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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…
Our churches here in Maranhão have a tradition of holding an annual conference to celebrate the church’s anniversary. This year Ebenezer celebrated eight years since her founding, and one year since becoming independent. The church invited Pastor Leandro Lins, from the state of Ceará, to speak on the topic of “Living According to the Will…
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…
This one gets filed under both “Camp” and “Church Plant”, because it marked a milestone in both ministries. Pastor Francivaldo and I had the privilege of baptizing four believers, bringing them into membership at Ebenezer. That is the main story. The cherry on top was that this one done at the Mount Zion Baptist Camp,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Our church has always been a singing church. Since the pandemic hit several weeks ago, we have been having our services online, and whatever its strengths, Zoom is not conducive to congregational music. That hasn’t stopped us from singing, however. Here is a video of four young ladies from our church, ministering to an online…
We’ll start out with this blast from the past. A colleague found one of these at a conference, and sent me this picture. We made a great team, Norman and I! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) We had an unexpected visitor at camp recently… View this post…