Brazil

Brazil has the largest Seventh-day Adventist membership in the world with 1.7 million members. This number will continue to increase as Adventist leadership in Brazil is continually working on efforts to plant new congregations in areas where there is no Adventist presence. Such growth in membership requires more places of worship, and Maranatha has been asked to help with this need.

Most recently, Maranatha has been steadily working in Brazil since 2015, providing churches, One-Day Church structures, and educational spaces. Maranatha has also been drilling water wells, where needed, near Maranatha-built structures. This effort continues today in various regions of Brazil.

Also in 2015, Maranatha launched a Portuguese-language version of Maranatha Mission Stories, Maranatha’s weekly television program focused on service and missions. Maranatha Histórias de Missão is broadcast on Novo Tempo, a Christian television and radio network headquartered in Brazil. The show has introduced a new audience to Maranatha’s work, generating national interest in mission trips. In August 2015, the first team of volunteers from Brazil went on a Maranatha mission trip. Since then, several more Brazilian teams have served on projects.