page_title: Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International
section_title: Beginning
hierarchical_section_title: Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International / History / Beginning
context_page_description: The Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International is a Christian, charismatic and restorationist congregation. It was created in 1972 by the evangelical preacher Luis Eduardo Moreno, his mother María Jesús Moreno and his wife María Luisa Piraquive. The Church has over 1200 locations in more than fifty countries and territories, and visits 40 other nations worldwide. The main broadcasts of the church on its YouTube channel have more than 300.000 views only in spanish, and it is simultaneously interpreted in 12 languages.
  The leader of the Church is the Colombian Christian female leader María Luisa Piraquive, while the current General Preacher is Carlos Alberto Baena.
context_section_description: Disappointed by the permanent disagreements with the leaders of the denominations in which they congregated, the Moreno Piraquive family decided not to attend any church anymore and instead, they decided to pray at their house.
  In 1972, during the prayers of a small group of four people congregated at the Moreno Piraquive family house, they experienced the first prophecy from God in the Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ. In such prophecy, God gave them the instructions about how to direct the church.
  As time passed by the church expanded to other departments of Colombia. Currently it has locations in more than 300 Colombian municipalities.
  In 1997, the word International was added to the Church's name, and in 2000 the leaders of the church created a political party in Colombia, called MIRA, whose current President is Carlos Alberto Baena.
caption: Map of countries and territories in which there are churches and congregations