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Spiritual Transformation Continues In Brazil // Renewal Journal

A spiritual transformation continues in Goiania, Brazil. The city is experiencing increasing receptivity to the Gospel and evangelicals have grown from 7% to 45% of the population in the last 7 years. A city delegation asked a Christian radio show to return to the airwaves. Elisabeth Cornelio had hosted a daily prayer program with 200,000 listeners, but devaluation of the Brazilian Real pressured the station owner to charge much higher rates for air time. The prayer movement could not afford the increase, so it stopped broadcasting for three months. During that time the station's ratings reportedly dropped from 3rd to 17th place among the other stations, and the city's crime rate rose 40%. City officials, including the mayor and chief of police, asked Cornelio in May to restart the broadcasts at the original price.

Every month the city updates the prayer program on the latest criminal trends so its listeners can pray. Evangelistic efforts are proving fruitful, Christians say. Christian midwives anoint newborns with oil and dedicate them to God. Others visit supermarkets, praying for the shoppers. Some Christians rise at 4 a.m. to walk among commuters on public transportation and pray for them. Mobile prayer teams are starting churches. Christians go door-to-door offering prayer to those they meet. Every Saturday, about 150 people reportedly become Christians and a new church is started most weekends. The prayer also changes the spiritual atmosphere, increasing people's openness to the Gospel. One day, several women stood in front of a bar at which men were drinking. At first, they made jokes, asking us if we wanted a glass of milk, Cornelio said. The women told them they wanted to preach the Gospel to them. One man began to sob quietly, and they preached to the entire bar, Cornelio said. That evening, all 20 men decided to follow Jesus.

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