Kinin’s wife, Rose, was one of our first maids in Altamira. Their church has grown to be among the largest churches in Altamira. Kenim has led a city-wide prayer meeting on Monday nights for about a decade at a mountaintop location that looks over Altamira. He has lots of stories about God showing up at that prayer meeting.

Inilson and his wife Inilda pastor a Vineyard church in Santarem. Peacock bass are among the great game fish in the Amazon. You can see the peacock-type circle near the tailfin.

Clenildo was highly influential in how most of these pastors came to meet and follow Jesus and coaches them in their pastoral roles.

UPDATE 2023:

Clenildo told us we now have 20-something registered Vineyard churches, with boards and all, in Northern Brazil, but we have over 70 churches and church plants where people meet regularly to celebrate and learn to live in the Kingdom of God. Registering a formal church is helpful in many situations but not always practical or even possible.