Archive | Discipleship

Equipping the saints to do the work of ministry

Weekly meeting for training and discipleship. “…to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up the body of the Messiah” – Ephesians 4:12. This has been the goal of the weekly men’s meeting at the downtown congregation. Every other Saturday afternoon, the men of the Boa Vista congregation come together […]

First student reunion since the pandemic

Students are eagerly waiting for the return of the School of the Bible’s activities. And with many of the COVID restrictions still in place, we still have not returned to presential classes. Students miss studying the Bible together, seeing their professors and classmates every week, and going to a school that many of them call […]

Putting in order what was unfinished

One of our great challenges of this mission effort has been to establish elderships. A recent poll showed that there are now 326 congregations in Brazil since churches of Christ began sending missionaries 65 years ago. However, less than 5% of these have elders. In the New Testament, we see that elderships were common in […]

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

Every Christian wants to grow spiritually. Our lifelong goal as disciples is to be more like our Lord. As the apostle Paul sought to do with those to whom he ministered, “…we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is, Christ” (Ephesians 4:12). To this end, Recife’s […]