GoSpeak: 2023-11-24
I started this outline for a newsletter weeks ago. Our trip to the USA Oct. 31 caused it to fall into a black hole. I add it here with few updates, just to catch up.
Recent teaching trips
- São João da Boa Vista, in São Paulo state (3 hr drive): Restoration.
- Belo Horizonte (8 hrs away) to teach the Total Transformation course.
- Pimentas congregation in Guarulhos, on “The Church Without Limits.”
- Salvador in Bahia state, taught what I called Total Transformation II.
- São Domingos congregation in Campinas, the night before we traveled to the USA, on “The Church in the Mind of Christ.”
Recent books
- A multi-author book on training men to lead in worship.
- Total Transformation.
Upcoming books
- Reflections on the book of Job by Valdir José da Silva.
- 400-500 page book of evangelistic studies by Nilton Barretto.
- Gary Hampton, God’s Unseen Hand.
- My book on Psalm 119.
Edification Magazine
- This has been hard to keep up with this year.
- Several issues for 2023 remain to be finished.
Online work
- cristaos.org
- We've kept up well with posting articles during our trip.
- Hymnal, “Riquezas de Cristo” (Riches of Christ).
- English: forthright.net
- Mike Brooks retired from writing for Forthright after 20 years.
- We've missed few days without articles during our trip.
The Festival for the Family of God
- Now an annual event during Easter weekend for families.
- Held in our city in a high quality camp setting.
- Men and women (and children) have had separate tracks.
- Themes: Death of Christ (2022); Resurrection of Christ (2023); Second Coming of Christ (2024).
Training
- Regular meetings for personal training with Paulo César and Pedro.
- Group event – two actually, for men and women – Aug. 19 with over 100 people.
- Goal: 2Tm 2.2. Teach, step back, let them fill the space.
Principles of work
- Prayer: “Pray to the Lord of the harvest to send more workers in his vineyard” Mt 9.38.
- Modeling and Delegation: “What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” 2Tm 2.2 CSB.
- Paul → Timothy → faithful men → others
- Simplicity: “This is all that I have learned: God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated” Eccl 7.29 GNB.
- Do only what can be reproduced by others – taking into account, of course, that each one has his own gifts from God.