Missionary Report
September 2025
Pr. Jamil & Elzeli Ribeiro. Pluri Hispano Hablantes Project

Curitiba /Paraná - Brazil

Dear brothers and partners in Christ,
The grace and peace of the Lord Jesus! We are immensely
grateful for the fellowship, prayers, and support that have sustained
us in this missionary calling.
Strategic Meetings
Leadership of Bacacheri Baptist Church
Meeting with local leadership for strategy alignment and planning of missionary activities.
Parana Baptist Convention (CBP)
Meeting with CBP leadership to discuss administrative adjustments and strategic directions.
Parana Baptist Convention (CBP)
Meeting with CBP leadership to discuss administrative adjustments and strategic directions.
Greater Curitiba Baptist Association (BGC)
Meeting with the BGC coordinator to address topics such as administrative adjustments, strategies, and work plans.
Topics discussed: administrative adjustments, strategies, and work plans.
Spanish Service (IBBacacheri)
Current Participation
Participation in the Spanish service, which currently takes place once a month.
Service Expansion
Meeting with leaders of the Spanish ministry: decision that, starting October/2025, we will have two monthly services (1st and 3rd Sunday).
Pastoral and Associative Involvement
BGC Pastors' Meeting
Participation in the monthly meeting of BGC pastors, promoting the Pluri Hispanic Speakers Project.
New Partnership
Contact with the Pastor of PIB Almirante Tamandaré, interested in starting Hispanic activities. Meeting scheduled soon.
Missionary Expansion
01
Central Baptist Church of São José dos Pinhais
Participation in the service of the Central Baptist Church of São José dos Pinhais.
Meeting scheduled with the local pastor (10/02) for possible initiation of a Spanish project.
02
Space in Campo Comprido
Visit to the space used by Haitians in the Campo Comprido neighborhood (Curitiba), with the possibility of also being used by the Hispanic community.
03
Government of Paraná
Meeting with the Superintendent of Governance for Migratory Affairs – Government of Paraná.
Contact with Hispanics
Conversations with Hispanic brothers and sisters who attend services in Portuguese, about the possibility of services in Spanish.
Responses were encouraging, highlighting the opportunity to reach non-evangelical Hispanics.
Acknowledgements
We want to express our gratitude:
Intercessors
For those who continually intercede for us.
Financial Support
For the monthly financial support of our sustainers.
Special Offerings
For those who have already given special offerings.
"You are those who hold the rope, as William Carey said, so that we can descend into the well of the missionary field."
Prayer Requests
1
For meetings with pastors interested in starting Spanish-speaking activities.
2
May more pastors gain the vision to reach migrants in their own language.
3
May the Lord raise potential leaders for discipleship and multiplication of Spanish-speaking groups.
4
Health for our family – after climate changes, we were affected by flu and cough.
5
May God raise committed intercessors.
6
May the Lord add financial supporters to complement missionary sustenance.
Next Steps
1
Second Spanish Service
Initiate the second Spanish service at IBBacacheri.
2
First Small Group
Initiate the first Spanish small group in São José dos Pinhais.
3
Evangelism and Social Action
Evangelism and social action with immigrants in Federal Police queues (document regularization).
May the Lord reward each one for walking with us in this mission.
Let us remain united in the love of Christ, certain that:
"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few" (Matthew 9:37).
"How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?" (Romans 10:14)

With gratitude,
Pr. Jamil & Elzeli Ribeiro
Missionaries – Icon Family Ministries
Pluri-Hispanic Speakers Project 🌐 pastorjamil.com


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