(Population over 2 million)
When the transformation video was made there were less than 300 churches with a Christian population in town of 85,000 to 110,000 according to researches and over two million people in town.
"There is a new sense of urgency and unity among Christians in Cali," reports Dawn staff member Berna Salcedo. Cali is Colombia's notorious drug capital, currently experiencing a power vacuum following the arrests of the most important drug barons in recent years as a result of the well documented spiritual transformation that has taken place in the city. Without the drug money that gave it its wealth however the city is in economic and political decline, according to Salcedo.
The country is generally politically unstable because of the civil wars; people no longer trust the government, and many have given up hope. Two million Colombians have moved from the country into the cities, bringing their uncertainty and fear of the future.
In the midst of this uncertainty, Cali's population has become more open for the gospel, and the city's pastors have agreed to an evangelistic framework, for new churches.
They understood that they have to reach out and start planting churches. Now they are aiming to plant over 30,000 churches in town within few a years. Praise the Lord that prayer brought them all this way. Every three months they gather 65,000 Christians for a night of prayer in the football stadium.
(Source: DAWN Latin America)