We just finished up a three year project in Southern Brazil. During that time we led five Catalyst Communities, trained two teams to reproduce the Catalyst System, and supported them as they led two additional Catalyst Communities.
We recently led two Catalyst Communities through our newly trained regional teams in Pelotas and Curitiba. You can find those updates at TakingNewGround.org/blog. It turns out that each of our host churches created a video of their event. I’m sharing them below to give you a different feel for the Catalyst Community experience.
Last week I wrote to you about training our first regional team in Southern Brazil in the city of Pelotas. As soon as we finished in Pelotas we travelled to the city of Curitiba, to finish training our second regional team for the country.
Pastor Martin and his son-in-law Pastor Pablo were invited to Catalyst Community #2 in Port Alegre Brazil in March, 2022. It was an impactful experience for them, and they realized it could be the tool they needed to re-energize church planting in their home town of Pelotas, so they asked if it was possible for us to lead a Catalyst Community there.
The Unique Culture of Brazil’s Southern Cone We recently returned to the Southern Cone of Brazil to lead Catalyst Community #2 (CC2) on developing Missional Culture in our churches, in Porto Alegre and Florianopolis. Southern Brazil’s culture is distinctively unique in […]
One week from today we will be back in Pakistan! We made our first trip there in January of 2020 and were able to work with 400 church leaders from around the nation. Our return trip has been repeatedly delayed, but we are now set to lead two additional Catalyst Community #1 (developing leaders) events. We are planning to return again at the start of next year to lead Catalyst Community #2 (missional culture).
Jonathan Matthews grew up in Brazil where his parents served as missionaries. As an adult, he returned to Brazil to follow in their footsteps. We partnered with Jonathan and the Southern Cone Initiative for our recent Catalyst Communities in Brazil. Here’s what Jonathan had to say about Catalyst Community:
We spent 11 days in Brazil doing ministry training events in three different cities (Port Alegre, Florianópolis, and Criciúma). We held two Catalyst Community #1 (Developing Leaders) events, led a denominational pastor training event, and trained the broader leadership teams of two strategic partner churches.
The Southern Cone is a geographic region in South America located east of the Andes Mountains and south of the Tropic of Capricorn that encompasses Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil. It’s people are primarily of European descent and are considered to be mostly least-reached.
