Brazil Mennonite Mission (Mennonite Church)
Brazil Mennonite Mission (Mennonite Church), under the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, was founded in 1954, and had the following three stations in Sao Paulo State: Bairro Indianopolis (1954), Sertaozinho (1957), and Valinhos (1957). In 1958 the three stations had 7, 7, and 6 baptized members respectively.
In April 1958 the mission board took over the Amazon Valley Indian Mission founded in 1955, with its headquarters at Araguacema, Goias State.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1068. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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