My name is Jaime Jimenez and I am the founder of Covocacional. I grew up in northern Mexico, and for more than twenty years I have been involved in church planting in different capacities - as a planter, trainer, coach, and collaborator with churches and networks across Latin America and the United States. By training, I am an Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer (ITESM, 2001), but the Lord redirected my path toward pastoral ministry. Today, I serve part-time at Grace Presbyterian Church in The Woodlands, Texas (PCA), provide leadership to Covocacional, and pursue a Ph.D. in Theology and Culture at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. My wife and I are grateful to serve alongside our two children, who have grown up watching the beauty and the cost of gospel ministry.

Covocacional did not begin as an organizational strategy. It began as a question—born in weakness.

More than a decade ago, shortly after the birth of our first child, our church-planting support was suddenly reduced by 30%. Overnight, I found myself wrestling with how to provide for my family without abandoning the calling God had placed on my heart. Covocational ministry was not an innovation; it was a necessity. Yet in that season of uncertainty, the Lord planted a seed. What if covocational leadership was not merely a temporary solution, but part of God’s design for sustainable mission?

Years later, during a second church-planting effort in the United States, another turning point came. We were reaching secularized Latin American expatriates - people open to friendship but indifferent to church. That painful experience forced me to rethink the missional vocation of the church. Jesus’ words in John 20:21 - “As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you” - became deeply personal. Through mentors, formative communities, and the writings of missional thinkers, I began to see with greater clarity that the church does not merely send missionaries; it is a sent people because it belongs to a missionary God. Multiplication does not begin with a few gifted leaders pushing forward, but with the whole body rediscovering its missional identity in everyday life.

A third conviction slowly crystallized. Across Latin America, I saw how well-intentioned church-planting systems - often modeled after Western structures - can unintentionally create bottlenecks. Expensive programs, high educational barriers, and full-time ministry expectations exclude many faithful, called leaders. When funding fades, churches struggle to sustain even basic pastoral support. If we truly long for gospel saturation - if we believe Habakkuk 2:14, “that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea” - then the whole church must participate in planting the gospel, and our ministry models must be accessible, contextualized, and sustainable.

Covocacional was born at the intersection of these three realizations:

1. The church must recover its missionary identity.

2. Leaders must be formed through intentional, holistic pathways.

3. Church planting must be reimagined in ways that foster disciple-making multiplication, and the flourishing of co-vocational leaders.

This is not about lowering standards. It is about removing unnecessary barriers. It is about cultivating healthy leaders who live as sent people where they work, live, and play. It is about partnering with the local church to build pathways.

Ultimately, Covocacional exists to join what God is already doing - to see disciple multiplication, leaders equipped, churches planted, and the gospel spread across the U.S. and Latin America.