Faith, Fellowship, and Forward Motion
Encouraging news from Latin America, including renewed fellowship, ongoing Bible teaching, and recent baptisms.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Warm greetings in our Master’s name.
Though COVID is still around, our ecclesias in Latin America have returned to more normal functioning. We are pleased to report that four convivencias were held in 2025, with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Panama sponsoring events. There was broad international participation from Latin America, and most of our teachers and leaders were local brothers and sisters. Much like our Bible Schools in North America, these events serve several purposes: spiritual instruction, fellowship, friendship, and a place where our young people can meet each other. With the emergence of the internet, many of the relationships (between younger and older individuals) that begin at a convivencia continue afterwards through regular communication.
Along with the activities in local ecclesias, there is a surprising number of Zoom, Skype, and WhatsApp classes which emanate from both ecclesias and individuals every week. Baptismal, postbaptismal, Sisters’ and general Bible classes are given all over Latin America, both in areas where ecclesias are established and in others where Bible truth is just beginning to be established.
We are thankful to report eight baptisms, with another four or five who are nearing readiness for baptism.
We continue to make improvements on our labiblia site, with increased capabilities on the publicity/website traffic side of things. We have over 50 tutors in the system, at various stages of activity and engagement. As reported earlier, the system supports tutors of either language. One goal for 2026 is to reconnect with our more than 50,000 registrants and to consolidate the 10,000 students generated by Bro. Jim and Sis. Jean Hunter over the years of their work into a single database. The challenge, as always in correspondence work, is to convert a “registrant” to an active and engaged “student.”
What can you do?
- Prayer support is always essential to the work of the Lord.
- Financial support is needed and appreciated, helping all of our activities to take place.
- If you would like to volunteer as a tutor or offer your talents in other areas, contact me.
Thank you for your support during 2025. May next year see us in the Kingdom as part of that promised fulfillment of our Father’s plan for the world.
Con amor en Cristo,
Hermano Dennis
Dennis Paggi,
CBMA Chairman