Aliança Evangélica Menonita (AEM) is an an alliance of of about 37 Portuguese-speaking churches in six regions.
Aliança Evangélica Menonita (AEM) is an an alliance of 39 Portuguese-speaking churches in six regions.
The 39
AEM churches are in ten states and include over 3,000 members. Additional new congregations are in various stages of development. Among the distinctive gifts that AEM has identified are involvement in community projects, counseling, creation of evangelical music, and choreography.
In 1998, AEM organized JMMI (Junta de Missões Menonitas Internacionais) for international mission work. At the Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Zimbabwe in 2003, Brazilians were among those who organized a meeting of Portuguese speakers – a first-time event. Since that time, there have been other exchanges, including in 2009, a visit in Brazil from members of the Portuguese-speaking African delegation after the MWC Assembly in Paraguay.
Mission workers from predecessor agencies, Commission on Overseas Mission and Mennonite Board of Missions, worked together with Brazilian German and Portuguese-speaking Mennonites in the development of AEM. Mennonite Mission Network supports the mission involvements of AEM in Brazil and internationally.
Mission workers from predecessor agencies, Commission on Overseas Mission and Mennonite Board of Missions, worked together with Brazilian German and Portuguese-speaking Mennonites in the development of AEM. The most recent workers, Betty and Otis Hochstetler, retired in Brasilia in 2005, and continue participating with AEM in many ways. Mennonite Mission Network supports the mission involvements of AEM in Brazil and internationally.
Visit one congregation’s Facebook page: Comunidade Menonita do Gama
