Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world. Intermarriage has led to a diversity of people with European, African, Asian and Amerindian backgrounds. For Brazil, read rainforests, coffee, the Amazon river, Pele, football and beach volleyball, but read also giant slums, street children and perhaps 90 million undernourished.
Present Work
More than 50 brethren missionaries serve in Brazil alongside 3,000 other missionaries of diverse mission groups. The brethren work is based around:
Evangelistic outreach and Bible teaching
Extensive youth camp work
Radio broadcasting (daily and weekly), undertaken by both UK and national workers
Prison visitation
Translation work (mainly ministry and Bible courses), Bible bookshop, Bible course work
A daily crèche for 50 children and a retirement home for the elderly
Needs
Church planters and church builders
Youth and children’s workers to reach out and teach the Scriptures
Bible teachers
Statistics
Population 165,851,000
Principal cities Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
Languages Portuguese, Tribal
% Evangelical 17.8% (15% Pentecostal)
Assemblies 800