| HISTORY: Earl and Ruth Anne entered Brazil in July, 1969. They were raised in southwest Ohio and attended the Cincinnati Bible Seminary. They are now completing thirty-nine (39) years of serving on the foreign mission field. Since 1973 they have lived in Goiânia, Goiás a city of 1.5 million people and just three hours from Brasilia, the country’s capital. Marlon and Yara joined C.B.M. in 2003 when Marlon became the minister of the Novo Horizonte Church; the mother church of the ministry. They are now being trained and discipled to lead the mission in the future. They just spent a school year in the U.S. working with the Mandarin Christian School and Christ´s Church Mandarin in Jacksonville, Florida. MISSION STATEMENT: We base the philosophy of our ministry on Mathew 28:18-20 and Ephesians 4:7-16. “ TO MAKE DISCIPLES, MAKE BETTER DISCIPLES AND YOU WILL MAKE MORE DISCIPLES.”
NOVO HORIZONTE MINISTRY: The “Ministry of the Churches of Christ of Novo Horizonte” is preparing God’s people for ministry. Our main task is that of reaching others for Christ, making disciples of them and establishing and planting new churches by using our own trained national leadership. This ministry has grown to over 45 churches and more than 6,000 members. All of the churches have national Brazilian preachers and leaders. And almost all of them have their own church building and properties. MINISTRIES: The Novo Horizonte
Ministry involves many individuals and different projects for meeting
the needs of people. We have a Bible college, Bible institute
and discipleship training programs. A lot of emphasis is placed
on “One-on-One Discipleship.” We provide professional
counseling services and different support groups. Our 100 acre Shalon
Camp is used almost every weekend during the year. PROJECT GROW: “Project Grow” was
started in 1998 in Goiânia by Marlon. He was a young man
at that time studying theology but passionate for soccer. There
were 21 children in the project when it started. Project Grow (Cultural
Sport’s program for Children and Teenagers) was started because
of the social problem among Brazilian children and their moral values. Now
after 10 years there are over 1,000 children involved in the project
in three different locations: Goiás, Rio de Janeiro and
Amazonas. U.S. Contact: CENTRAL BRAZIL MISSION PHONE: 1-540-633-2419 WEWSTIE: www.projetocrescer.com E-MAIL: marlonbrito@hotmail.com
PROJECT AMAZONAS: CHRIST, LIFE AND HEALTH: A boat was purchased
and remodeled and has been used almost monthly for ten day trips since
March, 2000 when we made our first trip. This Amazon Boat Ministry
is reaching and helping people that live in villages along the many tributaries
of the Amazon River. The boat has both a medical and dental clinic
on it and sleeping quarters for about 20 people. We take a doctor,
dentist, nurse, construction crew and an evangelistic team on almost
all trips. We are providing better health and making possible a
better life for these villagers as well as teaching them about Christ
and planting churches. During these eight (8) years we have treated
hundreds of children and adults. Many health problems have been
solved, Christ has been preached, villages and lives transformed and
churches started. There are four (4) missionary families and a
single lady working with this project besides four (4) native missionary
families in remote villages. NEW MEDICAL BOAT PROJECT: God has been very good to us during these eight years. He has directed us in where to go and how to make the best use of our boat. We have had very positive results. But the time has come for us to build a medical boat to meet the needs of what we are doing. We have launched a campaign (BE ONE OF 1,000) to raise one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for the construction of a new medical boat. We are looking for one thousand (1,000) individuals that during a two-year period will give a thousand dollars ($1,000) to this project. We would like to begin construction of this boat in early 2009. Although regular, faithful, financial support is necessary to maintain this ministry and to reach our goals in the future, P R A Y E R is the key ingredient in all our plans. PRAYER CONCERNS WITH PLANS AND GOALS
are planted, properties are purchased and buildings constructed.
ADDRESSES: Central Brazil Mission, Inc. E-mail: mehaubner@comcast.net Web Site: www.cbm.org.br |