Brazil
The AFLC has had a presence in Brazil since the mid-1960's. We currently have three missionary families serving the Lord there along with the national church, AFLC Brazil.
We work in partnership with the AFLC-Brazil. In Portuguese, the national church in Brazil is called Associação das Igrejas Luterana Livre no Brasil (AILLB). The AILLB has a website in Portuguese. Click here to view their website.
The AFLC of Brazil has 12 pastors serving 17 churches. There are also two pastors teaching in our seminary and two missionary pastors. These pastors shepherd the congregations which make up the backbone of the work in Brazil. It is the local congregation where individuals hear the Word of God, come to the Lord and are ministered to and discipled.
The Miriam Home was started in 1990 with one little boy, who's Mother died from a heart attack in her early 20's. Social Services from Campo Mourão had come up to see if we could take this child. So little Ricardo came to us and the Miriam Home was born. Since Ricardo, hundreds of children have passed through our doors - some being adopted to other families, others returning to their recuperated family.
The ARCA is a Christian Camp and Retreat Center located in a rural area about 20 miles from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Thousands of lives are touched through this ministry every year as people get away from the distractions and busyness of everyday life and are immersed in the beauty of God's creation and in the teaching of His Word.
Bible camp ministry takes place just outside of Campo Mourão. Young and old take the opportunity to spend uninterrupted time in God's Word. The fellowship with God and other believers refreshes, renews and changes lives.
In Camopo Mourão a Bible school serves to ground lives in the Word of God. Our seminary on the same site prepares pastors to be conservative Lutheran shepherds of congregations.
As people come to faith in Christ churches are planted to reach the community for Jesus. As churches are planted they desire a place to worship. The AFLC in the United States partners with the Brazilian national church to provide a building. The national church provides a piece of land and AFLC churches and individuals raise $15,000.00 to help build a simple building. This project is called the Primavera Program.
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