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Ministries

Riverside communities

Evangelism, church planting and building, and holistic discipleship in communities along the river.

Description

Bringing the gospel to the Amazon’s Indigenous communities also means building the place where each one can worship God. Our desire is that no community is left without a church building and a congregation to walk with it.

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We evangelize, plant and build churches, baptize new believers in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, present couples before God in their marriage commitment, and disciple the Amazon’s pastors so they have tools for their churches to grow.

What we do

  • 01Community evangelism
  • 02Church planting
  • 03Church building
  • 04Holistic discipleship
  • 05Baptisms in the Amazon River
  • 06Community weddings in Indigenous communities

Riverside communities

See it up close

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A church on the shore of every community

Six ways the gospel takes root along the river.

  • Evangelize

    We travel by river and through the jungle to reach each community with the good news.

  • Plant churches

    We walk with new believers until a congregation with its own roots is born.

  • Build churches

    Together with each community we raise a place to gather and worship God.

  • Baptize in the river

    New believers are baptized in the Amazon’s waters, before their whole community.

  • Community weddings

    We present couples before God in their marriage commitment.

  • Disciple pastors

    We teach and accompany pastors so that their churches grow healthy.

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

Matthew 28:19

Riverside communities

A church on every bank of the river

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Reach

116Churches planted and built in the tri-border region

49 communities on the map

Tap a maloca on the map to see the community’s details.

Each maloca, the gathering house of Amazonian communities, represents a church planted. The blue maloca is a YWAM base. Illustrative map: positions are approximate.

See the list of communities
  • 2 de Mayo Church planted
  • Atalaia do Norte Church planted · Brazil
  • Atlántida Church planted
  • Bellavista Callarú Church planted
  • Benjamin Constant Church planted · Brazil
  • Buen Jardín Church planted
  • Buen Suceso Church planted
  • Caballo Cocha Church planted · Peru
  • Canaán Church planted
  • Chinería Church planted
  • Cuchillococha Church planted · Peru
  • El Vergel Church planted · Colombia
  • Erené Church planted
  • Gamboa Church planted
  • Islandia Church planted · Peru
  • Jerusalén Church planted
  • Leticia YWAM base · Colombia · Jerusalem (Leticia)
  • Limonero Church planted
  • Macedonia Church planted · Colombia
  • Mocagua Church planted · Colombia
  • Nueva Zelandia Church planted
  • Nuevo Ambiente Church planted
  • Nuevo Horizonte Church planted
  • Paraíso Church planted
  • Pobre Alegre Church planted
  • Puerto Alegre Church planted
  • Puerto Alegría Church planted
  • Puerto Líbano Church planted
  • Puerto Nariño Church planted · Colombia
  • Ronda (JUCUM El Puente) YWAM base · Colombia
  • Rondiña Church planted
  • Rondiña 2 Church planted
  • Rondiña 3 Church planted
  • San Antonio Church planted
  • San Fernando Church planted
  • San Juan de Atacuari Church planted · Colombia
  • San Juan del Cacao Church planted
  • San Miguel Church planted
  • San Pedro · Atlántida Church planted
  • San Pedro · Vista Alegre Church planted
  • San Sebastián Church planted
  • Santa Cecilia Church planted
  • Santa Rita Church planted
  • Santa Rosa Church planted
  • Santa Teresa Church planted
  • Simón Rivera Church planted
  • Vista Alegre Church planted
  • Yahuma Church planted
  • Zaragoza Church planted · Colombia

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