BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA – March 25–28, 2025
There wasn’t a single spotlight or smoke machine in the room. Just a palpable hunger. Not hype—hunger. CLAD 2025—the Latin American Disciplers Summit—wasn’t a Christian conference. It was a collision. A moment where 470 pastors and leaders from 22 nations came face-to-face with the reality that the Church in Latin America is bleeding, and the only cure is a return to the raw, relational work of disciple-making.
This summit, held in Bogotá, Colombia, was part of a larger divine initiative: the Decade of Disciple-Making (2020–2030), launched by the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and the Latin Evangelical Alliance (AEL). Its mandate is unapologetically urgent—wake the Church up to her Great Commission mandate before it’s too late.
And in the middle of it all stood CBMC International—not on the sidelines, not as an afterthought, but right in the furnace.
Through strategic workshops titled “Vision, Strategies, and Tools for Discipling in the Business World,” CBMC’s Harold Cardona brought a disruptive message to pastors: the business world is not a spiritual desert—it’s a mission field. And the Church’s CEOs, engineers, accountants, and entrepreneurs are not just donors or volunteers. They are disciple-makers in disguise—waiting to be equipped, released, and sent.
This wasn’t theoretical. It landed. Over 100 pastors and leaders leaned in. They didn’t just nod—they responded.
Invitations for CBMC-led training came quickly, including one from Paraguay, where a network of over 120 Christian executives is now seeking discipleship training to transform the marketplace from the inside out.
As a result, CBMC International was named one of the Continental Strategic Allies of this growing, Spirit-led movement—affirming what we’ve known all along: CBMC is a frontline force. Not competing with the Church, but completing her disciple-making mission in places many pastors will never step foot.
This is the shift we’ve prayed for. This is sacred ground.
Latin America is standing in a kairos moment—a decisive, God-ordained window of time:
- 89% of leaders present admitted that most churches they know are not healthy or disciple-making.
- 70% confessed that their own denominational and national leaders have never even been discipled.
That’s not just a crisis. That’s a wake-up call. The old models aren’t working. The wine has changed. Now the wineskin has to. CBMC isn’t stepping back. We’re stepping in. With humility. With fire. And with unshakeable confidence that the Holy Spirit is raising up a generation of marketplace believers who will carry the Gospel to the places where pulpits can’t go.
This is new wine.
This is new wineskin.
This is the Church—alive in the marketplace.
