Testimony of Salvation

Pastor Antonio is the Pastor of IBF in Santa Maria. On May 14,1995 , the Lord touched the heart of missionary Roger Crowder to accompany some of the folk from Igreja Batista Fundamental on a trip to Santa Maria for Mother´s day. Many of them had family in Santa Maria.

My brother, Alex Sandro, and my sister-in-law, Fabiane, were in that first group to visit with Pastor Roger. They, along with my Uncle Daniel, had invited Pastor Roger to hold services at my mother´s house in a villa (favela) where there was no water or electricity. There were 54 people present that night, but there was no way to read the Scriptures because of lack of light.

The Lord was merciful and His love reached the hearts of many present. Just about everyone in my family was saved that night, with the exception of me and my wife. My life was in shambles. Married for just over a year, I was already staying out all night, drinking, smoking, fighting with my wife and, worst of all, going my own way far away from God. I worked in a shoe factory and thought I had all I needed, but was being fooled by the Devil and was constructing my own destruction. Read the rest of Pastor Antonio's testimony and calling to the minsitry