My people can be your people.
My God can be your Tupana.
Who we are
The Amazon Valley Mission is a non-profit organization that aims to establish and support churches in riverside and indigenous communities, both inside and outside Brazil. For 13 years, we have asked for the Amazon as an inheritance, and God has given us the ends of the earth.
We have become a state reference in combating hunger, navigating the Solimões River with over 20 tons of food during the COVID-19 pandemic and supplying dozens of indigenous and riverside communities during the historic drought of 2023 with four tons of water. Today, we can reach four different regions of the Amazon, supporting over 60 indigenous and riverside missionaries from various parts of the Americas in five missionary bases, and we have 20 churches spread across the Amazon.
Mission
We exist to make Jesus known in the ends of the Amazon and throughout the Green Window, planting native churches, consolidating local leadership, and sending missionaries for full-time service.
Where we are
Today, we operate in four different regions of the Amazon through our missionaries, local pastors, and graduates or students in training.
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Iranduba and metropolitan region
02.
Upper Solimões
03.
Middle Solimões
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Upper Amazon
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Iranduba and metropolitan region
The central base of the Mission is located in the municipality of Iranduba, in the metropolitan region of the capital, Manaus. Iranduba is known as the city of three rivers: it is where the Negro and Solimões Rivers meet, forming the Iranduba peninsula, and from this junction, the Amazon River is born. It is the only municipality in the Amazon with this unique characteristic, making it a strategic location for boat departures.
We also work in the southern region of Iranduba, in the municipalities of Careiro and Careiro da Várzea, with a missionary training base in the riverside community of Pacatuba and a church established in the riverside community of Curarizinho. Other indigenous communities further south receive support whenever possible.
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Upper Solimões
The Upper Solimões was the first indigenous area where we began working nearly 10 years ago. Today, we have native missionaries—some trained at our Institute, others trained directly in the field—as well as indigenous pastors serving in various local churches. This region provides access to the international border, allowing us to support indigenous communities in the Peruvian territory as well.
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Middle Solimões
Additionally, in the Middle Solimões region, along the Jutaí River, there is another Mission base in the community of Estrela da Paz. There, a church has been established, and a training center for local leaders continues to grow.
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Upper Amazon
The eastern region, the Upper Amazon, on the border with Pará, is also the focus of our prayers. Currently, we have six students from this region, of the Hixkaryana ethnicity, who are being trained to be agents of transformation in their communities of origin.
Operating areas
The areas of operation of our work align with the guidelines for the Green Window, the Legal Amazon, and the International Amazon.
Green Window
We work in one of the last places on Earth where the gospel has yet to reach.
The geographical region known as the "tropical" area is also called the "green window." Between the Tropics of Cancer (23.5°S) and Capricorn (23.5°N) lies most of the world's largest forests. And what does this have to do with the gospel? This area is home to a large portion of the world’s unreached people groups. The little to no presence of the gospel here presents a strategic opportunity for advancing missionary work. Just like a window that opens, the tropical zone needs new perspectives and possibilities. Among 219 known tribes in the Amazon area alone, living in over 13,000 river branches, we realize how much openness there is in these populations for spreading the message of Jesus.
The efforts to reach and stay in these places are immense: life in the depths of tropical forests and the hundreds of languages spoken by different cultures are key challenges for those who wish to bring hope, love, and faith to these people. The extensive river distances, various state borders, and distinct realities are the main challenges to be overcome in the missionary work of the Amazon, which is unique in its logistics and execution. This is why the Mission has worked hard to provide the greatest social assistance to isolated peoples, becoming a reference in the region.
History
The Amazon Valley Mission has existed in the Amazon for 13 years. It was founded by pastors Davi and Neide Silva, who are responsible for the Acts of Justice Church, just a few years older than the mission itself.
He is a riverside dweller from the area surrounding Iranduba, with his family being pioneers in the establishment of the city of Iranduba, just over 40 years ago. He knows the region of the Mission’s central base well since childhood and has an unstoppable desire to see the gospel being proclaimed in every place that other missionaries have not gone. She, from the interior of Pará, raised on the banks of rivers with waterfalls, is passionate about eternity and wants to take the name of Jesus to her Amazonian people, even to the last ethnic group, in their respective languages.
The church began with the congregation of these two great families. From the beginning, the members’ desire to visit the nearby riverside communities motivated them to create a mission ministry, which later became the Amazon Valley Mission. For this reason, the Mission’s central headquarters is located at the same address as the church. This is undeniably an advantage for the various students and missionaries from other municipalities and Brazilian states who come to study or serve in the Mission, as they can experience immersion in the context of the Acts of Justice Church and understand Jesus’ vision for the ends: to be one family.
Today, the Acts of Justice Church is the main supporter of the Amazon Valley Mission, bringing an unprecedented responsibility to the Iranduba members before a work that has grown and become greater than they expected. Although the church is still small in terms of membership, it is no longer possible to control the borders of the work, as, through missionaries, indigenous people, and riverside dwellers, Jesus has multiplied the reach and impact of what is preached there.
However, we are not alone. Partners from various churches in different Brazilian states and other parts of the world have made the advancement of the mission in the Green Window possible. God has given specific keys to churches all over Brazil that have prayed and given offerings for the Amazon, forming all of us into a body in the Great Commission. Without these partners, many of the communities where we work today would hardly have been reached.
In 2020, the first inaugural class was held: the Amazon Valley Mission then created an Institute. The Institute, at the time named the Acts Theological Biblical Institute (IBTA) in honor of the founding church’s name, is now called the Amazon Valley Institute (IVA). Its goal is to prepare native indigenous and riverside missionaries for the evangelization of their communities and villages. This is because only those trained to deal with the Amazon environment can penetrate the heart of the Amazon rainforest, respecting its cultures, languages, and worldviews. Here, each student experiences an immersion in the reality of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The message of the Kingdom will reach fields where only their feet can tread. To consecrate them is a privilege, and to send them is our duty. This was, therefore, the first step toward what we believe is the beginning of the fourth missionary wave, which will spread throughout Brazil and influence the nations of the earth.
