Returning 33 Years Later

Palks visiting Antonio and Marilene of Peixinhos church (24May18)

Mike and Peggy Palk (along with their three boys) served as missionaries in Recife from 1980 to 1985. Afterwards, they returned to their hometown of Cookeville, TN. For the last twenty years Mike has served as an elder at the Collegeside congregation there. They came back last month to visit the mission work they began […]

Intensive Bible Study

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The School of the Bible has finished its first trimester of courses for 2018 and begun a month of intensive courses before our one-month winter break in July. Ten courses were offered with 116 students in total attendance. Highlight: This was the first time we offered a class off campus, at a sister congregation. We […]

Children’s Home Update

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You may have read my last update on The Lar Maná (Mana Home). It is the church’s children shelter. This shelter is a home to many boys and girls that were removed from different situations that were endangering their lives in different ways. The Lar Mana cares for them in the best way possible. There […]

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken

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We’ve all heard how this proverb from Ecclesiastes (4:12b) applies to marriage. In a world where evil seems to reign, this divine institution is under constant attack. The future can seem bleak. But when God is added to the equation, all things are possible. He is Lord of the transformation. He makes all things new. […]