Our current church-plant in São Luís. Stay up to date on what God is doing in this ministry.
One of the greatest blessings I have received in recent years is the privilege of working at the Ebenezer church plant. And one of the reasons it is so “insanely great” is that I get to work with these guys – the deacons and pastoral team. As you pray for our ministry, please pray specifically…
In case you’re wondering about the sudden surge in posts here at ye olde blog, I’m going back and posting things I should have posted a long time ago prior to sending out a prayer letter. Here is a series of photos from a work day we had at the Ebenezer church plant a few…
No, not some profound ecclesiastical pondering. It’s literally a window on the (our) church. We are putting in the windows and doors in the upstairs apartment at our church building. Here is some of what the process looks like. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.. This means that clicking on these Amazon…
Among Evangelical churches here in Brazil, May has been designated “Family Month”. Sermons, activities, and conferences are organized around the theme of “The Family”. This, of course, is in response to the massive disintegration of family life here (something our US brethren know all about, as well). This year I was invited to speak at…
Last night Pastor Francivaldo and I met with the leadership of the Ebenezer youth group at a local pizza parlor. There, around three magnificent pies, we listened to the ideas and dreams of the young people for their group, and set forth our philosophy of church/youth ministry. Look for great things to come from this group of…
Last week our association of churches held it’s third missionary conference. The speaker, Pastor Misael (who, incidentally, pastors the church where the Brazilian Bombshell and I were married almost 17 years ago) challenged us from the Word. Besides the biblical edification, conferences like these bring our churches together around a common cause, with the side…
When we returned from our furlough in January we found several issues that needed to be cared for in the church construction project. By far the biggest and most urgent of these was the roof. Fixing this involved building up one side of the structure in order to put in clay tiles (as opposed to…
Last Sunday marked the fulfillment of a dream over four years in the making. Four years ago the fledgling Ebenezer church plant sent one of its most helpful young men, Francivaldo, to Bible college. We believed then that we were making an investment in the future of the kingdom – an investment that involved sacrifice, as…
Every year at the Baptist Mid Missions of Brazil’s northeast regional conference we give a report of the previous year’s activities. Here is our report for 2016. Furlough Missions is adventure. And as we boarded an Azul Airlines jet on January 20th, 2016, bound for Orlando, we were ready for a little less adventure. Behind…
Francivaldo is a young man from the Ebenezer congregation. His calling to ministry was easy to spot when we arrived in São Luís, and God confirmed it by providing for his tuition in a miraculous way. On Saturday he graduated, and we are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to work shoulder-to-shoulder with him in Maranhão. As…