Recent Stories from Brazil
Out of the mud15 Apr, 2008
Brazilian lady that got out from the streets of Sao Paulo and was transformed by the Gospel. Today she is a missionary reaching the marginalized people.
A hug for peace22 Aug, 2007
On Friday 13 July, people from all over the world gathered to watch the official opening of the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
TeenStreet Brazil23 Jan, 2006
Around 500 teenagers gathered in Maringa, Brazil for TeenStreet in January 2006 - double the number at the 2005 conference.
FISHERS OF MEN
12 May, 2004
Marcio Garcia was a 20-year-old Bible student when he first had the vision of reaching Brazil's isolated fishermen with the good news of salvation. Uncertain whether this was from God, he shared his dream with experienced believers. Most encouraged Marcio to go ahead.
The first priority was to survey 5,600 miles of Brazilian coastline. With the help of Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Marcio eventually located 2,000 villages that had no knowledge of Jesus Christ. For the first 3½ years, he and his wife Damaris lived on a boat and managed to introduce Jesus to 62 fishing villages. Afterwards they based themselves among the fishermen and raised a family in very simple conditions.
GIANT STEPS FOR BRAZIL9 Sep, 2003
"We see so many needs around us and we are not touching these needs," he explained. "And if you talk about mission and don't talk about poverty, it means nothing. The northeast is as poor as the worst of India.--And they have no clue of what the gospel is. So I feel more and more that we in O.M. need to change our paradigm, in terms of serving the world. Of course we want to emphasize cross-cultural ministry, but also the cross-cultural ministry we have here in Brazil. We want to serve as a training and resourcing base for missions here."
In line with this strategy, O.M. chose four dynamic agencies that focus on four different unreached people groups: 1. The Amazon Indian tribes [MEVA]; 2. Destitute people living along the Parana River [BETHANY FELLOWSHIP]; 3. Brazil's isolated coastal fishing villagers [MEAP]; and 4. The social outcasts of inner-city Sao Paulo [CENA].