To Your Tents, O Ebenezer!
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To Your Tents, O Ebenezer!

Alternate titles for this post included “A Tent-ative Solution” and “For All In Tents and Purposes”. In case you haven’t figured it out yet, the Ebenezer church has begun meeting under a large tent. The main reason for this is (you guessed it!) Covid-19. We have been meeting outside in compliance with recommendations for the…

The Maranhão Gang: Riding with our Pastoral Posse
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The Maranhão Gang: Riding with our Pastoral Posse

In response to yesterday’s post about Missionary Max and the “white savior complex”, a friend tagged me in an article that chronicled a case that can be described as a disaster of foreign missions. Though the title of the article cited the “white savior complex”, I came to the conclusion (which the author also seems…

Conference: The Kingdom of God
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Conference: The Kingdom of God

At the beginning of the month one of our sister churches held their annual conference, and invited me to come and speak to their Saturday night session. These annual conferences are a major event in the lives of our churches, and they pull out the stops. This year was no different, although we are still…

A Different Kind of Father’s Day
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A Different Kind of Father’s Day

Here in Brazil, Father’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of August – not in June as in the US. So as we gradually worked back into having in-person services, plans were being made to celebrate the occasion at Ebenezer, and I was looking forward to some additional time with our church family around…

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Contribute to This Ministry

Tax deductible contributions can be made to our work here in Brazil via our mission agency, Baptist Mid Missions. Just go the Baptist Mid Missions homepage and click on the link that says “Give”. When the menu drops down, you can put our name in the drop down menu, and the amount you plan to…

The Return of Ebenezer
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The Return of Ebenezer

Well…actually…Ebenezer never left. But you know what I mean. After almost four months of quarantine, messages on Facebook Live, prayer meetings via Zoom, the Ebenezer Baptist Church had its first in-person service this Sunday. And, despite the ubiquitous masks and hand sanitizer, it was glorious. Here are some pictures. We appreciate your prayers as we,…