Greetings!

..Welcome to cmforbrazil website.!
...Welcome to cmforbrazil website.!
Mat. 28:18-20 – “ All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me . Go ye, therefore and make disciples of all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son , and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you , and surely I am with you always , to the very end of the age.”
...The words of our Lord as He stated above , are our marching orders !
..Brazil is the country where He sent us.
...We are honored that you decided to visit our site.
...We hope it will help inform you about our vision , values , and our involvement in church planting.

Biography:
..Brazil is the country where He sent us. On September 12, 1959 we arrived in Belém, Pará in the Amazon Valley. We stayed there until 1974 During those years we started 15 churches, two of which still survive.
..We were invited to move to Goiânia and, in prayer seeking God’s Will, we moved to this city in 1974. For a short time we worked with two established churches until the need arose to help start a new church in Vila Brasília, having been invited by two Christian preachers to help them. Two other churches were started during the time we were at Vila Brasília: in Parque Atheneu and Aruanã II.
A new door of opportunity for the Lord opened up in Jardim Tiradentes, in the late 1980´s and a church was started there also. We worked in that community until Paul’s death in1996.
...Magno's family and Shirley continue the work that was being accomplished by Paul. Our goal is to continue evangelizing, starting new churches in suburbs that have no New Testament Church.

Who We Are:
..Christ’s Mission for Brazil is an entity, legally organized in the U.S. of the Churches of Christ / Christian Churches working in Brazil with goals of evangelism, starting churches, nurturing lives, bringing them to maturity in Christ.

What We Believe:
..We believe in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit . Matthew 3:16-17
..We believe the Bible is God´s Word, inspired by the Holy Spirit
II Peter 1:21
..We believe that baptism is by immersion only, for the forgiveness of our sins. Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16.
..We believe in the Great Commission of the Lord, and that every Christian needs to obey, either by going, or being responsible for those who go. Matthew 28:18-20
..We believe as a rule of faith and practice that both the Old and New Testament are the Word of God, and that Christians are under the New Testament today.
..We believe that Christ is the Son of God, who became flesh, and died for our sins. John 1:1, 14 ; I Corinthians 15:3-4 and was resurrected from the grave on the third day.

Short History of our Life:
..Paul and Shirley Lanham, missionaries of the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, arrived in Belém (Amazon Valley), Pará, in September, 1959.
..They met in Bible College, and married in 1956, and were recruited by Arthur Carter, recruit to Brazil.
In Belém, they worked from 1959-1974, starting fifteen N.T. churches, two of which survive. Paul taught in the Bible Institute during many years as well, training students to reach to their own people. They adopted four Brazilian children: Charles, Ana, Karen and Sharon.
..In 1974 we moved to Goiânia, Goiás, in Central Brazil. Paul taught many years in the Bible College, also working with the Extension Course Program (linked to the Bible College) establishing New Testament Churches in needy areas, and Paul continued to teach in the Theological Seminary in Brasília during more than 8 years. When a filial of the Theological Seminary of Brasília opened in Goiânia, Paul was named as its president. During these years we started several new churches in the Greater Goiania area. Shirley translated the material used in classes, formulating questions, etc, teaching in ladies groups in the churches they started, and raising their children.
..In 1996 Paul went to be with his Lord. He is still remembered fondly and faithfully to the present, for his untiring labor for the Lord.
After Paul´s passing, Shirley, Ana and her husband Magno took up the challenge laid by Paul, continuing effectively the work he loved so much, that of starting new churches. Magno has already been ordained as a minister and continues his studies in Bible College for his degree.