My Father Knows my Name
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My Father Knows my Name

Today is Brazilian Father’s Day, and so, despite the fact that my father is not Brazilian, it is a sufficiently auspicious occasion, I think, to warrant a rare Sunday post. In the summer between my third and fourth grade, my father accepted the call to a new pastorate, which meant moving to a new town…

Contribute to This Ministry
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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…

Video Project: United by the Cross
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Video Project: United by the Cross

As the quarantine tightened here in Brazil, Itacyara and some of her friends had an idea for a video project that would bring together believers from around the world. Over the next several weeks they recruited other friends – from all walks of life – to each film themselves reading a verse from a section…

Our Collective, Colossal Hypocrisy
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Our Collective, Colossal Hypocrisy

If there is one thing that unites our fractured American society today, it is the universal acknowledgement that Jeffrey Epstein was human scum. Upon his arrest, there was great rejoicing across the social and political spectrum, as there was outrage at his “suicide”. And now, with the arrest of his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, hope springs…