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Why don’t we have elders?

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The city of Santa Cruz of Capibaribe is nestled in the hills of Pernambuco’s “agreste” region. It lies 190 km west of the State’s capitol Recife. With a population of 80,000 this city is at the center of the region’s textile industry. Most people here are involved, in one way or another, in putting clothes […]

Until you have learned – Daniel 4:25

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The first period of the School of the Bible of 2014 just finished. In just the two courses I taught I had twelve people study the Gospel of Matthew and nine the Panorama of the Bible. Most of these are visitors from the community and many had not studied the Bible before. The School of […]

Refocusing on our mission

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What is our mission and how can we make changes in our life this year to point us in the right direction? It is so easy, in the midst of everything that is going on with our busy lives, to feel like we are slowly losing focus of our purpose or losing our grasp of […]

Elicamp: My peace I give you

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Another training opportunity the church leaders in this region have is called ELICAMP. It’s a semiannual event held once a year in Recife and the other time at a different city around the Northeast. This month it was held in Recife with 44 participating representing 20 congregations across the region. The theme this time was “Jesus’ […]