Brazil (MNN) ― Evangelist Sammy Tippit was just in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to partner in an exciting church-planting undertaking. Tippit's ministry has had a close relationship with churches in Rio de Janeiro for many years.
Sammy Tippit spoke to leaders at a three-day spiritual awakening conference held at Second Baptist Church of Rio de Janeiro, challenging them in "Desperate Praying."
From there, Tippit says, the possibilities are exciting. "They have a brand new vision of wanting to plant five thousand churches in the next 10 years in unreached areas. They asked me to join in partnering with them in reaching these communities. In addition, we held a conference on spiritual awakening with pastors."
Pastor Fernando Brendao, the new Executive Director of the Mission Nacionais, asked the team to consider preaching conferences on revival and conducting evangelistic crusades throughout Brazil to enable a spiritual movement.
However, many of the pastors are tired and in need of encouragement. Tippit says that's the key to seeing their goal realized. "When the church is renewed, when the church is awakened and revived, then it's going to be their vision. They're going to reach out to these unreached people groups and unreached areas. There's going to be a lot more in-depth and longer-lasting fruit that will come from that than if someone came in from the outside and did an evangelistic meeting."
