Begin: Know · Grow · Go

Before anything else — you're welcome here. Not after you clean up, not when you "get it together." Right now, exactly as you are.

Tierra de Bendición means Land of Blessing. We've been a folding-chair Bible study, a rented warehouse, a two-campus familia in the sister cities of Douglas and Agua Prieta. Every chair has someone's name on it. One of them is yours.

What to expect on your first Sunday

• Coffee and pan dulce in the lobby — get there 15 minutes early if you want to meet folks
• Worship in English and Spanish, side by side
• A 30-minute message rooted in scripture, practical for Monday
• Kids' programming for nursery through 5th grade, every service
• No offering pressure for guests. Ever.

The center of everything we do is one decision: trusting that Jesus lived, died, and rose to make you right with God — and saying yes to following Him.

You don't have to clean yourself up first. You don't have to know the right words. You just have to be honest with God.

A simple prayer to start

If you want to give your life to Jesus today, pray something like this — out loud, in whatever language is yours:

Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God. I'm sorry for going my own way. Thank You for dying for me and rising again. I give You my life today. Make me new. Amén.

Prayed it? Tell us.

This is the most important moment of your life. We want to celebrate with you, send you a Bible if you need one, and walk with you into Step 3.

Baptism is going public. It's the first thing Jesus asked new believers to do — a visible sign that the old life is buried and a new life has begun.

You don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to mean it.

What it looks like at MTB

• We hold baptism Sundays four times a year, plus on request anytime
• Full immersion — adults, teens, and kids who can articulate their faith
• Family and friends invited; we record video for free
• A 30-minute conversation with a pastor first — no test, just a chat
• Both campuses (Douglas, AZ and Agua Prieta, Sonora) host baptisms

Christianity was never a solo sport. After baptism, the way you grow is the way Jesus grew people: in a small, honest circle that meets weekly, prays for each other, and reads the scriptures together.

We call our small groups Familias. They meet in homes across both campuses — Douglas and Agua Prieta — in English, Spanish, or both.

Three ways to grow

• Familias — weekly small groups, 6–12 people, in someone's living room
• Foundations — a 6-week class on the basics of following Jesus, taught twice a year
• One-on-one — paired with a mentor for the first 12 months after baptism

God built something specific into you — a gift, a story, a capacity — and the Church becomes itself when each of us uses what we've been given to bless others.

At MTB, serving isn't filling a slot on a volunteer schedule. It's discovering where you come alive and pointing it at people who need it.

Where people are serving right now

• Sunday worship team, kids' ministry, hospitality, parking lot
• Food pantry — Tuesdays in Douglas, Thursdays in Agua Prieta
• Asylum-seeker shelter partnerships at both campuses
• Recovery group hosting · prison correspondence · prayer team
• Spanish translation, audio/video, web (yes, even this site)