Bio:Bennie DeMerchant, and his wife, Theresa, were appointed to the Amazon of Brazil in 1964. They thank God for 42 years of service. Your prayers and support have made the difference! DeMerchant combines evangelism tools of Cessna single engine seaplanes—he has flown thousands of hours—with a fleet of boats and aluminum canoes to plant churches in the Amazon. Theresa DeMerchant, national director of Bible schools, works with one near her home that accommodates up to 300 students and 40 other Bible schools with decades of training and 3,600 alumni and 160 teachers. Since 1989 DeMerchant superintends the UPC of Brazil with its 24 districts and 1,000 congregations.
Population: 186800000
Area: 3,300,154 sq. mi.
Capital: Brasilia
Languages: Portuguese
Religions: Roman Catholic
Brazil, the world’s fifth largest nation in area, covers nearly 50% of South America and contains one-half of the continent’s population. It is the only South American nation to derive its culture and language from Portugal. Manaus is in the center of the world’s largest forest that scientists call the “lungs of the world” by its contribution of oxygen it gives the atmosphere. Over a third of Brazil is drained by the Amazon and its more than 200 tributaries. The UPC of Brazil began in 1956 under the leadership of Samuel Baker. Under Superintendent DeMerchant, the UPCB now has 1,000 churches and preaching points, 852 licensed ministers, and about 67,700 constituents organized in four regions and 20 districts. In March 2002 the UPC of Brazil, with its own Faith Promise and Partners In Missions programs, sent the Cezar Moraes family from its shores to Mozambique, Africa, to help in training. Under the Regional Missions Program, Brazil plans to reach other Portuguese nations: Angola, Azores, Assunção, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissaú, São Tomé and Príncipe, Macaú, and East Timor.
Please pray for the church in Brazil that GOD will continue to pour out his SPIRIT.
***information provided by the UPCI website***
1 comment:
As usual the De Merchants continue to be among the greatest Missionaies that God has ever placed on earth.
Their work and labor of love for the Portuguese speaking people is greatly appreciated by we that love our people.
Their work will live on long after they are gone from the field . I personally consider them some of my Heroes and am grateful for the time that they took to write this great blog of our people.
Abraco De Merchant and for you too brother Pinheiro
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