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Brazil

In Brazil, the world’s fifth-largest country, a team of two missionaries to Brazil and one LATTE member stationed in Brazil are working together with the recently established Brazilian Lutheran Church (ILB). In a country roughly the same size as the continental United States, the young Brazilian Church is served by two national pastors and a [...]


Bio: David Bivens

Missionary David Bivens was assigned as a missionary to Brazil where he and his wife would carry out ministry in the Portuguese language in and around the city of Gravataí located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.  Please pray for them as they seek to bring the Gospel message to another country and [...]


Bio: Guy Marquardt

Missionary Guy Marquardt has served on the Brazil field since his assignment from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1994.  The Marquardt family lives in Gravataí, in the southern-most state in Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.  Missionary Marquardt’s current duties include serving as Field Coordinator for the Brazil mission and director of the seminary, and modeling ministry in the [...]