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Retired missionary Roma Gates passed away 10 November. She was 87 years old. Roma and her husband, Charles, served as missionaries from 1962 to 1982 in Brazil before returning to the USA, where Charles served in California, Maine, and Kansas until their retirement in 2000. She is survived by her

Young people from across Brazil recently converged in Campinas with a single purpose: to live out the immeasurable love of God. The gathering was Brazil’s Nazarene Youth Conference, held 11-13 October at the Campinas Central Church under the theme Immeasurable. More than 2,000 people were present

One day before the Church of the Nazarene in Brazil’s 60th anniversary 13 October, local Nazarenes held a celebration in Campinas, São Paulo, where the first church was planted. General Superintendent David Busic and his wife, Christi, participated in the celebration with South America Regional

The Church of the Nazarene in Brazil held a Maximum Mission event 7-9 September in the Santa Catarina District. Local leaders chose this location in order to effectively minister to the Ponte neighborhood in the city of Correia Pinto. More than 110 people from the Santa Catarina and Curitiba

The Church of the Nazarene’s second missionary boat in South America — Jesus the Hope 2 — completed one year of outreach in the Amazonian forest of Brazil. Jesus the Hope 2 set sail 29 August 2017 down the Black River. The project launched when local missionaries needed something that could help

More than 100 students attended the seventh annual Teen Missions School, a training program for youth and adolescents who feel a call to missions. The 15-day program, held 16-28 July in São Paulo, Brazil, taught the participants about holiness, devotional life, discipleship, and what it means to be

Fernando and his son Yan were among several people baptized at First Church of the Nazarene in Nilópolis, Brazil, 25 February. The two shared about their new life in Christ. Fernando was paralyzed during an attack in 2009. He became depressed while adapting to his new situation and tried to take his

The South America Region recently hosted training for lay leaders and clergy to help them more adequately reach their local communities. Chile Ministries Alessandro Polonio, national holistic ministries coordinator, led an annual ministry training seminar in cooperation with Chile's national leaders

Benaia Freire Furtado had already been through a lot when she was first sponsored as a child in Brazil. Her father had recently died, preceded by a close friend only six months before. She had also moved with her mother and brother to a new city, where they didn’t have friends or family. She was

A four-person church plant that began meeting in a garage just two years ago has grown to 500 members and moved to its own building with room to continue adding new people to its church family. Pastor Ricardo Carvalho was discipling a small group as part of his obedience to God’s call to ministry on