News and Updates
Stories From the Amazon
Here you'll find stories from the field, ministry updates, and missionary testimonies that reveal how God is at work throughout the Amazon.
Read inspiring accounts of transformed lives, growing churches, emerging indigenous leaders, and faithful partners whose prayers, generosity, and service make this ministry possible.
Each story is a glimpse of God's faithfulness and the lasting impact of the gospel in communities across the Amazon.
Meet Severo Teca Mayuruna
Missionary Severo Teca Mayuruna and his wife Cecília Ticuna currently live in the Santo Antônio community, where they have been dedicated to planting churches throughout the Javary Valley.
The Draught Is Back
I need to inform you about a serious situation in the Amazon Region that threatens our ministry. Last year’s drought resulted in the lowest water levels in over 120 years, leading to over $100 million in losses, as bad as it was, this year is on it’s way to being worse.
Encouraging Leaders
Living in the Amazon is tough, and being a pastor is hard no matter where you are, together, these challenges require a strong commitment to the ministry. That’s why we have leadership meetings with influential leaders and church pastors from riverside communities.
International Evangelization Congress
Phelipe Reis was carefully chosen from hundreds of applicants to represent us at the congress this year. He is both a missionary and a journalist, and his vital ministry encompasses the training of church leaders. As a journalist he is very helpful in spreading the news about God’s work a
Meet Phelipe Reis
Every photo tells a story. These two pictures show a shy boy from Parintins, who loved the culture of the annual festival in Parintins. Year after year he looked forward to the fun that the festival had to offer but God had plans for that shy boy, Phelipe Reis would have a change of heart as he discovered the will of God for his life.
Peniel Is 17 Years Old
Amazon Vida is filled with joy to witness the First Baptist Church of Peniel commemorating its 17th anniversary. The festivities included our collaborative church partners, the First Baptist Church of Parintins, and the First Baptist Church at Hebron.
The Elohim Church
There is no greater joy than to preach the gospel into the lost and forgotten corners of our world and seeing the Lord use our work to create something out of nothing. Where there was no believers, there is now a church and now that church has a building to call home.
New Sateré Church in Molongotuba Village
The Chief of Molongotuba heard that we had sent food bags to a neighboring village and asked why the Baptist Church was not helping feed his village. So, when we received resources, we gave a food bag for every family in Molongotuba. A
Dear brothers and sisters,
I come to you today with a heart full of gratitude, awe, and joy. What we experienced in the Amazon this past July was truly a move of God. For one incredible week, our team served riverside and indigenous communities