EXPERIENCIAS RELIGIOSAS COMPARTIDAS DE MISIONEROS EVANGÉLICOS MEXICANOS EN TIEMPOS DE COVID-19

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the discourses on missionary journeys made from a political perspective "between" individual-divinity and individual and the "other". The case of the Vástago Ministerios church presents the distinctive feature of being oriented towards missionary activities, which were interrupted during 2020, to be then resumed during 2021. A selection of videos transmitted by the church's digital social network were examined, which included conferences and testimonies during short-term missionary journeys made between July and September 2021. Based on an analysis of critical discourse, an examination was made of the existence of shared religious experiences and the meanings of evangelical missions among congregations. The main results have allowed us to identify a political reflection based on the concepts of vulnerability and charity that lead to a redefinition of evangelical missionary activities as vehicles for a personal religious experience.