About the Ministry

Church planter Ricardo Silva, his wife Kattia, and 3-year-old daughter Rebecca.

About World Renewal Brazil

        World Renewal Brazil started as a church planting organization in northeast Brazil with their first church plant in 1993. The ministry still adheres to the idea that the kindest thing that can be done for a community is to plant a new Bible-believing church. All of the current church planters are Brazilians, most of whom work as "tent-makers" (not literally, see Acts 18:3) to provide for their families as they plant churches.

About the Facility

        The building where the school is located, called the Alcance, houses a community church, a seminary, and the ministry's retreats and programs. The building, an old hotel, was purchased in 1999, but is over 20 years old. This building is vital to the ministry because it houses so many of the ministry's vital branches. The seminary itself is the life-blood of the ministry, training the future and current church planters.

How the School Helps Church Planters

       The International School started as World Renewal Brazil's first outreach ministry to the upper-middle class in 2006. As the school has grown, it has kept the doors of the ministry headquarters open.

       How, you ask? The school pays "rent" to the seminary. The school's "rent" also pays the utilities, for upkeep, and remodeling of the aging building. The school does all this continues to train future leaders and bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots through scholarships and character shaping.

Visit WRIbrazil.com for more information about the ministry and its other programs.