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Santo Antonio de Mamuriacá
In August 2010, West Amazon Missions traveled with several organizations to plant a church in Santo Antonio de Mamuriacá. A
small village, Santo Antonio is home to just over 200 families. The surrounding population is about 2,000.
While they had a Catholic building in the village, a priest only came once every three months to conduct a thirty minute mass.
The people were virtually without the Gospel or Christian leaders. But God was moving in hearts. In 2007, WAM supported the
construction of a church plant in Nhamundá, a nearby city of 6,000. Just 3 years later, God would use that church to reach out
to Santo Antonio, planting its own church there and sending a pastor.
WAM provided construction support and coordination for the 2010 mission trip which included: Nova Igreja Batista (WAM's
partner church), Amazon Outreach, First Baptist Terrell Texas and Prestonwood Baptist in Dallas. Construction took just 4
days. And, while volunteers built the church, a team of evangelists, doctors and children's workers saw many decisions for
Christ. The inaugural service was standing room only; the church was packed with some 250+ people. One woman paddled
from 2 hours away to bring her children in a canoe.
We praise God for His work in Santo Antonio. Please pray with us to reach the other 33,000 communities in the Amazon.
In August 2010, West Amazon Missions traveled with several organizations to plant a church in Santo Antonio de Mamuriacá. A
small village, Santo Antonio is home to just over 200 families. The surrounding population is about 2,000.
While they had a Catholic building in the village, a priest only came once every three months to conduct a thirty minute mass.
The people were virtually without the Gospel or Christian leaders. But God was moving in hearts. In 2007, WAM supported the
construction of a church plant in Nhamundá, a nearby city of 6,000. Just 3 years later, God would use that church to reach out
to Santo Antonio, planting its own church there and sending a pastor.
WAM provided construction support and coordination for the 2010 mission trip which included: Nova Igreja Batista (WAM's
partner church), Amazon Outreach, First Baptist Terrell Texas and Prestonwood Baptist in Dallas. Construction took just 4
days. And, while volunteers built the church, a team of evangelists, doctors and children's workers saw many decisions for
Christ. The inaugural service was standing room only; the church was packed with some 250+ people. One woman paddled
from 2 hours away to bring her children in a canoe.
We praise God for His work in Santo Antonio. Please pray with us to reach the other 33,000 communities in the Amazon.