Our official agreement to partner with Iglesia Luterana Cristo Rey was signed in 2007, as a part of our 115th Anniversary. The Mission Partner congregations (or partners) agree to the following:

1. We agree to pray for each other regularly, including during our scheduled worship services.
2. Individual to individual relationships are to be the foundation of our partnership in mission. We will explore every possibility to foster such relationships; for example, visits and/or letters between pastors, church leaders, church councils and committees, mens’ and women’s groups and young people.
3. We agree to learn more about the congregation, city, state, and country in which our partner congregation lives and serves.
4. We will help each other in this endeavor by exchanging information and suggestions for learning through letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, or any other means.
5. We agree to invite mutual participation in each other’s future faith community activities and if possible (depending on the distance) to share at least one bilingual worship together a year.
6. We agree to encourage visits by members of Iglesia Luterana Cristo Rey & Ebenezer whenever possible.

CRISTO REY’S MAJOR MINISTRIES:

• Border Immersion Experience –3-10 participants each, usually from a congregation or organization
• After School Program – which serves 20-30 children during the school year
• Summer program – only space for 35 children, usually filled early
• Sunday School – 6-8 kids per week
• Youth Program (12-16 year olds) – 10 or so per week
• Projects through Central El Paso Community Organization (CEPCO)
• Health Ministry
• Financial assistance to a medical clinic on the Juarez side of the border (Dr. Mendoza)

MAJOR FESTIVALS:

• Anniversary Sunday – usually celebrated in September
• Las Posadas (mid-December, pre-Christmas celebration from Mexico & Latin America)