Mexico is the United States’ neighbor to the south and is noted for its Aztec, Mayan, Olmec, and Toltec, Indian empires. The Spanish conquistadors under Hernan Cortés conquered the Aztecs in 1519-21. The Mexicans revolted against Spain in 1810 and finally won their independence in 1821. Mexico is a federal republic, about one-fourth the size of continental U.S. Mexico has been a fertile field for the UPCI. The late Johnny Willhoite opened Mexico as a UPCI mission field in June 1979. According to the 2008 Annual Field Report, the UPC of Mexico has 78,789 constituents, 637 ministers, and 721 churches and preaching points.Churches and Missions: 750
Pastors and Ministers: 550
Constituency: over 78,200
The UPC of Mexico now has Churches in every state in Mexico.
 
There are six Bible Schools in the whole country of Mexico.
 
2007 statistics: 3630 baptized, and 4194 received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
In the last 5 years there have been 17,896 baptized and 19,246 received the Holy Spirit.

Bio: Born to missionary parents in Cali, Colombia, Brother T. Wynn Drost has spent all of his life on the mission field. He has been an appointed missionary since April 1969. During that time, he has served as a missionary in six different countries: Spain, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and Mexico. In January 2001 Brother Drost lost his wife (Wanda) of 30 years to cancer. They have three sons two of whom are also UPCI appointed Missionaries to Mexico, (Steve & Daniel) and the third one (Mark) Pastors in Dallas, Texas. Brother Drost founded the UPC of El Salvador in 1975, and the UPC of Belize in 1984. In 1981 he assumed the oversight of both Guatemala and Nicaragua. In 1986 the Foreign Missions Board added Mexico to his portfolio. Since 1991 Brother Drost has lived in Mexico City. Today he Pastors a growing Church in the heart of Mexico City. Brother Drost is presently the elected Superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church of Mexico. The UPC of Mexico is experiencing great revival.