Radio broadcasts plant churches

Five churches have been planted in northeastern Brazil as a result of Avant Ministry’s broadcasts on AM-780, a radio station in the city of Nova Russas.

In 2003 Avant facilitated the purchase of the 10,000-watt station, the first Christian station in the region. Its signal is within hearing range of 1.2 million people living in small towns and isolated villages within a 150-mile radius.

Response has been tremendous with five new churches already formed as a result of the Christian programming.

The goal is for the station to become a commercially sponsored station, independent of outside financial support. Meanwhile, Avant is subsidising the station until it can attract enough local advertisers to become self-supporting.