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A weekend to remember

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I had a very enjoyable weekend with the congregation at the city of Belo Jardim, about 90 miles west of Recife. The young adults of the congregation planned a campaign over the weekend to invite their neighbors to a special meeting on Saturday night. We walked all over the city handing out invites. We also […]

From the pews to the streets

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Here is a report written from a brother in the downtown congregation regarding our communitywide campaign in July, where many from the church went out into the streets handing out tracks, meeting new people and inviting them to hear about God’s word: My mom used to say “one hand washes the other and with both […]

Who is God?

Who is God

This period in the School of the Bible I’m teaching a course (in Portuguese) entitled “Advanced Theology”. There are ten students. Of these, three are church members and the rest are visitors from the community. The class is called “Advanced Theology” because the other Theology class is called “Basic” (I think calling them 1 and […]

Teaching them to observe all things

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The two girls in this photo are Carol and Rebeca. Their aunt Noemia, a good friend of mine, started taking them to church last year. They were very shy at first because they didn’t know anybody at church. It didn’t take very long for our teens to make them feel welcomed. Soon they found out about our Teen Camp […]