Welcome to the Pruitt family's mission work newsletter site, ongoing in Recife, Brazil.
Last week was our annual Day of the Family of God. On this Lord’s Day most of the congregations in Greater Recife don’t congregate in their regular meeting places but come together for one big worship assembly. It was held at the Police Academy in the center of town. Antonio Silva, evangelist with the Pexinhos […]
Immediately afterwards was the first “Elder-Link” in Northeast Brazil. This four-day event saw seventy-two church leaders (most of them couples) come from twenty-two congregations. Some drove 1,400 miles (roundtrip) to participate. The stats that were announced at the event are that there are now 135 congregations in the Northeast (this is up from zero 31 […]
What is “Congresso”? For some, it is the Portuguese word for an assembly of politicians to discuss and pass laws, like the English word Congress. However, for the church here, it means a yearly event that provides the brethren with an opportunity to spend four days together in fellow-ship with loved ones they don’t see […]
The first Sunday of August was marked by a great celebration of fellowship. We held at a gymnasium in the downtown area a worship service called “Dia da Familia de Deus” (in English: Day of the Family of God). Around 800 brethren from around the metropolitan area joined as one to praise God and share […]