Can you imagine the minimum
hourly wage being $1.30 in today’s American political climate of easy promises
guaranteeing $15.00 an hour? In our part of Brazil, believers in Christ and
their churches are financially poor compared to our counterparts in the United
States. The average income of working Christians in our Brazilian church,
though above the country’s minimum hourly wage of $1.30, is still under
US$5,000 annually. Most are forced to be minimalists.
Today our fellowship of churches in our area of Brazil, receives very little outside financial help. They
pay their bills on time, support their pastors, maintain and expand their
buildings, plus now something new, giving more and more funds and personnel to mission
projects abroad. The recent focus has been Mozambique, Africa, one of the poorest
countries in the world where minimum wage is approximately 55¢ an hour.
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| Beira, Mozambique - Africa |
Brazilian pastor Valdir Ligo,
from the church that Vicki and I are involved with, is now in Mozambique for
two weeks training a group of 35 pastors from this remote Portuguese speaking
African country. Many hours a day, he is teaching New Testament Bible courses.
Next month, having received food for their body and soul, these poorest of men
will return to their congregation scattered throughout that destitute land.
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| Pastor Valdir preached to the Manga Congregation |
This is remarkable! God using the poor to help the poorest by giving and teaching the wealth of His Kingdom, now that is rich! by tim reiner
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