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John and Eliane ministering at an orphanage in Cidade de Esperanca in the state of Rio Grande do Norte
"There is nothing in this world you can take to Heaven with you except your investment in another soul" - Jack Skinner, Miracles and Missions Digest.
Want to help win the lost to Christ? Make out your checks to: Brazil and Beyond Ministry and mail it to Ciera Bank, 623 Elm St. Graham, TX 76450. They will deposit it in our account. We don't give a permanent address here because we move abound a lot and with the drug problem crime is getting worse so we don't want criminals knowing where we live. Thank you for your understanding!
Eliâne, (pronounced Elly AH ne) was born in Brazil and saved at an early age and baptized in the Holy Spirit at 17 years of age. She was active in her church and taught Sunday School, and married her husband John in Brazil. They both now reside in Brazil since July 20, 2016.
Dr. Gary Barkman the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Christian Church of the United States and Canada has remarked, “When she preaches, the Holy Spirit shows up." John did not get saved until after he reached adulthood when he had a dramatic encounter with the Lord. He has been on fire for the things of God ever since.
Their ministry officially got started in 1996 when they took their first mission trip to Brazil. It took them eight years to save enough money to make that first trip and 43 people were saved. Shortly upon returning home they attended the church business meeting and discovered the church income had increased about 33% but despite that increase there was not a corresponding increase in the number of new salvations.
This troubled John and it was then he made the decision he was not going to wait another eight years to save enough money to make the next mission trip to Brazil. Instead he was going to take a portion of his tithe and have it placed in a fund in the church for that purpose. The church leaders agreed. So by 1998 there was enough money to make a second mission trip to Brazil and another in the year 2001.
In the meantime in 1996 John and Eliâne began ministering in the Parker County jail under chaplain Sonny Buckingham in Weatherford, TX and Eliâne ministered in the Union Gospel Mission, a shelter for homeless people, in Fort Worth, TX. In 2006 she was awarded “Minister of the Year” by the Union Gospel Mission. John writes and sings gospel songs and finally in 2007 began to share this music ministry on the radio. The first station was KLNG in Omaha, Nebraska.
By the year 2001 a few more people began sharing that same vision for winning the lost in Brazil and what the Bakers were doing here in the United States, and since then they have taken a mission trip to Brazil each year. Their heart's passion is to do full time ministry.
A very strong anointing accompanies them as they minister, and it keeps growing more powerful. They have preached and taught in jails, homeless shelters, retirement homes, on the street, in crusades, one on one, in hospitals, orphanages, and in churches. They have seen the Lord heal cancer, paralytics, deafness, demonic possession which is very common in Brazil, freedom from drug and alcoholism, and now hundreds get saved on each trip to Brazil. The Bakers continually make themselves available to minister where ever the Lord opens the door. God has used Eliane and John to preach the word as the Holy Spirit moves powerfully to save the lost and confirm the word; with signs, wonders, and miracles following.
Catch the vision: Every Christian a Soul Winner!
They have ministered in the following U.S. jails:
Parker County Jail, TX
Navarro County Jail, TX
Montague County Jail, TX
John R. Lindsay State Jail, Jacksboro, TX
Archer County Jail, Archer City, TX
They have ministered in jails in most of the cities visited in Brazil.
Ministry in the following churches in the USA, and many more in Brazil.
Tolar Assembly of God - Tolar, TX
Cool Assembly of God - Cool, TX
North Side Assembly of God - Corsicana, TX
Good News Revival Center - Weatherford, TX
Harvest Hills Family Church - Weatherford, TX
Trinity Christian Center (Now Oasis of Life) - Graham, TX
Church of the Nazarene - Graham, TX
Union Gospel Church - Ft. Worth, TX
Anneta United Methodist Church - Aledo, TX
Rogersville Full Gospel Church, Rogersville, MO
Seminar - Growth in Christian Living, Graham, TX
International Conference - Evangelical Christian Church of the U.S. and Canada, Granbury, TX
Faith Family Church, Kaufman, TX
Jesus Name Church, Jacksboro, TX Rock of Helps Church, Weatherford, TX
Life Fellowship, Bowie, TX Legacy Church of God, Wichita Falls, TX
Ministry has been in jails, shelters, churches, schools, rehab clinics etc. in the following areas of Brazil.
State of Goias
Amorinlopolis
Anapolis
Anicuns
Aragoiania
Aurilandia
Cachoeira de Goias
Campos Verde
Carmo do Rio Verde
Catuari
Ceres
Deuslandia
Fazenda Nova
Goiania
Goianira
Goias, Goias
Inhumas
Ipiranga de Goias
Ipora
Itaberai
Itaguari
Itaguaru
Itapaci
Itapirapua
Jaragua
Jussara
Montes Claros
Morrinhos
Mossamedess
Narzario
Neropolis
Nova America
Nova Gloria
Nova Veneza
Novo Brazil
Orizona
Parauna
Petrolina
Piraconjuba
Pires do Rio
Pirienopolis
Ranch outside Goianira
Rialma
Rianopolis
Firminopolis
Rubiataba
Sancrerlandia
Santa Terezinha do Goias
Sao Luis do Montes Belos
Sao Luiz do Norte
Sao Patricia
Terezinha
Trindade
Turvania
State of Rio Grande do Norte
Acari
Conguaratama
Currias Novas
Natal
Nova Cruz
Santa Cruz
Tangara
State of Minas Gerais
Andradas
Presidente Olegario
Monte Carmelo
Romaria
State of Minas Gerais
Andradas
Cruzeiro da Prata (interior de Pres. Oligario)
Presidente Olegario
IT IS VIDEO MUSIC TIME! THE FOLLOWING SONGS WERE ALL WRITTEN BY JOHN TO GLORIFY THE LORD! For many more: Go to youtube and type: johnbrooksbaker