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Pandemics Of The Spiritual Life

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With several COVID restrictions still in place, the School of the Bible organized a live online seminar entitled “Pandemics Of The Spiritual Life.” There were five different themes with five different School of the Bible teachers: The Virus of DiscouragementThe Fever of Lack of PrayerThe Pains of FaithlessnessThe Symptoms of Lack of FellowshipThe Efficient and […]

Equipping the saints to do the work of ministry

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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 […]

Mission Into The Interior (watch video)

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Imagine having no running tap water or electricity, hospitals, police stations, or supermarkets. That is how a community of people live in the Vale do Catimbau. Planning the mission trip at a hotel The Vale do Catimbau is a desert-like region about a 5-hour drive from Recife. Part of that journey is on dirt roads. […]

Reflections on the Great Pandemic of 2020-21

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I’m not sure how history will record the last year-and-a-half, but it has been an exceptionally tense period. Many became ill; some died, and everyone was affected. The church was not spared participation in this trying period. The faith of some grew cold while others were strengthened as with refinement by fire. In the end, […]