WELL PROJECT

EAB’s continuing well project is now part of our ‘Sustainable Semi-arid Region’ programme which drills and digs wells to bring vital water supplies to poor rural communities. The programme links the wells to other EAB projects like horticultural and fruit tree allotments, bee keeping and sheep and goat husbandry so as to make maximum use

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GREEN PASTURES CENTRE

Concentrates on experimental farming to help poor land owners develop agro forestry; environmental awareness in its nature reserve; all coupled with a camp, retreat and leaders training centre.      

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ACTION CHILD

This project helps poor children gain full educational potential in 20 schools as well as providing them with  nourishing daily meals, together with dental and medical care.      

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HIV/AIDS PROJECT

EAB’s HIV/AIDS project has the two fold aim of prevention and care through the mobilization of EAB churches and its NGO. Awareness is stimulated through talks and presentations by our coordinating social worker and care is provided to the poor who upon discovering that they are HIV positive are usually abandoned by family and friends.

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CARE CENTRE

Provides dental, social and spiritual care for thousands of poor children and their families, and develops a special work with the deaf and with senior citizens.    

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LEADERSHIP TRAINING

EAB runs three Bible Colleges across its main area of action in an endeavour to constantly improve church and community leadership standards. Students are firmly grounded in sound Bible teaching and equipped to preach, teach and lead so as to mobilize our churches to spread the Gospel throughout north-east Brazil.

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JOB CREATION PROJECT

Provides small loans to help set up cottage industries and income generation, helping people to help themselves.    

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CHURCH PLANTING

EAB’s desire is to be dedicated to the ’great commission’ of Jesus – to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. There are still many areas in the north-east of Brazil where the Evangelicals’ presence is very small and the influence of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is very limited. EAB is constantly

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4 LEGS PROJECT

EAB’s 4-Legs project gives poor rural families a female sheep or goat to start their own herd. The families pay back the project with a female offspring so that the snowball effect of the project can be maintained and more and more families can be helped to help themselves.

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National Leadership Team prepare for Conference

National Leadership Team prepare for Conference

  The enormous agenda was finally dealt with after about 20 hours of meetings last Saturday and Sunday, and exhausted, yet happy, we had a departure fellowship meal together in a restaurant. Five new probationary leaders were interviewed at length and approved, and another five approved for ordination at the Field Conference to be held

Book Day!

Book Day!

  Book Day was on April 18th and the EAB School at Imaculada organized a great day built around one of our mobile libraries (hundreds of children’s books in a suitcase!). Children from other schools were invited to take part in discovering the joy of reading books. Later the 44 children from the EAB School

The deaf hear & preach the Gospel

The deaf hear & preach the Gospel

  30th of April was the moment when the Patos Deaf Fellowship Leader, Luiz Carlos, presented his dissertation as the final act in his amazing theology degree course at the Patos Bible College. He is due to graduate on May 12th but is already doing another degree with the Federal University in the Brazilian Sign

Moringa Tree

Moringa Tree Project progresses despite the drought and in fact we are having one of the worst years for rain in a long time. Moringa trees (see below), which are highly nutritive and drought resistant, are under demand and we are in the process of supplying seeds to north-eastern States enough to produce over 200,000

Bible College Graduations

Bible College Graduations

  John and Liz Medcraft travelled to Princesa Isabel at the weekend for the first graduation there, with ten students getting their theology degrees on a night of much jubilation and praise to God! Especially moving was the students’ own choice of Fábio as the speaker on their behalf at the event. Born and brought