The first members of the 40/40 church planting team for Córdoba, Argentina, arrived in Quito, Ecuador. The missionaries will help Extreme Nazarene in its effort to plant churches in South America's large metropolitan cities.

One missionary from the U.S. and four missionaries from Argentina arrived January 8 in Quito, Ecuador, where they will be trained over the next several months. Rachel Gilmore, Romina Celeste Calderón, Juan Ricapito, Ana Garcia, and Damaris Obando make up half of the 40/40 missionary team being deployed to Córdoba, Argentina. The rest of the 40/40 missionaries will arrive in the next eight weeks. The five missionaries joined their cluster support family, Aric and Kimberly Bidwell and their three boys, who arrived in Ecuador in July to learn Spanish.

During their time in Ecuador, the North Americans will learn Spanish at the Nazarene International Language Institute, and the Argentines will be taking classes at the Nazarene Theological Seminary-South American. After training in Ecuador and Colombia, the team will move to Córdoba on May 21 to begin planting a church in the second largest city in Argentina. This is the 83rd church plant with Extreme Nazarene Missions.

For more information about the project or to recommend an applicant, visit extremenazarene.org or contact Cailyn Wheatley at movilizacionsa@nazarenosextremos.org.
--Church of the Nazarene South America Region