Pastors' Conference

I have just got home from our pastors and leaders conference held at Green Pastures which was really blessed of God. It was a time of good fellowship for the 80 plus pastors and leaders present. Thank you for your prayers.

The pastors arrived during the Friday morning and we all had our first meal together at midday. Then at 3 pm we held the annual meeting to discuss all our projects such as wells, market gardens, toilet/shower units, schools etc. The projects' team gave their reports and a good discussion ensued with all the pastors and leaders taking part.

On the 2 evenings of the conference (Friday and Saturday) I led the meetings, Gleydice and Fabrício Junior led the praise and worship, we had times of prayer together with a variety of pastors taking part, and Pastor Wostenes, from our 1st Campina Grande church,  taught about church growth, church leadership and the use of small home groups as tools for evangelism. Wostenes' teaching was rich and really blessed of the Lord. At the end of the conference teaching it was decided to extend the teaching to our regional fellowships over the coming year.

At the conference all our pastors and leaders received study Bibles (Bibles intertwined with commentary) through a donation from the Brazilian Bible Society. 

On the Saturday morning our senior leadership team held a two and a half hour meeting to discuss a complex matter concerning one of our pastors. In the afternoon I had an important meeting with Pastor Iremar who leads two small churches. One is in the village of Juá in the County of Salgado de São Felix and the other is in the borough of Funcionários 3 in João Pessoa. I also had an important meeting with the wife of one of our pastors who wanted to thank me for our help in getting her and her husband through Bible College. I also had a whole host of meetings with various pastors.

Everyone has this morning returned to their respective churches to be ready to take the evening service and preach the Gospel with renewed vigor and enthusiasm.