Misión Carismática Internacional (also called International Charismatic Mission Church in English) is an
evangelical
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...
megachurch
A megachurch is a church with a very large membership that also offers a variety of educational and social activities. Most megachurches are Evangelical, although the term denotes a type of organization, not a denomination. A megachurch draws 2 ...
, in
Bogotá
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,
Colombia
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, its part of the
neo-charismatic
The neo-charismatic (also known as third-wave charismatic or hypercharismatic) movement is a movement within evangelical Protestant Christianity that is composed of a diverse range of independent churches and organizations that emphasize the curre ...
movement. It operates under a pyramidal and
cellular model.
The senior pastor and head of this organization is
César Castellanos and his wife,
Claudia Castellanos since its founding in 1983; their four daughters are also pastors at the organization.
In 2016, the attendance is estimated in 25,000 people.
History
The church was founded in 1983 by
César and
Claudia Castellanos as a cell group with 8 people. This same year, they visited
Yoido Full Gospel Church
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in
Seoul
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to learn about how to develop the church As of 2008, the church had more than 250,000 members in the World, organized into a structure of small cell groups. The church's teaching are titled the
G12 Vision
The G12 Vision is a Christian evangelism and discipleship strategy established by César Castellanos, the founder of International Charismatic Mission Church. G12 has been adopted worldwide by different churches.
History
The G12 Vision was form ...
, which is based upon the mentoring of 12 disciples similar in method to Jesus. Castellanos stated that he was inspired to create the discipleship program after receiving a vision from God in 1983. In 2016, Misión Carismática Internacional has 25,000 people.
[Warren Bird]
World megachurches
, Leadership Network, USA, Retrieved October 30, 2016
Statistics
According to a census of the Mission in 2022, it would have 142 churches.
Beliefs and values
Its theology is based on the
word of faith
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or
prosperity gospel
Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, seed-faith gospel, Faith movement, or Word-Faith movement) is a belief among some Charismatic Christians that financial bl ...
, and focuses on personal holiness and moral upstanding in order to be able to be "used by God".
[Misión Carismática Internacional]
EN QUÉ CREEMOS
mci12.com, Colombia, retrieved November 5, 2022 Every member is encouraged to become a cell group leader and have 12 disciples just as Jesus did.
See also
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List of the largest evangelical churches
This list of the largest evangelical megachurches contains evangelical Christian megachurches by weekly attendance. Large churches from other denominations, like Catholicism, are not included as they are not deemed to belong to the megachurch phe ...
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List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
This is a list of the largest evangelical church auditoriums. The list is based on the human seating capacity of the evangelical church auditoriums.
Characteristics
The building of an Evangelical Christian megachurch has a main auditorium for ...
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Worship service (evangelicalism)
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References
External links
mci12.com
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Evangelical megachurches in Colombia
Christian organizations established in 1983