Missionaries - Portugal
Alexandre & Debora
Cavalcanti
Fátima, Portugal
Alexandre Cavalcanti
Born in Natal/RN, I was saved by the Lord Jesus in my youth. I married Débora and we had our 2 daughters, Gabriela and Viviane. The Lord called us to the ministry in 1998, with a burning desire to share the good news of the gospel with others and dedicate our lives to serving Him. We studied for 2 years at the MNTB's Macedonia Bible Institute and then for 4 years at SIBB - Bereian Baptist Seminary and Institute in Natal/RN. After ministering as a pastor for 15 years in Brazil, we were at CBC - Charleston Baptist Community - South Carolina, where we assisted Pastor Jonathan Edney and where God called us to serve in Portugal as missionaries.
We arrived in Portugal in June 2024 where we came to live in Fátima. We are working in partnership with BGFM Global, CBC and ministry partners such as Pastor Adil Reis and Erica Reis.
Debora Cavalcanti
Born in São Paulo, she moved to Natal in her youth and was saved by the Lord Jesus after her marriage to Alexandre and the birth of Gabriela. She has a law degree from UNP, where she worked as a lawyer until 2020. In the ministry, in addition to her training at SIBB, she took a course at APEC and served in local churches, mainly in the ministry with women (SAF), counseling and discipleship, children's ministry - junior teacher/superintendent of Sunday School, church secretariat and small edification groups.
She currently assists in the ministry in Fátima and seeks to become better trained to use internet tools to spread the gospel.
Our purposes:
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Evangelism - Develop healthy relationships by creating bridges for the proclamation of the gospel - Support couples and young people, providing a healthy environment for mutual growth - Establish regular meetings and activities to worship the Lord
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Discipleship - Aiming at commitment, growth, edification and service - Walking alongside those who are being saved, providing examples and sufficient information for the development of their new lives in Christ - Enabling disciples so that they commit themselves to Jesus, grow in faith, knowledge and love and participate in community life by serving one another with their gifts and talents.
Our strategies have been:
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Weekly meetings in our home
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Visiting non-believers to strengthen relationships
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Discipleship in the Gospel of Matthew
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Participation in a Christian motorcycle club - Os Reefers
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Monthly preaching at the Cartaxo Baptist Bible Church
