Excavation of the AMC project site

One of the initial challenges of the AMC project site was the need to excavate a LOT of dirt and rock. The location of the project site is on the side of a small hill. The image above gives a sense of how much excavation has been necessary. Initial estimates for the cost of the excavation and hauling the dirt away were well above $1,000,000 dollars!

Well, the excavation has been completed, the dirt has been hauled away and all for a total cost of $0 - totally free!!

This is what happened...about the time the excavation was due to begin one of the members of the AMC committee had a friend who knew some people who worked for a company that had been hired to work on the new runway for the Malaga International Airport. This company needed rock to fill in part of the new runway site. The friend was able to put the two projects in contact and the result was that the company working on the airport offered to excavate and haul ALL of the rock and dirt from the AMC project site at no cost!! It was a win win situation for both projects.

In final estimate for how much all this excavation and hauling would have cost is $1,200,000. as in...1.2 million dollars (800,000 Eur0s)!!! Another incredible example of the Lord´s provision for this project.

Property Concession Officially Signed

(The AMC stearing commitee with members of the Malaga city council)

On October 19th the Málaga city government signed the official concession contract for the AMC property. After several years of proposals, reports, inspections, letters and evaluations as part of the process of applying for the concession the big day finally came for the official signing ceremony. The AMC governing committee and the municipal authorities went before a Notary Public to formalize the definitive legal concession of the land that the Andaluz Ministry Center will be built on.

This has been years in the works and the might hand of God´s provision has been more than evident all along the way. This new step is no exception. Normally the city government would have charged a fee of approx. $10,000 for the concession legal and processing fees. For this project they only charged $70 (58 Euros)!!! Another miraculous provision from the Lord!

(the signing of the concession)

Links to related news articles...

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http://www.sentircristiano.com/

AMC Food drive for those in need

A campaign to collect 2000 kg. of food to be donated to the needy neighborhoods around the AMC project site. Local Christian families are being called upon to bring their donations to the project site at 7pm on July 11th.

Offerings and Donatioins of the Churches of Málaga

Summary of offerings and donations by the churches and local Christians in Málaga

local christians who have made special donations...
María del Carmen Daza
Rosario Gonzále
Pepi Moreno Lobato
Antonio Jiménez del Paso
Antoñita González
María Sánchez Oliva
Daniel Fernández Moreno
Alfonso Medina
Adelaida Montiel
Sara


Málaga area churchs...
Centro Cristiano Roca Viva
Iglesia de Marbella
Iglesia Nueva Vida
Iglesia de Granada
Iglesia de Torremolinos
Iglesia Hospital Civil
Iglesia Manantial de Vida
Iglesia Cita con la Vida
Iglesia de Fuengirola
Iglesia Elim
Centro Betel
Iglesia El Cónsul
Iglesia Sión
Iglesia Vida Abundante
Centro Cristiano Kairos
Iglesia de Torre del Mar
Centro Bíblico La Puerta
Iglesia Manantial de Agua Viva
Iglesia del Monte

For a total of 14,286 Euros ($20,000 in US dollars)

Many of these offerings have been raised by the use of piggy-back style cans that read "Con Un Euro Yo Construyo" (With One Euro I Also Build). Many of the churches in Málaga are using these cans as a way for their members to give weekely offerings towards the AMC project. In addition some churches take up periodic offerings to compliment what is raised through the cans.



To date the local Christians in Málaga have been moving forward on their own and with great faith. More help is needed!

You can partner with the Andaluz Ministry Center by sending your donation to:

IberoAmerican Ministries
P.O. Box 1493
Monroe, WA 98272

All checks should be made out to IberoAmerican Ministries, specifying "AMC Malaga Spain" in the memo line.

A call to Prayer

(Above) A group of Evangelical leaders praying on a small hill that overlooks the AMC project site and the city of Málaga.

The Evangelical pastors in the city of Málaga are calling all the believers in the city to a special meeting of prayer and intersession on Friday, March 6th at the AMC project site.

The purpose of the meeting is to pray for the advance of the project and to intercede for the expansion of the gospel in the city of Málaga. The goal is make Matthew 18:18-19 a reality. "We want to have faith in the Word of God, because faith is believing what you cannot see, believing the unbelievable and hoping for the impossible".

A Bold Vision of Churches United Together

The caption of this picture reads "A place of encounter for unity". The Andaluz Ministry Center project is not the product of one pastor´s vision. It is not the product of one churches vision or even one denomination´s vision.

The idea of building a well equipped ministry center came about as the result of pastors from different churches and different denominational backgrounds coming together and dreaming big. This dream on the part of a few pastors has become an ambitious vision that has been adopted by all of the Evangelical churches of Málaga. It is a faith adventure that dares to believe that God can and will bless when His people band together in unity.

Humanly speaking the Andaluz Ministry Center project is virtually impossible. The project is far greater than the combined resources of the churches who have banned together and who believe it is possible. Most of these churches have hardly enough resources to pay one full time pastor let alone dedicate resources to what is for them a mega project. If this project suceeds it will be an incredible testimony of God´s provision.

The unity that this project has produced has not gone unoticed. The local govenment of the city of Málaga who has never before paid any attention at all to the evangelical church has been so impressed by the faith and vision of these churches that it has provided a large four acre plot of land on which the center can be built. The market value for this plot of land would have been 7 million US dollars! (calculation based on 290 Euros per square meter x 16,000 meters x 1.51 dollars to the Euro exchange rate in the Spring of 2008).

How to make a donation to the AMC project

In Spain donations for the AMC project can be sent to the "Asociación Evangélica Roca Viva". In the United States donations can be sent to "IberoAmerican Ministires (IAM)" which has adopted the AMC as one of its strategic projects.

You can partner with the Andaluz Ministry Center by sending your donation to:

IberoAmerican Ministries
P.O. Box 1493
Monroe, WA 98272

All checks should be made out to IberoAmerican Ministries, specifying "AMC Malaga Spain" in the memo line.