Brazil Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/region/brazil/ Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Global Ministries works with approximately 290 faith-based international partners in close to 90 countries. Our Vision: That all of God’s people and creation share in God’s abundant life. Our Mission: To receive and share the Good News of Jesus Christ by joining with global and local partners to work for justice, reconciliation, and peace. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:58:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.globalministries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/favicon-150x150.png Brazil Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/region/brazil/ 32 32 HELM Global Immersion: Reflections on Brazil https://www.globalministries.org/helm-global-immersion-reflections-on-brazil/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:58:02 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=59528 In May, Higher Education Leadership Ministries and Global Ministries organized a pilgrimage for the HELM Leadership Fellows. In the third year of the program, students travel abroad to visit with an international partner and learn more about the work of … Read more

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]]> Pray with Brazil, January 19, 2024 https://www.globalministries.org/resource/pray-with-brazil-january-19-2024/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=resource&p=57413 Lectionary Selection:  John 2: 1-11 Prayers for Brazil Sovereign God, we praise and exalt your name for your great love revealed to us in Christ Jesus. We cry out for the people of Brazil, who need your grace, mercy, and salvation, … Read more

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]]> Pray with Brazil, November 5, 2023 https://www.globalministries.org/resource/pray-with-brazil-november-5-2023/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?post_type=resource&p=52126 Lectionary Selection:  Matthew 23:1-12 Prayers for Brazil Our Father God, look over Brazil, our beautiful country that you have blessed with so much natural beauty, but where a large part of the population suffers from the lack of the essential things … Read more

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]]> A Threat to Humanity: COVID-19 in Brazil https://www.globalministries.org/a-threat-to-humanity-covid-19-in-brazil/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:39:53 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=41415 The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines contrasts with World Health Organization’s (WHO) ‘s top officials saying that Brazil’s epidemic could spread to other countries. “We think we’re through this. We’re not,” said Mike Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert, during an online … Read more

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]]> A Life Devoted to the Poor and the Forgotten: The Testimony of Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga https://www.globalministries.org/a_life_devoted_to_the_poor_and_the_forgotten_the_testimony_of_bishop_pedro_casald_liga/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:05:10 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/a_life_devoted_to_the_poor_and_the_forgotten_the_testimony_of_bishop_pedro_casald_liga/ Spanish Claretian missionary Pedro Casaldáliga, bishop of the poor and the forgotten, died on the 8th of August, 2020, at 92 years of age, in the city of Batatais, in Brazil.  He was born in Balsareny, Spain, in 1928. He … Read more

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]]> Global Ministries shares update from the Association of Community Health Educators https://www.globalministries.org/global_ministries_shares_update_from_association_of_community_health_educators/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 20:16:37 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/global_ministries_shares_update_from_association_of_community_health_educators/ In 1996, the first health clinic was built near Rio de Janeiro by the Association of Community Health Educators (AECS). The clinic began with four volunteer doctors for a few hours each week as well as student interns. In June … Read more

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]]> Call on Congress to take action on Brazil https://www.globalministries.org/call_on_congress_to_take_action_on_brazil/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:22:41 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/call_on_congress_to_take_action_on_brazil/ Global Ministries is deeply concerned about the actions of Brazilian President Bolsonaro in his first year in office: massive attacks on human rights, espousing racist and homophobic rhetoric, leveling threats against indigenous and Afro-Brazilian communities, and overseeing one of the … Read more

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]]> Churches concerned with the fire in the Amazon Rainforest https://www.globalministries.org/churches_concerned_with_the_fire_in_the_amazon_rainforest/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:07:59 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/churches_concerned_with_the_fire_in_the_amazon_rainforest/ Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil – the most intense blazes for almost a decade.  The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia, and Amazonas have been particularly badly affected.  Brazil has seen a record number of fires … Read more

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]]> Update from the Association of Community Health Educators https://www.globalministries.org/update_from_aecs/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:38:07 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/update_from_aecs/ Association of Community Health EducatorsRio de Janeiro, Brazil The Association of Community Health Educators (AECS) seeks to offer programs that bolster community health in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Recently, AECS celebrated the opening of a new Department of Health clinic … Read more

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]]> Brazil Newsletter from Barb and Gus DeSouza https://www.globalministries.org/brazil_newsletter_from_barb_and_gus_desouza/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 01:52:35 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/brazil_newsletter_from_barb_and_gus_desouza/ PDF Newsletter (with photos) Dear Partners in Mission, There is so much to tell that will be surprising and wonderful to you, for you are so much a part of all that happened in Canal do Anil. I will let … Read more

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