Brazilian Church-Plants Underway
Posted by Terry White on October 26, 2006
A portion of a recent prayer update from Bruce Triplehorn, who oversees work in Brazil for Grace Brethren International Missions, gave the following encouraging update:
“The other day, Pastor Nonato Pantoja, one of our older, more traditional pastors, called me aside after a meeting. He said he had some news that would really be pleasing and had a big smile on his face.
“He drew a circle with the name Castanhal in the middle. This is a booming city about an hour outside of Belém where the people from his church live.
“He drew nine spokes in nine different directions from there and told me of nine church plants that are being spearheaded by different members from his church. All of them are part of the evangelism team with Soares, the police officer. Nonato himself has been recuperating from a recent surgery and has not been doing much lately.
“In addition, the other Pastor Nonato from Marituba is involved in five different church plants, again, being spearheaded by members of his church. He claims that they do all the work and he just sits back (an obvious exaggeration).”
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