Initiated in the spring of 2008, the new MEXICO-USA Border Prayer Alliance continues to grow—and with dynamic results.  We are seeing consistent answers to prayer in exposing drug tunnels, the arrests of drug lords, dealers, and illegal shipments following every prayer event at the border.  God is establishing strategic relationships among Christian leaders all along the border.

BridgeBuilders’ team leaders Hal Sacks and Guy Chadwick, who have been working on the project for more than a year, recently convened some 40 pastors and ministry leaders in El Paso, Texas from AZ, NM, TX, and CA, and from several border cities in Mexico to pray and collaborate on building a wall of prayer all along the border.  The MEXICO-USA Prayer Alliance is currently planning a prayer drive along the 2,000-mile border from Tijuana, Mexico to Brownsville, Texas, stopping along the way to hold prayer rallies and connect with leaders on both sides of the border.

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Earlier in the spring Hal and Guy coordinated a prayer journey to Tijuana and Mexicali in conjunction with leadership teams at each location that brought immediate results. Two days later Hector Huerta Rios, a major drug lord, was arrested and Mexican officials tore down more than 35 idols dedicated to Santa Muerte, the “Death-Saint” associated with the drug trade along the border.  In addition, officials posted military guards to see that these idols will not be rebuilt!

Drug dealers, thugs, and the Mexican drug cartel worship this patron saint of death and believe it gives them power.  New Mexico leader Jack Webb, pastor of Destiny Church in Albuquerque, has researched this patron saint and discovered that the shrines are painted different colors for the different help it is believed they give to their worshippers.

The initiative’s first major event was held July 4, 2008, when pastors and apostolic leaders from both sides of the border gathered simultaneously to pray at several key border sites. In addition to being American Independence Day, it was the 160^th anniversary (four complete generations) of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, which was signed by the Presidents of both nations and declares that our nations shall be good neighbors. The event was picked up by the Associated Press and the photos were carried by newspapers from Memphis to Germany.

Years of relationship building by Arizona Legislative Chaplain Jon McHatton, with a team of pastors in Mexicali, Mexico laid the groundwork for the alliance along with years of prayer and networking by pastors and leaders all along the border.

To read a report by Jon McHatton of how the most recent initiative began, click here.

The Border Prayer Initiative is mobilizing prayer for the resolution of the intense border issues our two nations face.  Prayer is based upon seven points taken directly from the language of the Treaty of Guadalupe of 1848, which to this day is the preeminent governing document for Mexico-USA border relations.

1) Acknowledge God

2) Restore the foundations

3) Establish relations of peace and friendship

4) Confer reciprocal benefits

5) Assure concord, harmony, and mutual confidence

6) Live as good neighbors

7) Seek the protection of Almighty God

Please join us in praying for this move of God along our international border.  Pray for the participants and activities of the MEXICO-USA Border Prayer Alliance.  Pray according to the seven key border prayer points above.  Pray for Arizona’s role as a border state to be exemplary.  Thank you!