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George and Eunice Harmon
John and Ana Harmon
David and Debbie Thompson
JoAnna Thompson
Alice Thompson
George and Eunice (Nice) Harmon's main focus is pastoring the Araçatuba Bible Church. George is also a teacher at the
Bible Seminary of Evangelization (SBE). Harmony Camp
is seven miles from the city of Araçatuba, São Paulo. George is the Camp Director; George's son, Nathan, is the Program Director. The
camp has a full camp program reaching children,
adolescents and young people with a capacity of 120+ campers. The grounds are also used for conferences, retreats and events on holidays. George
is also a teacher at the Bible Seminary of Evangelization (SBE).The George Harmon's have four adopted children: Tim, Nathan, Évely and Mélanie. Tim and Nathan are both graduates of the Bible Seminary of Evangelization (SBE). Nathan graduated from Frontier School of the Bible in Wyoming in 2008, and is the Director at Harmony Camp, and a teacher at an English school. Nathan was married to Ana on August 6, 2011 and he is the Youth Leader at the Araçatuba Bible Church. Tim helps in the ministries, and seeks the Lord's will for his future. Évely studies and teaches English; Mélanie teaches in an English school, and takes a college course. The children all participate in the Harmony Camp and Harmony Bible Church work.
George was both a student and teacher at the Bible Institute! Later, he completed his studies at Moody Bible Institute and Calvary Bible College in the USA. It was in 1976 that he met Eunice, a student at the Bible Institute in Araçatuba, São Paulo, who was preparing for missionary work. A year later, they were married. George and Eunice Harmon joined the Brazil Inland Mission, Inc. on April 26, 2002.
HISTORY. George Harmon was born in a mission hospital, the youngest of four children of pioneer missionaries to the Indians, Charles and Ruth Harmon. The family relocated to Araçatuba, São Paulo, and continued there in active ministries after his mother Ruth was stricken with polio. At age sixteen, George accepted Christ at a Word of Life camp in São Paulo. Together, in 1972, brothers John and George Harmon founded the Bible Institute of Evangelism, (now, the Bible Seminary of Evangelization (SBE). George was ordained to the ministry, helped in church planting, and helped to found the Araçatuba Bible Church and the current Bible Seminary of Evangelization (SBE) together with his brother, John. George realized his dream for constructing the Harmony Camp in 1999. With help of brethren in the States, land was purchased and buildings constructed, and a thriving camp ministry continues to this day.
"Our main purpose is to preach and teach Christ with joy, with the objective of making disciples and glorifying God."
--Rejoicing always,
The George Harmon Family
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George and Eunice Harmon Caixa Postal 29 16001-970 Araçatuba, São Paulo Brazil, South America Email:  Harmony Camp: www.aibfb.org/harmony |
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John and Ana Harmon serve the Lord in Araçatuba, São Paulo, in southern Brazil. John, former Director of the Bible
Seminary of Evangelization (Seminário Bíblico de Evangelização), continues to teach classes. John administrated the Seminary for many years,
resigning from the Director Position in March of 2009. He pastors the growing
Boa Vista Bible Church, and supervises a branch congregation, Hope Bible Church. Ana cooks for the single students of
the Seminary. She leads the women's ministries at Boa Vista Bible Church, and helps in children's ministries. Both John and
Ana are greatly involved in a discipleship ministry. John and Ana have three children: John Carlos, Jr., Rebecca and
Hadassa. John and Ana Harmon joined the Brazil Inland Mission, Inc. on April 26, 2002.HISTORY. John Harmon is the eldest son of Charles and Ruth Harmon, who began to serve as missionaries in Brazil in 1936. John was born in Battle Creek, MI; his younger brother George and sisters Virginia and Joía were born in Brazil. The family served with the Nambiguara and Terena Indians, and later in Araçatuba, São Paulo. In 1963, John gave his life to the Lord. Two years of serving in the United States Army in Germany proved to be of key importance of fundamental teaching and biblical principles as John worked with the Navigators. John returned from the Army to Battle Creek, MI, where he finished studies at Western Michigan University, and then went to the Boot Camp training of New Tribes Mission. In 2011, John completed his Doctorate of Divinity by correspondence with Master's International College in CA.
John returned to Brazil on September 25, 1970 to join his parents in ministry in Araçatuba. John's father became very ill and went to be with the Lord shortly after his arrival to help his parents. Instead of going into tribal work, the Lord led John to work with his brother George and mother Ruth in Araçatuba, São Paulo. John began a radio ministry and established churches and administrated and taught in the Seminary. John and Ana also ministered at Goiania for fifteen years where he started the Goiania Bible Church and another church, even helping establish a Seminary there. Until the time of her death in March 2009, John and Ana cared for Ruth Harmon, John's mother, in their home. At present, John and Ana live in the home which was built for his parents thirty-seven years ago!
CHILDREN. John, Jr., is married to Léia, and is ministering at a church in São Paulo, and is a leader of Explosive Evangelism throughout Brazil. Rebecca graduated with a degree in Nursing, and is taking post-graduate work in São Paulo, Brazil. Hadassa graduated from the SBE seminary, and then married Daniel Rodrigues on June 26, 2004. Daniel is the leader of young people and the worship services at a large Baptist Church as of 2009. Daniel ministers at the Bible Seminary of Evangelization (SBE) in administration and teaching. Hadassa began an English school on the seminary premises. Both Daniel and Hadassa are furthering their studies at a university.
"We are thrilled to be a part of the Brazil Inland Mission, as our ministry and that of the Mission are the same!"
--Always advancing,
The John Harmon Family
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Rev. and Mrs. John C. Harmon Rua Paraíso, 1779 16045-160 Araçatuba, São Paulo Brazil, South America Email:  |
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David Michel Thompson and Deborah Lee Nichols serve the Lord in the city of Vitória da Conquista, BAHIA. One of David's
main challenges is to lead the Urbis I church as its temporary pastor and to train and establish it, preparing it for a new Brazilian pastor.
He also supervises the development of a new congregation in Vila América. Other ministries
of the Thompsons include evangelism, church planting, discipleship, counseling, teaching and assistance in the Thompson Bible Theological
Seminary, development of the Armindo Gomes Bible Camp, coordination with the Alliance of Fundamental Bible Churches of Brazil,
and general oversight of the mission work in east-central Brazil.David is the son of senior BIM missionaries, Robert and Alice Thompson. Deborah is the daughter of Charles and Joan Nichols, associated with a life of ministry in the pastorate and in Latin American missions. David and Debbie married in Iowa, on June 16, 1984, and they have three children: David Andrew (1986), JoAnna (1989) and Jonathan (1999). David and Debbie (together with their youngest child, Jonathan) have ministered for several terms. JoAnna completed her Bible education in May of 2011 at Calvary Bible College & Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. Andrew lives in Belton, MO, where he is employed and seeks the Lord's will for His future.
HISTORY. In 1984, David and Debbie Thompson began church planting at a congregation in Urbis I, which now is an organized church and has its own ample church facilities. Another work was begun in Lagoa do Temóteo in 1994, under the supervision of missionary David Thompson. In 1997, David helped to organize a fellowship of small mission groups, independent workers and pastors -- the Alliance of Fundamental Bible Churches of Brazil. David has given much help in the Thompson Theological Bible Seminary (2000), and both he and Debbie teach. They founded a new church in the suburb of Petrópolis in 1998--the Calvary Bible Church. That church was turned over to Brazilian leadership in January 2007 under the ministry of Pastor Hartman.
The David Thompsons and the churches and pastors of the entire fields in the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Paraná, also work in cooperation with the Union of Bible Churches. Churches--located principally in the state of São Paulo and in Goiás--including the ministries of BIM missionaries John and Harmon, George and Eunice Harmon, and national churches and congregations. (See: Opportunities, Missionaries, Ministries & Locations.)
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Rev. & Mrs. David Thompson Caixa Postal 184 45.001-970 Vitória da Conquista, Bahia Brazil, South America Email:  Home Phone: #011-55-77-3422-4129 SKYPE: ddt1984 District Secretary: Mrs. Duane (Cristina) Smith 203 Allamakee Waukon, IA 52172 E-mail:  Phone: (563) 568-6027 |
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Missionaries raise their own financial support for the field. They also encourage, inform and maintain their own supporters.
Introducing Missionary candidate, Miss JoAnna Thompson:
In a historical Brazil Inland Mission, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting on July 23, 2011, JoAnna Thompson was officially accepted as a full-time candidate of the BIM. JoAnna, daughter of missionaries David & Debbie Thompson, has long felt the calling of God in her young life into full-time Missionary work. Upon graduation with a B.S. degree in May of 2011 from Calvary Bible College and Theological Seminary, JoAnna began the application process with the BIM. Her future plans includes raising a prayerful and financial team. Her desire is to minister in Vitória da Conquista in the areas of church planting and growth (Vila America), and the public school ministry. In Brazil, public schools have a required hour of "religion" that opens the door for wonderful opportunities to share Jesus Christ with literally thousands of children per week! "Please pray with me about these exciting opportunities. Pray that God would continue to lead and confirm what He would have me do, and that I would be attentive to His direction." The BIM Board of Directors whole-heartedly endorses JoAnna and asks you prayerfully consider being a part of her "team!"
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JoAnna Thompson 6100 E. 155th Street, Apt. B Grandview, MO 64030 Email:  |
Alice Thompson continues her ministry with the Brazil Inland Mission, Inc. in publication of the bi-monthly prayer calendars. She maintains updated news and prayer requests/praises from the missionaries.
Robert and Alice Thompson served as BIM missionaries for 43 years in Brazil and were the remaining founders of the Brazil Inland Mission, Inc. that was established in 1954. As a devoted team, they helped pioneer the work of the Brazil Inland Mission, Inc., beginning on April 21, 1955, in the then jungle area of the northwestern part of the state of PARANÁ in southern Brazil. In Umuarama, they served the Lord in church planting for 13 years and also founded the Evangelical Grade School in 1964 which still functions. In 1968, they founded the Southern Theological Bible Seminary which Robert directed and in which they both taught for 27 years while raising five children.
In 2000, that seminary was moved to Vitória da Conquista, BAHIA, and continues with about 40 students in excellent facilities with an outstanding staff and teaching body--under the new name of Thompson Theological Bible Seminary. The Thompsons retired from active missionary service in January 1996 and resided on the Thompson homestead farm in Minnesota.
Robert was ushered into the presence of the Lord on June 23, 2009. Alice is now the sole surviving member of the original founders of the BIM; she re-located to Waukon in northeast Iowa in July 2010. What the Thompsons started in Brazil continues through the lives of their son David and family, through the efforts of all who are connected with the Brazil Inland Mission and who support its cause and, finally, in the lives of many beloved Brazilian brethren. Their life-long motto has been: "Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord," Hosea 6:3a. Alice continues to serve the Lord in missions and wherever He calls her.
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Mrs. Alice E. Thompson 101 8th Avenue NW #104 Waukon, IA 52172 Phone: (563) 568-4542 |
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