Convivir: (v) To live amongst, to do life with, to spend time together in community.

Our Mission: To live amongst the marginalized of Mexico City, cultivating lasting relationships and working together to empower families and communities with dignity, guided by our shared journey with Jesus.

Who We Are

We are a non-denominational Christian organization that seeks the people who are outcast by the Church. Our heart is for the vulnerable and unseen in the urban poor communities of Mexico City. We meet people where they are at, both culturally and spiritually, by spending time together in living rooms, tattoo parlors, Zumba classes, and in the streets playing fútbol.

We see this continual investment in relationship represented as a large part of Jesus’ ministry as he “dined with tax collectors and prostitutes.” Our heart is to show rather than tell people that they are valuable to God, that he cares about every aspect of their lives, and wants a personal relationship with them.

What We Do

  • We spend quality time in the communities we work in, visiting families in need and following up with new contacts in order to build individual relationships and listen to the concerns and goals that locals have for their communities.

  • We offer secular extracurricular music and arts activities for children and youth that promote cognitive development, literacy, confidence, and build relationships within the community.

  • We offer faith-based programs by leading small groups, youth groups, children’s clubs, and planting home churches.

  • We fight hunger through sustainable community led projects like aquaponics.

  • We offer secular workshops that support families and community development like parenting classes, small business trainings, marriage mentorship, and money management skills.

  • We collaborate with local Pastors and Pastoras to support and expand their ministries with resources, complementing programing, and live worship.

  • We collaborate with ministries and churches in Mexico City’s center as well as in the United States to provide resources for the communities we work in like Bibles, trainings, and counseling.

  • We host short term mission trips, worship retreats, and interns.

  • We volunteer with The Crucible Project Mexico and dream to launch urban men’s soul groups and urban weekend experiences.

  • We write worship and children’s worship to resource Mexican ministries and we create spaces for urban artists to create secular and faith-based music and art.

Where We Work

Currently, we work in three urban poor communities (urban slums) on the outskirts of Mexico City: Chimalhuacán, San José Las Palmas, and San Sebastián.

The people who live in these highly populated urban communities have literally been marginalized to the outskirts of Mexico City where they commute 3-5 hours a day to seek work in the City.

Contact

Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Email
dustin@convivirinternational.org

Phone
(720) 272-4723