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Felipe Assis

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Miami, FL United States

Felipe Assis is a Brazilian church planter who has spent about a third of his life (as a toddler, as a child and as an adult) in North America. He has earned a Th.B from Semino Presbiteriano do Norte and an M.Div from RTS.

Felipe planted his first church, Igreja Presbiteriana Curado 4 at the age of 18 and has recently come from five years of church planting in Recife - Brazil where he and wife Beth founded Comunidade Memorial. Beth and Felipe are currently in Miami, FL with their two daughters Analisse and Zoe planting Crossbridge Church.

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"Sabado de Aleluia": Accomplished Salvation setting the pace for Salvation Applied

03 Apr 2010

Today is Easter Saturday 2010. In Latin America we call it "Sábado de Aleluia" which can be translated as Hallelujah Saturday.  Growing up I always questioned why they called it Hallelujah Saturday.  After all, if there was a sentiment that represented what Jesus' disciples were going through after the "raboni" was buried it would ...

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16 Principles for a Healthy Replant

08 Sep 2009

According to statistical reports every year more than 4,000 churches close their doors in America compared to just over 1,000 new church starts. While clearly more church planting is needed ...

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A short piece on sports and spirituality

12 Nov 2009

I'm a sports fan and for a while I've been wanting to write a short piece on it. Specially about where sports interacts and intersects with spirituality.

I've often found myself comparing what happens in my soul when I play a soccer match, read the sports section of an online paper ...

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Church Planting Reminders

21 May 2010

Yesterday I spent most of day in the Brickell area. I led a Bible study, met with a core group member, met with my staff, a local community group leader and a music industry executive. In between the meetings I shook hands with city counsel members, introduced myself to a few local professionals and ...

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De-industrializing The Church, Part 1

13 Apr 2012

[This was originally posted on Felipe's blog.]

Despite the growing number of megachurches in America, the truth of the matter is that Christianity is in decline in our culture. I’ve heard Alan Hirsch explain the phenomenon as one of reconfiguration due to a lack of understanding of the true ...

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