South America




Brazil

Brazil

World Horizons has a long history of mobilization and training in Brazil, with hundreds sent over the years. Over fifty Brazilian World Horizons mission workers are currently serving around the world.

We offer two training programs:

Online Training for Professionals in Missions
The Online Training for Professionals in Missions (three months) is a short term, fully online training course, specially developed for those who wish to use their profession in a way to serve the Lord, applying their technical/professional knowledge, talents and personal abilities for the expansion of the Kingdom by reaching the people "to the ends of the earth".

January in Missions
January in Missions is a short term and intensive training (21 days) held every January in the city of Coronel Oviedo in Paraguay. Each candidate will have the opportunity to receive practical knowledge of cross-cultural mission through the World Horizons team working in Paraguay.

All our ministries are looking for people to help. If you are interested in serving with us or would like to find out more, please let us know.

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    Paraguay

    Paraguay

    Paraguay has two official languages, Spanish and Guaraní (along with Jopará, a mixture of both). The majority of the Paraguayan population see themselves as Catholic, with data from the Vatican City stating that Paraguay is the country in Latin America with the highest percentage of Catholic people, and it is also the only Latin American country in which Catholicism exceeds 85% of the total population.

    Paraguay is the country with the smallest decrease in Catholicism (4% decrease between 1996 and 2013). On the other hand, the growth of the Protestant church is smaller than the decrease in the Catholic Church. The largest Protestant denominations in Paraguay are the Mennonites, followed by Baptists, Reformed Baptists, Presbyterians and Pentecostals.

    Located in the city of Coronel Oviedo, World Horizons has had a team in Paraguay since 2015. In the year of 2009, they founded a church in a peripheral neighborhood of the city with no church presence. In addition to educational services, we work with the neighborhood children teaching the Word of God and giving them lunch every Saturday.

    They also serve lunch on Tuesdays for the whole community and take packed lunches to the patients in the public hospital, since the government doesn't provide food for the sick. Every January they host a summer missions program for young people, where they offer some formal training as well as practical opportunities for service.

    All our ministries are looking for people to help. If you are interested in serving with us or would like to find out more, please let us know.

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      Venezuela

      Venezuela
      World Horizons has been working in Venezuela for over twenty years. Working in partnership with local churches, several mission workers have been trained and sent to work with teams in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and also to the indigenous people groups living within Venezuela.

      We are very excited to see a new generation of workers emerging from South America. The training programs carried out by Mundo Horizontes Venezuela involve a commitment to 14 months of discipleship and mission training. The program runs in a variety of locations in Venezuela, including studies at the team’s training base. Trainees also make visits to some of the indigenous people groups living in the country and to neighboring Guyana. Following the training, workers serve on a two year placement with a World Horizons team, living among some of the least reached peoples within the 10:40 window. The hope is that many will then commit to serving in mission on a full-time basis.

      Our team in Venezuela is also committed to church planting among the Warao people. They are a semi-nomadic people whose population is the second largest of the indigenous people groups living in the nation. Our team plans to train Warao believers, so they can lead local churches in the future, as well as develop an emerging mission movement of their own in the region.

      All our ministries are looking for people to help. If you are interested in serving with us or would like to find out more, please let us know.
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        Join Our Teams in South America

        Our teams in South America receive those that want to join their team on a long-term placement. Prior to going to the field, new team members must complete one of our long-term training programs. Once on the field, they generally spend their first two years focused on language learning while engaging in ministries established by the long-term team. Whichever country new members join, they will focus from the beginning on encouraging local Christians and getting to know non-Christians through the team’s ministries.

        If you’re interested in learning more about our teams in South America, please complete the contact form below.