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		<title>2020 Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2020 01:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[1. Start Disciple Making Movements In the 1990s, in Altamira, we set out to start by planting 1,000 churches in the Amazon. Our intention is to get to heaven with as many people as possible, plus relevant churches are the best long-term way to help the poor and transform communities. We are now around 20 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Pastors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 03:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Three generations of pastors all attending the same church. Pastor Dave and Fran planted City Life Church in 1961, the year I (Rick Bergen) was born. Pastor Dave and Fran retired about 20 years ago and passed the leadership of City Life Church over to Pastor Lorne and Linda. Pastor Lorne and Linda passed the [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Three generations of pastors all attending the same church. Pastor Dave and Fran planted City Life Church in 1961, the year I (Rick Bergen) was born. Pastor Dave and Fran retired about 20 years ago and passed the leadership of City Life Church over to Pastor Lorne and Linda. Pastor Lorne and Linda passed the [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Training Leaders of Communities (TLC)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[There are three distinct phases to church life. 1. Birth: How do groups of people start meeting together as a church?2. Growth: How do churches stay relevant and alive year after year?3. Transition: How do we pass over our churches to the next generation? Each phase has its own set of challenges and best practices. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Planting Lessons from Halo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[In 2002 our family discovered Halo. Anni, Via, Emma, and Bella were all in online school, so they had PCs. We got several Halo discs and spent part of many Family Days learning the various hideouts and ammunition caches in all the different worlds. I remember the delight we had in learning something new, especially [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Organizational Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am thinking about organizational change this week because we extended our time together in Altamira as an opportunity to have some organizational meetings. Igreja da Vinha churches have been planting other churches since their inception. The mission has been helping them in every way we know how. The whole group is full of zealous [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Stories Jefferson pastors one of the bigger churches in Altamira, one that has planted several other churches. He was a teen-ager when we first met him. At the InterVinha  2017 Conference, during one of the general assemblies under the big tent, Jefferson told a couple of stories to the group. &#8220;I remember when the only [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Stories Jefferson pastors one of the bigger churches in Altamira, one that has planted several other churches. He was a teen-ager when we first met him. At the InterVinha  2017 Conference, during one of the general assemblies under the big tent, Jefferson told a couple of stories to the group. &#8220;I remember when the only [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>First Aid Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dr. Dave&#8217;s came from Ohio to provide first aid training. &#8220;Thank you!&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dr. Dave&#8217;s came from Ohio to provide first aid training. &#8220;Thank you!&#8221;]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>1990&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We (the mission) bought a run-down ranch in 1999. It used to be beautiful, with cattle, cacao, and coffee. The owner was one of the first mayor&#8217;s of Altamira but after he died this property was slowly overrun with jungle again. I heard that this house is older than the city of Altamira, and one [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We (the mission) bought a run-down ranch in 1999. It used to be beautiful, with cattle, cacao, and coffee. The owner was one of the first mayor&#8217;s of Altamira but after he died this property was slowly overrun with jungle again. I heard that this house is older than the city of Altamira, and one [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>InterVinha Conference 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[This year Brasil had two InterVinha events, one in Southern Brasil, and one here in the Amazon, in Altamira. About 300 leaders and representatives from many of the Northern Region Vineyards participated. Gary and Joy Best, the retired founders of the Vineyard Church in Canada, were the guest speakers. Joy Best has the women break [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This year Brasil had two InterVinha events, one in Southern Brasil, and one here in the Amazon, in Altamira. About 300 leaders and representatives from many of the Northern Region Vineyards participated. Gary and Joy Best, the retired founders of the Vineyard Church in Canada, were the guest speakers. Joy Best has the women break [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>How do We Know Who to Work With?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2017 18:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Bergen</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder who we should try to plant churches with? Some of the guys in the jail have done horrific crimes. Is there any hope for them? Is there a line when a person goes so far that God is done with them? I have a litmus test. If they are interested in [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder who we should try to plant churches with? Some of the guys in the jail have done horrific crimes. Is there any hope for them? Is there a line when a person goes so far that God is done with them? I have a litmus test. If they are interested in [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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