What we do is really quite simple.
We are not a complex mission board or sending agency. We don't hire American missionaries and all funds given for work on the field go directly to the field. Our desire is to see Jesus glorifed, made famous, by what He is doing both in Brazil and in the U.S.

Our Mission
We are devoted to making disciples of Jesus Christ, in Brazil, who are making disciples of Jesus Christ. Our emphasis ison the inhabitants of the interior of the state of Ceará, especially on the micro-region of Coreaú and in particular on the villa of Ubaúna and the surrounding vicinity. We are committed to working in partnership with Brazilians. We seek to provide logistical and financial assistance to Brazilian laborers to win the lost and plant local churches.

Our Purpose
Because resources entrusted to GFB are limited, we must be intentional about stewarding them in a focused way if we are to make a Kingdom impact among the most forgotten and neglected peoples and places in our world, places where the Church is especially weak or absent.

Gospel for Brazil was started for the single purpose of making a specific Kingdom impact – to insure that the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ is fully proclaimed in the desolate interior of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará.

We seek to join God where He is already at work among some of the most church-forsaken peoples and seemingly God-forsaken places of our world, the sertão of Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceará. Due to political and cultural reasons, North Americans have limited access to these forgotten peoples. Christians in Ceará are partnering with GFB in missional initiatives that focus on equipping them – the Brazilian servants – to form churches in these neglected regions of the sertão.

Began through the inspiration of a former missionary to Ceará, Gospel for Brazil has grown to include individuals and churches who have joined together to accomplish the impossible through the direction of the Lord. A board of directors was formed in October 2004, articles of incorporation were filed with the state of North Carolina as a charitable corporation and the Internal Revenue Service granted a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation status in February 2005.

A sister non-profit organization (O Evangelho para o Brasil) was established in Ceará in October 2005 with the same purpose and precepts of its American counterpart. The two organizations have been jointly operating in Ubaúna since then.

Planting Churches
In each aspect of Gospel for Brazil’s ministry, the primary aim is to plant churches among the unreached — those who have never heard the Gospel.

Going into all the world and preaching the Gospel is not enough. Unless these efforts result in local churches, we fail to accomplish God's primary purpose: making disciples and raising up a living body of believers to be the Bride of Christ and a witness to the world. How can this be accomplished if there are no workers or if they are not trained?

GFB is helping to train qualified and devoted Brazilian Christians to fulfill their role as Great Commission believers. Though limited in its current scope, the training of native workers is an absolute necessity. The program will utilize both American and Brazilian instructors and the students will receive instruction and intensive training in practical Christian work. This will be combined with hands-on ministry experience, after which they will return for further training before being sent out as church planters and itinerant evangelists.

The end result — and the desired goal — is hundreds of churches planted and reproducing in this region.

Native Missionaries
Gospel for Brazil trains and sends native missionaries because they have proven extremely effective. They are already familiar with the language and culture, and they live at the level of the people they serve, thus removing many social barriers.

With few or no cultural barriers to overcome, native missionaries can readily preach the Gospel to those who, unlike their American counterparts, have never heard. Although native missionaries do face many difficult obstacles as they take the message from village to village, they still have an enormous advantage over their coworkers from North America.

In the eyes of the people, native missionaries do not represent a foreign country or a "strange" religion. They already know the language and can easily assimilate the local language peculiarities.

A native missionary can be sent out at a fraction of the cost of an American missionary. In fact, the average cost is only $7,200 to $12,000 per year compared to over $75,000 per year for a foreign missionary.

The possibility of reaching Brazil's multitudes through native missionaries in our generation is very real.