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, […]

A New Life In Christ

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Our plan is to reopen the School of the Bible for regular presential classes in the beginning of 2022. But until that date comes, we are using online tools to teach the Word of God. Alongside 6 online Bible courses and an ESL (English as a Second Language) conversational program, we have just launched our […]