Fernandes
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal The Christmas Bells continue to ring, calling people to see what the Lord has made known to us. Using the festive season to share the Message of the True Christmas has always been my custom. This year, I have been using the Christmas Market for this purpose. There we […]
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal The Biblical Baptist Church of Cartaxo is completing 5 years of existence and is beginning to take its first steps on its own. Five years may seem like a short time, but the dream and the struggle began much earlier. I am very thankful to God because, in the midst […]
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal This week, Portugal experienced death. It arrived suddenly and with no warning. A road accident brought an end to the lives of two young men filled with hope and dreams. Diogo Jota and André Silva: two famous European soccer players, one of which played for Liverpool FC. Their lives were […]
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal At Easter, I brought my mother from the small village where she lives, a peaceful and lovely place. However, when I got home, I heard news that shocked me. A quiet and easygoing couple took their own lives. Suicide in Portugal has been on the rise. Currently, it is the […]
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal Queridos irmãos e amigos: Chegamos a 2025 cheios de gratidão! Isto não significa que tudo aconteceu como queríamos, mas em todas as coisas, quer estejamos com as mãos cheias ou vazias, somos mais do que vencedores, por meio daquele que nos amou. A igreja Batista do Cartaxo deu os primeiros […]
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal Dear brothers, sisters, and friends, We arrived to 2025 full of gratitude! This does not mean that everything has happened as we wished, but in everything, whether our hands are full or empty, we are more than winners through the One who loved us all. The Baptist Church in Cartaxo […]
THE BEGINNING It all started as a dream. In 1987, Deise and I arrived to Portugal. We worked for one year as interns at Word of Life Portugal in the area of sharing the Gospel and discipleship. In 1989, Deise and I were sent as missionaries by our local churches, as assistants in church planting […]
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal One and a half million people, youth from many different nations arrived to Lisbon in August to hear Pope Francis. I was surprised by the singularity of many things, eyes drawn to pretty words, words of social welfare, but words which were empty of the essence of Jesus Christ. The […]
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal God loves Cartaxo! This is the statement presented at the entrance to our church building. It is the truth we wish for this people to discover and witness the way we live. “As I have loved you, so you must love one another” John 13:34 Click here to read […]
Update from Isabel Fernandes Portugal To recycle is essential to the balance of the world. It is a practice which is also becoming urgent in missionary work. In this context we have been more sensitive to a rapidly changing world, to cultural differences and new trends. Meanwhile. we are certain that unless the Lord […]