirming His call to me, God’s plan for us and His plan for my life. On May 6Th , I was ordained Ruler Elder of the PCA. Please pray for this new responsibility that God has placed before me, to serve with fear and reverence to God. 

Prison ministry at Hernando Jail.

Saturday, May 26th David, Miguel and I were at the Hernando Jail. Again, we had a great time! We continue teaching about the Gospel of Mark. David brought a sermon with the main theme being Who is Jesus? We saw God working on the lives of the inmates, bringing hope and conviction to seek God in their circumstances.

Please pray for our new friends: Bartolo (Guatemala), Aaron,Edward, (Mexico) and Curtis (USA). 

Spanish Bible Study

This month we will start Ephesians chapter 6. 

Finishing our studying in Ephesians, after ten months of scrutinizing God’s word, I can say that all the families have a good foundation of the Doctrines of the Grace and Reform Theology. All Glory to God! Please continue praying that God would bring more families.

Please pray for a new couple from Ecuador, Oscar and Karen. Pray as they continue attending to the Bible studies and for their salvation.

English Classes

On May 12th   we had an “ International Dinner ” as we close the semester. We had a great time together with our students and teachers. We are going to take a break for the Summer. Please continue praying for our students: Lucy, Angelica, (Mexico), Geronimo, Pedro, Joselyn (El Salvador), Magaly, Edith, Miguel, Camila y Valeria (Venezuela) and Esmeralda (Honduras)

And also pray our team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers, Mary Edwards and Tom Harrison. 

On May 27th I had the honor to preach for my family Church CFC,

It is always a privilege to preach for our Latino Families and be an interpreter for Mike every Communion Sunday, but preaching to the whole congregation in English and Spanish simultaneously is an amazing experience!  

The theme of the sermon was “A church that impacts their Surroundings”

If you would like to listen to this sermon, click on the link below on minute 33''.

A church that impacts their Surroundings

Please Pray for The Loayza Ministry

Staff Member at Christ Fellowship

Director of Discipleship and Missions | Ruler Elder

Translation English - Spanish at Christ Fellowship

Spanish Bible Study
Women Spanish Bible Study (Serenith)

English Classes for Immigrants (ESL) at Christ Covenant

Prison Ministry Hernando Jail.

Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support. We rest on God that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21

You search the Scriptures…

“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me…” John 5:39

Christ owns that the religious did indeed search the scriptures, but it was in search of their own glory: “You search the scriptures, and therefore, if you were not willfully blind, you would believe in me.” Note, It is possible for men to be very studious in the letter of the scripture, and yet to be strangers to the power and influence of it. 

“It is spoken to us in the nature of an advice, or a command to all Christians to search the scriptures. Note, All those who would find Christ must search the scriptures; not only read them, and hear them, but search them, which denotes, Diligence in seeking, labor, and study, and close application of mind, Desire and design of finding.”       Matthew Henry

God is challenging me to find Christ in searching the scriptures and also is my commitment to teach that to all those that God is allowing me to shepherd!

Prison ministry at Hernando Jail.

Saturday, April 28th David, Miguel and I were at Hernando Jail. What an experience! We felt spiritual opposition, but God’s presence gave us the victory in Christ! We can see in Miguel Lara that God is doing His work in his life. David and I are so proud of him, the last Reading Bible Study we were reading the story of Jesus with the Leper in Mark 1. The remarkable thing was what the leper did after he was clean, Mark said “he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news…” we uses that as encouragement to Miguel to visit the Jail.

Please pray for our new friends: Javier, Heriberto, Jose, Francisco (México) y Luis (Honduras). 

This week, we will bring Bibles for Francisco and Javier. Please pray for them. 

The 2018 Annual Gathering of the Mid-South PCA Church Planting Network

Mike and I were invited on  April 16th and 17th  to the 2018 Annual Gathering of the Mid-South PCA Church Planting Network, at Madison Heights Church PCA (Madison, MS). What a great opportunity to Glorify God sharing what He is doing at Christ Fellowship!

Spanish Bible Study 

This month we will start Ephesians chapter 6. 

Finishing our studying in Ephesians, after ten months of scrutinizing God’s word I can say that all the families have a good foundation of the Doctrines of the Grace and Reformed Theology. All Glory to God! Please continue praying in order to God bring more families.

English Classes

This Wednesday, May 2nd  it will be our last Class for the semester! We are going to take a break for Summer. Please continue praying for our students: Lucy, Angelica, Pablo(Mexico), Geronimo, Pedro, Joselyn (El Salvador), Magaly, Edith, Miguel, Camila y Valeria (Venezuela) and Esmeralda (Honduras)

And also pray our team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers, Mary Edwards and Tom Harrison. 

Please Pray for The Loayza Ministry

Staff Member at Christ Fellowship

Director of Discipleship and Missions

Translation English - Spanish at Christ Fellowship

Spanish Bible Study
Women Spanish Bible Study (Serenith)

English Classes for Immigrants (ESL) at Christ Covenant

Prison Ministry Hernando Jail.

Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support. We rest on God that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ

Equipping the saints for God’s work !

“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,”                           Ephesians 4:11-13

“To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.”

Like apostle Paul show us the purpose of God in giving leaders in the Church of the NT, this purpose is to equip, to build the believers for the work of service in the Church. This give a the general result of working together as a team in the body of Christ which is the church, for display God’s Kingdom.

Each believer has given gifts and each gift has been granted by God, and has a triple property:

It belongs to God

It is proper to every believer

It belongs to the Church

We pray and will do all the effort necessary to see that among the Latinos families and each member of Christ Fellowship!

English Classes

What a blessing is the English Classes! We had a new student Esmeralda from Honduras.

Please continue praying for our students: Jose, Lucy, Angelica, (Mexico), Geronimo, Pedro, Joselyn (El Salvador), Magaly, Edith, Miguel, Camila y Valeria (Venezuela).

And also pray our team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers, Mary Edwards and Tom Harrison.

Good News from English Classes

 The Lara Family (Edith, Miguel, Isabel, Camila and Valeria (Venezuela).

We had the opportunity to have Miguel and Edith in our place, definitely God use the moment to allow us to share with them the Gospel. After a beautiful conversation they prayed asking God for Salvation. We rest in God's work.

The next week after that, we had the Lara Family in our home again, after a conversation about God and the Bible, their daughters Camila(12) and Valeria(10), prayed for Salvation! Before they left, Miguel and Edith told us that they would like to visit our sister church Christ Covenant, despite the language barrier.

It was beautiful heard from them the love, hospitality and welcoming from Christ Covenant to them. 

And also is blessing to help with the translation of "Christ Covenant Order of Worship" to spanish!

Please pray for The Lara Family! Our desire is to disciple them as a family.

Spanish Bible Study

We have started Ephesians chapter 5.

“ The fragrance of Christ”

God is using this Bible Study to grown as a church family! It’s encouraging to see how God is equipping and building each person and family who is attending. Please pray to God continue bringing more families.

Good News from Bible Study

The Hernandez family and three more families joined us as a members of Christ Fellowship on March 25^th 

Christ Fellowship “Officer Nominees”

Please pray for a congregational meeting  has been called on Sunday, April 8^th for the purpose of voting on church officers. Pray as we  walk on the last process of God’s call in the coming months.

Good News about prison ministry at Hernando Jail.

David Criger and I are excited to start our first Bible Study on April 28^th . Please pray for us!

Please Pray for The Loayza Ministry

Staff Member at Christ Fellowship

Director of Discipleship and Missions

Translation English - Spanish at Christ Fellowship

Spanish Bible Study

English Classes for Immigrants (ESL) at Christ Covenant

Prison ministry at Hernando Jail.

Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support, we rest on God, that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21

Thank you for holding the rope!

“And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.” Philippians 4:15-17

“no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.”

The Philippians had a heart that invest in missions, they had a partnership in the gospel,the Philippians seem to have been generous in their financial support to apostle Paul’s work.

But also donations, gifts o offering is Not the only way to invest in missions, these are part of missions and missions need them!

But let me go deeply, let me giving to you an example,

ver. 14 “was kind of you to share my trouble.”

Here we are, see what is the nature of true Christian pity; not only to be concerned for our brothers in their troubles, but to do what we can to help them.

Let me give to you a close example of that,

Philippians 2:30 for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

This scripture is talking about Epaphroditus, a man who was willing to put in risk His life for the sake of the Gospel, for the sake of the Kingdom of God.

Epaphroditus, showed to us a heart that invest in mission, a heart that is committed for the sake of the gospel. His testimony is an encouragement to invest your time, invest your skills, invest your talent, we don’t need to change our state, But we need to do something for missions…

William Carey, who upon his trip to the unknown world of India, looked at the small band of brothers around him and said, as it were, “Well, I will go down, if you will hold the rope.”

We are grateful of each one of you for holding the rope!

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Good News For a New Memphis | 2018 Missions Conference, Independent Presbyterian Church

I had the honor to be part beside Mike Winebrenner and Michael Williamson in a Panel Discussion, on February 7. Our theme was “Do we need Multi-ethnic Churches?

It was a great opportunity to share what God is doing in Christ Fellowship for His Glory!

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Therefore GO… | Mission Emphasis week 2018, Christ Covenant Church

February 18, I was invited to preach at Christ Covenant “A Missional Heart” Philippians 4:10-20. I was so blessed to be encouraged with our sister church in how continue being part of God’s Missions.

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CPC World Missions Conference 2018 | A Renewed Concern for Missions

We were in charged at Four Corners Café (4 yrs – 6th grade), sharing about Peru, we were focused on 4 aspects  the culture, food, people and the missionary's specific work /ministry in the country.

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"Christ Fellowship “Officer Nominees”

Please pray for a congregational meeting  has been called on Sunday, April 8^th for the purpose of voting on church officers. Pray as we  walk on the last process of God’s call in the coming months.

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English Classes

The training definitely is helping us to upgrade and improved the way to teach English to our students: Jose, Lucy, Angelica, (Mexico), Geronimo, Pedro, Joselyn (El Salvador), Magaly, Edith, Miguel, Camila y Valeria (Venezuela).

Please prayer for them and our team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers, Mary Edwards and Tom Harrison.

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Spanish Bible Study

We still studying Ephesians chapter 4. “God’s gifts to his people to build His Church”. This chapter was used by God to convince a family to take the adoption class. Please pray especially for the Hernandez family to join us as a members of Christ Fellowship. Please pray for all the families who are attending!

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Please Pray for The Loayza Ministry

Staff Member at Christ Fellowship

Director of Discipleship and Missions

Translation English - Spanish at Christ Fellowship

Spanish Bible Study

English Classes for Immigrants (ESL) at Christ Covenant

Please pray for a future prison ministry at Hernando jail.

Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support, we rest on God, that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit

Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

Building up yourselves on your most holy faith; some copies, and the Complutensian edition, read, "our most holy faith"; meaning the doctrine of faith in all its branches, which is holy, a most holy doctrine; which displays the holiness of God, and is a means of beginning and increasing internal holiness in the saints, and of encouraging and exciting them to external holiness of life and conversation: this phrase, "holy faith", is in use with the Jews: and it becomes the saints to build up one another upon this; the doctrine of faith, is a foundation to build upon, particularly what regards the person, offices, and grace of Christ, and is itself of an edifying nature; and they should not content themselves with their present knowledge of it, but seek for an improvement in it…

John Gill

This is our deepest desire to grow and improve in the Grace of Christ to edify others!

Christ Fellowship “Officer Nominees”

Please pray for the men who have accepted their nominations as elders and deacons. Pray as we  walk on the last process of God’s call in the coming months.

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English Classes

January 19^th & 20 ^th our team of English Classes had a training given by MNA ESL (Mission North America English as a Second Language) Mr. and Mrs. Chaplin were our trainers, was a great blessing to had Mrs. Becky as a teacher trainer. We can say that was amazing! The training help us to upgrade and improved the way to teach English. We are so grateful to God for allow us to serve beside a great team: Chas and Jennifer Emerson, David Criger, Delena and Jeremy Beavers, Mary Edwards and Tom Harrison. Please pray for our students: Jose, Lucy, Angelica, (Mexico), Geronimo, Pedro, Joselyn (El Salvador), Magaly, Edith, Miguel, Camila y Valeria (Venezuela) and Maribel (new student from Mexico)

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Spanish Bible Study

We still studying Ephesians chapter 4. January 25^th a Peruvian friend, who is Missionary in Peru visit us. It was a great opportunity to have him at the Bible Study and share about missions. God in his providence used this visit to give an introduction about “God’s gifts to his people to build His Church”. Please pray for all the families who are attending!

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Please pray for a future prison ministry at Hernando jail.

David Criger and I finished all the paperwork to apply to do a “ Prison Ministry at Hernando Jail ”, we are waiting for the process of it. Please pray for God open a door which will be a great opportunity to serve into the prison among the Latinos.

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Esteban is 13^th!!

Today, is Esteban’s Birthday. It is overwhelming and exciting to be parents of a teenager. Please, pray for him and to us for wisdom in this new journey.

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Please Pray for The Loayza Ministry

Staff Member at Christ Fellowship

Director of Discipleship and Missions

Translation English - Spanish at Christ Fellowship

Spanish Bible Study

English Classes for Immigrants (ESL) at Christ Covenant

English reading Discipleship Bible Study (ESL students)

Prison Ministry at Hernando Jail (2018)

Please, also pray for our Fundraiser, we need to reach the 100% of our Financial Support, we rest on God, that He will open more doors!

Thanks so much for being partner with us and support Loayza's Ministry to unreached people groups in Desoto County, specifically among immigrants.

Our support account is open with our mother church when you are ready to being supporting us. Please make checks payable to " Christ Presbyterian Church " and write " The Loayza Family " in the memo line. Mail to: PO Box 722, Olive Branch, MS 38654

You may also give using this link Be a "Financial Fellow Worker" with Loayza´s Ministry

Thanks you again for your commitment and we will stay in contact to let you know how the lord is at work!

Please pray for us, we need the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to accomplish what God call us to do, like apostle Paul asked to the Philippians

for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:19-21