Tag Archives: church

New Classes at the School of the Bible

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The first semester of the School of the Bible is well on its way. We have many students enrolled and who are eager to learn the word of God. The School of the Bible is one of the main ways we reach out to the community around us. We offer many courses that help seekers […]

Conference of congregations in Northeast Brazil

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The big event this month was the 26th annunal CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE OF THE NORTHEAST. This four day event was started all those years ago to help brothers and sisters in Christ keep in touch with one another as the church began to spread out across Northeast Brazil. Today there are 135 congregations spread out over […]

Enhancing our Coping

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Have you noticed that most of the people to whom you’re closest don’t have the same temperament as you? This month, Jerry Heiderich, longtime missionary and counselor serving the Lord in the south of Brazil made the trek up here to teach a seminar for men. Fifty church leaders came from fourteen congregations to learn […]

Progressing in our marriages

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The following week we had our biggest couples’ meeting of 2011. Forty-two couples from half a dozen nearby congregations (plus several visitors) came. David and Adriana McKinney, who work with the church in the city of Joao Pessoa (two hours North), came down to teach the classes. They taught on problem resolution in the relationship. […]