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Pluri Hispanic
Speakers Project
A missionary response to the exponential growth of the Hispanic community in Brazil, especially in the state of Paraná. Our project aims to evangelize, disciple, and plant healthy churches among Hispanic immigrants, providing spiritual, social, and community support.
Our Vision and Purpose
Vision
To be a missionary movement that reaches, evangelizes and disciples Spanish-speakers, establishing welcoming and integrative ethnic churches with the potential to multiply and impact other cities.
Purpose
To evangelize and plant Spanish-speaking churches in the state of Paraná, starting in Curitiba and the metropolitan region, offering spiritual, social and cultural support for immigrants, biblical and contextual training for local leaders.
Context and Justification
90,259
Immigrants in Paraná
Active residents in 2023, a 10.5% increase from the previous year
5,546
Venezuelans in 2024
New immigrants only in Curitiba
13,100
Cubans in 2023
In addition to Paraguayans, Argentinians, Peruvians, Chileans and others
Paraná is one of the Brazilian states with the highest influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants. Curitiba has become the Brazilian city that has received the most Venezuelan refugees in recent years, highlighting the urgent need for churches and missionary projects prepared to welcome and evangelize these immigrants.
Main Immigrant Groups
Paraná hosts immigrants from 167 different locations, reflecting a growing cultural
diversity in the region. In 2024, Brazil registered the arrival of
194,331 migrants, with Venezuelans leading the list with 94,726
people received by the Acolhida Operation.
Biblical Foundations
Evangelism and Discipleship
"Lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest." (John 4:35)
Reaching Peoples
"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." (Matthew 24:14)
Church Multiplication
"And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others." (2 Timothy 2:2)
Social Impact
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16)
Partnerships and Institutional Support
Baptist Convention
Denominational structure and support
Partner Churches
Support in prayer, resources, and sending
Pluri Povos
Coordination and implementation
of the project
Pluri Povos works in partnership with the Parana Baptist Convention, combining efforts and structure to implement this missionary project. This strengthens the denominational, ethical, and missional character of the project, and ensures the support of a reliable network of churches and local leadership committed to the Great Commission.
Missionary Inspiration
"I will go down into the pit, if you will hold the rope." – William Carey
Prayer
Sustaining missionary work through continuous intercession
Resources
Providing the necessary means for the expansion of the Kingdom
Sending
Commissioning workers for the harvest that is ready
Going
Responding to the call to go to the mission fields
The Pluri Hispano project is an immense and rich field of opportunities to reach lives for the kingdom of heaven. We need churches that will hold the rope with us! "Holding the rope is a call to faithfulness. Let us be those who pray, those who send, and if God calls, those who go!"
Opportunity for Partner Churches
Participation in the Great Commission
Engage directly in fulfilling Christ's mandate to reach all nations, starting with immigrants on Brazilian soil.
Support for an Emerging Field
Contribute to a strategic missionary project that responds to a current and growing need in our own country.
Sending Missionaries
Opportunity to send workers and resources to a sustainable and long-term project with potential for multiplication.
Transformative Impact
Get involved with a growing community that cries out for welcome, offering transformation through the gospel.
Strategy of Action
Mapping
Identification and demographic study of Spanish-speaking communities in Paraná, with an initial focus on Curitiba and the metropolitan region.
Evangelization and Discipleship
Development and use of bilingual materials, culturally adapted to reach and disciple Hispanic immigrants.
Church Planting
Establishment of faith communities with local leadership, contextually relevant and spiritually healthy.
Continuous Training
Training of local leaders for multiplication and ministerial autonomy, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the project.
Call to Action
Pray
Intercede for this project and for the immigrants
Contribute
Financially support this missionary work
Get Involved
Actively participate as a partner church
The time is now! God is moving the peoples and opening doors. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15). Join us in this harvest that the Lord has prepared.
Contact for more information:
Missionary Couple of Pluri Peoples:
Pastor Jamil and Elzeli Ribeiro
WhatsApp: +1 786 620 8124
Email: [email protected]