Evangelical Fellowship of Mexico

The Evangelical Fellowship of Mexico, known in Spanish as Confraternidad Evangélica de México and commonly abbreviated as CONEMEX, is a national evangelical alliance in Mexico. It brings together evangelical churches and related organizations around cooperation, representation, and public engagement rather than operating as a commercial brand or denomination. Its stated functions include encouraging unity within Mexico’s evangelical movement and managing public-relations activities on behalf of the community it represents. CONEMEX is also associated with the wider World Evangelical Alliance, placing it within an international network of evangelical fellowships and alliances. The organization was founded in 1982, approximately one month after the creation of CONELA, the Latin American evangelical counterpart. Its intellectual and theological background is described as being connected to the Lausanne movement, whose 1974 international congress brought evangelicals from different traditions together around a shared global mission. This lineage situates CONEMEX within the modern evangelical tradition of interdenominational cooperation, while its organizational focus is national and specifically oriented toward Mexico. By 1990, CONEMEX claimed to represent approximately 10,000 evangelical churches. That figure indicates the scale the fellowship sought to provide for Mexico’s diverse evangelical sector, although the available reference material does not establish whether the number referred to formal members, affiliated congregations, or churches represented through participating organizations. No reliable information is provided on its headquarters, current leadership, budget, staffing, or detailed program portfolio. Its principal public identity remains that of a coordinating and representative fellowship whose role is to foster unity and act as a public-facing interlocutor for evangelical churches in Mexico.

The Evangelical Fellowship of Mexico, or Confraternidad Evangélica de México (CONEMEX), emerged in 1982 as a national fellowship for Mexico’s evangelical movement. Its formation occurred about one month after the establishment of CONELA, the corresponding evangelical fellowship for Latin America. The timing reflects a broader period of institution-building among evangelical networks, in which national and regional alliances were created to support cooperation across denominational and organizational boundaries. CONEMEX’s ideological roots are associated with the 1974 Lausanne conference of evangelicals from around the world. The Lausanne movement encouraged evangelicals from different church traditions to work together on shared Christian mission and public responsibilities. For CONEMEX, this background provided a framework for national-level collaboration rather than a basis for creating a separate denomination. The fellowship’s role has been described principally in terms of promoting unity and public relations, suggesting that it serves as a coordinating and representative body for churches and evangelical organizations in Mexico. The organization is a member of the World Evangelical Alliance, connecting it to a global network of national and regional evangelical fellowships. This affiliation gives CONEMEX an international context while preserving its Mexican national remit. The available historical material does not provide a detailed account of its internal governance, major programs, leadership succession, or changes in membership. In 1990, CONEMEX stated that it represented around 10,000 evangelical churches. The claim illustrates the breadth of the constituency it sought to represent and the significance of evangelical cooperation in Mexico at that time. The source does not clarify the precise basis of the figure or identify the participating churches individually. No later membership figure is available in the supplied material. Accordingly, the documented history of CONEMEX is best understood as the history of a national evangelical alliance founded in the context of the Lausanne movement, connected to Latin American and global evangelical structures, and oriented toward unity and public representation.

• 1990

  Representation of approximately 10,000 churches reported

  [1]Evangelical Fellowship of Mexicoen.wikipedia.org

  CONEMEX claimed to represent approximately 10,000 evangelical churches in Mexico.

• 1982

  Evangelical Fellowship of Mexico founded

  [1]Evangelical Fellowship of Mexicoen.wikipedia.org

  CONEMEX was established as a national evangelical alliance in Mexico, about one month after the formation of CONELA, its Latin American counterpart.

• 1974

  Lausanne movement provides ideological background

  [1]Evangelical Fellowship of Mexicoen.wikipedia.org

  The international Lausanne conference brought evangelicals from different traditions together and is identified as part of the ideological background of CONEMEX.

A national, interdenominational evangelical alliance focused on unity, representation, and public relations for evangelical churches and organizations in Mexico.

1. 1Evangelical Fellowship of Mexicoen.wikipedia.org