Emmanuel International

God’s Love In Action, February 20, 2025

Exodus34:6,7a. “And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;”

 Alfred Graca town in Northern Minas Gerais, in 1998 was an area devastated by three years of poor rains.  A group of Presbyterian churches in Belo Horizonte came together with support from Emmanuel International to provide food packages for the poorest families every two weeks.  22 years later, Igreja Presbiteriana church in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais continues the heart of service for those in need.  Throughout the Covid pandemic, this church provided food packages for 500 families continuously over the course of a year.  This church is a partner church of Missao Emanuel do Brasil (MEB), an affiliate of Emmanuel International.  It is pastored by Tarcisio Porto who himself served on MEB teams in the early 1980s.  Tarcisio continues to encourage the people of his church to be active in Christ-centered outreach, in mission.

Where it all started

September 12, 2024

The Letters of Patent declaring Emmanuel Relief and Rehabilitation International to be a recognized charitable organization is dated September 11, 1975.  September 12, 2024 begins our 50th year, our Jubilee year!  In the Bible, every 50th year was a reset year, a year of rest. The Jubilee was a year of acknowledging Sovereign God, His grace, His provision, His heart for His people.  

With Samuel of old, on the 12th of September 2024, join us in raising our Ebenezer; for truly, ‘hitherto has the LORD helped us.” 

 I Samuel 7:12:  “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far has the LORD helped us.”