Changed at Camp, Changing Portugal | Calling Story with Duarte Casmarrinha (Ep. 217)

What does it look like to fully embrace the local church and global missions -- not as competing callings, but as one? Duarte Casmarrinha, National Director of TeachBeyond Portugal and local church pastor, has spent his life finding out. In this conversation, Duarte shares how camps became a thread woven through his entire ministry life, why he sees education as the greatest open door for the gospel, and how his involvement with TeachBeyond has allowed him to extend his gifts in ways he never expected.

• “The brethren churches in Portugal were basically founded by British missionaries in the early 20th century, and that heritage is still very strong for us.”
• “I saw in Janz Team [TeachBeyond] a vision, mission, and also activities and events. I saw there a possibility to extend my gifts, my talents.”
• “I don’t remember a single summer since I was 12 years old when I wasn’t involved in a camp.”
• “TeachBeyond benefits to have so many people that are willing to be volunteers [...] and at the same time,in another way, we are helping the local church in areas - family, education - where a lot of churches don’t even have a strategy.”
• “Sometimes it takes time, but that’s how the Lord works.”
• “I would say that education, that is the open door, the biggest opportunity [...] to share the gospel, to share the love of Jesus.”
• “That’s what TeachBeyond does through the learning process, through the teaching process, being able to share the love of God that is in Jesus Christ.”
• “What I learned from the past, which I could share, I will pass the torch, so to speak, for the young generation.”

What’s changing our lives:

• Keane: Reading longer children’s books is difficult to keep up with!
• Heather: Wearing hotel slippers
• Duarte: Reading leadership books and thinking about succession

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