We are a Christian project and also a means of the Gospel sharing to many nations and peoples. We don't focus on the differences of the churches, but rather in their similarities, we favour the union, we are based on the Bible and on the Apostle's Creed. ما یک پروژه موسیقی مسیحی هستیم و همچنین وسیله ای برای اشتراک گذاری انجیل به بسیاری از ملل و مردم هستیم. ما بر تفاوتهای کلیساها تمرکز نمیکنیم، بلکه در شباهتهای آنها، ما از اتحاد حمایت میکنیم، ما بر اساس کتاب مقدس و اعتقادنامه رسولان هست
A Comunidade Re.Novo, localizada em Pindamonhangaba, passou, anteriormente, por algumas fases. Primeiro sendo parte da Igreja Anglicana Reformada do Brasil e depois, junto com esta, se ligou a Free Church of England, tudo isto ocorreu até 2019, quando o grupo parou suas atividades oficiais, mas sem que os poucos membros remanescentes perdessem a essência cristã, pelo contrário, o período, quase que sabático, serviu para que a palavra Re.Novo fizesse sentido real, pois a comunidade se reúne novamente e renasce agora como Igreja Anglicana Re.Novo uma igreja preocupada em em ser Bíblica, em ser fiel ao verdadeiro credo Cristão, em trazer pessoas a Cristo Jesus e não competir e sim somar com outras igrejas honestas. Esse RENOVO é iniciado oficialmente em 2025, exatamente no dia 31 de Outubro, dia da Reforma Protestante, pelos irmãos Rev. Marcelo Lemos, Emerson de Souza e Edilson Giraldeli.
On October 31, Reformation Day 2025, Pastor Marcelo Lemos, Edilson Giraldeli and Emerson de Souza met, discussed and prayed online thus officializing the return of Re.Novo. No dia 31 de outubro de 2025, Dia da Reforma, o pastor Marcelo Lemos, Edilson Giraldeli e Emerson de Souza se reuniram online, conversaram e oraram, assim oficializando o retorno da Re.Novo.
Joel Dias is a missionary, in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, who left a very comfortable life in the South of Brazil when he felt that God was calling him to the missionary life. He is married and has two kids, his wife, Marfiza, is very supportive of her husband's decision.
Dias, a former businessman, is graduated from Martin Bucer Seminar, one of the most respected institutions in the area of Reformed/Evangelical theology and he is also a missionary through YWAM, becoming one of the main people in the management of YWAM Santiago.
In this video, Dias explains the current status of his mission and how his long-term ideas are finally coming to fruition also, below there is the transcription of his latest report:
DIAS FAMILY ON MISSION IN SPAIN
DEAR FRIEND, BROTHER, AND PARTNER IN THE SPAIN MISSION,
THIS NEWSLETTER CONTAINS AN APPEAL THAT REQUIRES YOUR ATTENTION AND URGENCY!
As you know, my family and I have been fully dedicated to the mission here in Spain for over seven years. We have participated in planting missionary bases, developing evangelism ministries, planting churches, etc.. Thanks to our good God, the advancement of God's kingdom here is evident, and we continue steadfast and constant for the glory of God.
However, in these more than seven years, many of our financial partners no longer support us, and our monthly income has reached such a low level that it no longer covers even our family budget, much less the expenses related to the mission. There is an urgent need for more financial supporters to cover our family budget expenses and also mission expenses.
We are in full swing with our ministry fronts, such as planting a church in Santiago de Compostela, where people have already decided to be baptized in water. Starting in November 2025, we will change our study group meetings from Tuesdays to Sundays due to the demands of the church. We also already have people who have decided to plant another church in another city called A Estrada.
In light of all this, we know that the struggles are increasing, as are the financial demands. That is why we humbly and urgently appeal: WE NEED FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS. We believe and know that it is God who sustains us, but the way He directs us to do so is by gathering friends, brothers, and churches who understand the mission and join us so that the kingdom of God continues to advance and so that we can remain according to the call He has made to us, despite the difficulties.
That is why I invite you, if you, your family, or your church are not yet part of the mission here in Spain, to join us over the next few years, supporting us monthly with offerings so that my family and I can continue to advance the kingdom of God in this nation so in need of the gospel of salvation. The amount we need is only €1,900 per month, of which we are currently short €1,200 per month. Our contacts are available for more information about our family and the mission.
"May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."
2 Cor. 13:14.
For the third meeting of Crash Church Vale do Paraíba we were all back to Serpente de Metal's home in Caçapava. The church's music band played for the second time: Sidney Ramos and Fernanda Reis at the guitars and Emerson Olaf singing, there was no bass and no drums.
Fernanda Reis, Emerson Olaf, Sidney Ramos (left to right)
Bruno Alves dos Santos was chosen for the preaching and he preached about John preparing the way for Jesus being the model for all of us wherever we go, always preparing the way for the Lord. Pastor Miro Cristo coordinated the service and served the Holy Communion.
Bruno Alves dos Santos preaching about John The Baptist
Pastor Miro preparing the church for Communion
This day also counted with a guest João Vicente, pastor Miro's longtime friend who lives in London and was visiting Brazil for a while. João had an opportunity for a greeting and, adding to Bruno's preaching, also highlighted the importance of being a representative of Christ and sharing his salvation with those who need it.
João Vicente reading from his brand new Metal Bible
In 1937, Francisco Ferreira da Rocha, a member of the Baptist church of Liberdade in São Paulo city, rented a house in the town of Pindamonhangaba at 6, Frederico Machado st. (downtown) and he started using the living room for the first meetings of the baptist congregation there. The group was formalised on April 4, 1937 and it was managed by the Baptist church of Liberdade which would send preachers and its senior pastor Erodice Fontes de Queiroz to Pindamonhangaba once a month. This distant management happened until 1939.
Façade of the church in 2025
On November 28, 1937, the congregation moved to 96, Travessa Marquês do Herval (downtown), a lot of land donated by Colonel Antonio Ernesto da Silva who was its first pastor (as of 2025 the church is still at the address).
On May 26, 1939, the Baptist Church in Pindamonhangaba was formalised, with its first baptisms by immersion performed in 1938 in Ribeirão Água Preta. Maria Leontina Juliano Cundari, an example of perseverance and faith, was one of the founding members.
In 1946, the congregation built and inaugurated its first temple, designed according to the architectural characteristic of a Baptist church of the 1940s. Over the years, increments, expansions and renovations were made to the temple, including the purchase of neighboring properties. The temple was then demolished in the 1990s, making way for a newer structure, but remaining at the same address.
Complete List of Pastors (Primeira Igreja Batista em Pindamonhangaba)
Order
Pastor
Service Period
Notes
1st
Antônio Ernesto da Silva
1939 to 1942
First Pastor
2nd
Pr. Gladstone Francisco da Paixão
1942 to 1944
3rd
Pr. Paschoal de Muzzio
1944 to 1947
Interim Pastor
4th
Pr. Osmar Jacobs
1949 to 1950
5th
Pr. Demétrio Coev
1950 to 1951
6th
Pr. Beny Pitronschi
1952
7th
Pr. Onésimo Pereira do Nascimento
1953 to 1954
8th
Pr. Gorgonio Barbosa Alves
1954
Interim Pastor
9th
Pr. Coriolano Costa Duclerc
1954
Interim Pastor
10th
Pr. Gladstone Francisco da Paixão
1954 to 1957
2nd Term
11th
Pr. José Rivelle
1958 to 1960
12th
Pr. Silas Rivelle
1960
Interim Pastor
13th
Pr. Natanael de Barros Almeida
1961 to 1963
14th
Pr. Justiniano Dias Portugal
1963
Interim Pastor
15th
Pr. José Rivelle
1964 to 1966
2nd Term
16th
Pr. Gilson Schuler Amorim
1966 to 1969
17th
Pr. Francisco Rodrigues Sobrinho
1970 to 1973
18th
Pr. Silas Rivelle
1974 to 1980
2nd Term (Senior Pastor)
19th
Pr. Abner Ferreira Cerqueira
1980 to 2013
Longest-serving Pastor (33 years)
20th
Pr. Ésio Moreira da Silva
2015 to 2018
21st
Pr. João Marcos Ali de Carvalho
2018 to 2020
Interim, then Senior Pastor
22nd
Pr. Cléber Francisco
2021 to the present (2025)
Notes: Pastor Silas Rivelle served as Senior Pastor and President, rebuilding the
entire church and contributing significantly to the Work of God,
resulting in significant growth. Pastor Abner Cerqueira led the pastorate for 33 long years, the longest the congregation has ever had. Pastor João Marcos is actually a missionary for YWAM Brasil and decided to accept the position as pastor until God showed his next move. Pastor Ésio Moreira
da Silva whose life and ministry are guided by the motto "A Living
Church, for a Living God," worked to promote family values and restore
moral and ethical values. Pastor Ésio believes that hope and peace we
so much long for, reside in God so the proclamation of the Gospel can be
a transformative instrument for society.
Throughout its history, the Baptist Church in Pindamonhangaba has also established other Baptist churches in the municipality, such as: Ebenézer Baptist Church (Jardim Rezende); First Baptist Church in Moreira César; Baptist Church in Crispim; Baptist Church in Cidade Jardim, in addition to the First Baptist Church in Guaratinguetá. At various times, the Baptist Church in Pindamonhangaba hosted the organization of three Baptist Associations affiliated with the Brazilian Baptist Convention (CBB) in the state of São Paulo. In Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo State, there are currently eight Baptist Churches organized and registered with the Brazilian Baptist Convention (CBB).
The logo of PIEB Pindamonhangaba
In March 2017, the church re-affiliated to the Association of Baptist Churches of the Eastern Cone of the State of São Paulo (AIBACOLESP), contributing to the work of this Baptist Association alongside other Baptist churches throughout the region and since April 2017 the church has carried out a monthly social work in the village of Cruz Pequena in the rural side of Pindamonhangaba.
Façade of the church in a more artistic style (artificial)
