Missionaries - Brazil

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Brazil

Joined BGFM Global: September 1979

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Sending church: Emmanuel Bible Church

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Phil Stucky​

First ministry: pastor of outreach
(September 1979 - June 1980)

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Field: Fortaleza, Ceará (1980 - 2005); Maceió, Alagoas (2006 - 2008); Greater Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (2009 - 2020); Florianópolis, Santa Catarina (2021)

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Academic History:​

• Corban University
  Bachelor’s in History

• Dallas Theological Seminary
  Master’s in Biblical Studies

• Western Conservative Baptist Seminary
  Master’s in Theology

• Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
  Doctorate in Cross-Cultural Studies

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How He Serves:

• Church planting and pastoring

• Leadership training

• Missions conferences

• Family conferences

• Discipleship conferences

• Seminary classes

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E-mail: philipstucky@gmail.com

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Rachel Stucky​

Academic History:​

• Corban University
  Associate of Arts

How she serves:

• Children’s ministry

• Women’s ministry

• Classes of raising children

• Evangelism and Discipleship

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E-mail: philandrachelstucky@gmail.com

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Philip and Rachel Stucky both accepted Christ as their Savior at a young age and were open to the Lord’s leading in their lives, attending Western Baptist College in Salem, Oregon, to better prepare themselves to serve Him. They met and were married in Salem, on April 7, 1979, after which they went to Dallas Theological Seminary, where Philip received his Master of Arts degree in Biblical Studies. They returned to Salem, Oregon, where Philip was Pastor of Outreach at Heritage Baptist Fellowship for a year. They were accepted as missionaries with the BGFM Global in 1979, arriving in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 1980. Philip continued his studies at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, where he received a Master of Arts degree in Theology, and more recently a Doctor of Ministry degree in Cross-Cultural Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston.

They have 3 grown sons: Andrew, Luke and Mark. Andrew completed his studies at Oregon State University in computer programming and married Erin Gardner on July 8, 2006; they have four children, Nathan, Kara, Ryan, and Caleb, and live in Salem. Luke is a salesman for Day Heating Company and married Amanda Olsen on December 15, 2007; they have three children, Levi, Caden, and Sadie, and also reside in Salem. Mark completed his studies at the Masters College and Seminary and married Jessica Crabb on July 31, 2010. They have three sons, Samuel, James, and Benjamin, and are serving the Lord as missionaries with the BGFM in south Brazil.

 They served for 25 years in church planting and leadership training in the city of Fortaleza in Northeast Brazil, followed by 3 years of ministry training leaders and planting a church in the city of Maceio in Northeast Brazil.  In 2009 they formed a ministry team and moved to South Brazil with the desire of launching a multiplying church movement there.  They ministered in the Porto Alegre metro area and assisted in the planting of churches in five cities.  In 2021 the ministry was expanded into Florianopolis, the capital city of the neighboring state of Santa Catarina.  They moved there and assisted in planting churches and training leaders there.  In 2024 they returned to the Porto Alegre metro area to minister together with their youngest son, Mark, in the church plant in the city of Sapiranga.  They desire to train south Brazilians to plant churches as well as impact their European motherland for Christ.

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