The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1959

January 1959 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Page Seventeen - BRAZIL AS A MISSIONARY CHALLENGE Tl1r eclitor of tl1t1 ) l l3 a .1. ·ig·11ecl t 11 is ,,·ri te1· tl1 e t as l<: of f o 110,, 1 i11g 1111 l)astor Rl>)T ( ' l<l rl{ H fi11 ae– eol111t of tl1e 1( 1 1 ( 1 ( 1 0 11grlls:, \vitl1 o l . ·er,·atio11. 011 the 111j ~,. ·io11ar,.. • <'l1alle11ge of ~ot1th l31·azil, a11d tl1e ,,·orl( of tl1e 1 le,?rla11cl II l)1·e,v :\ i:sio11 at 1 ao I_)aL1lo i11 I a1·tict1la1\ Tl1e 11opt1latio11 of 13razil ,vhic]1 i . l i:ted at approxi111a tel)' f if t:y· -t,,·o 111illio11 ( 3.... ,()00,000 ) is largely eo11ee11 tra t eel i11 tl1e . ·011 tl1 a 11cl alo11g· the coa8t . 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