Attitude Baptist Church

Attitude Baptist Church (Portuguese: Igreja Batista Atitude), officially known as Central Barra Baptist Church (Portuguese: Igreja Batista Central da Barra) is a Baptist Church originating from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil affiliated with the Brazilian Baptist Convention. Josué Vallandro Jr. is its current Pastor-President leading approximately 13,500 members.

Attitude Baptist Church
Igreja Batista Central da Barra
Igreja Batista Atitude
Attitude Baptist Church Attitude Baptist Church
23°00′26″S 43°25′54″W
Country	Brazil
Denomination	Brazilian Baptist Convention
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Membership	13,500 (2019)
Website	igrejabatistaatitude.com.br#/
History
Founded	June 4, 2000
Founder(s)	Edgar F. Hallock, Jr.
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)	Josué Valandro de Oliveira Jr.

History

Attitude Baptist Church started as a Community Mission in the neighbourhood of Itanhangá, Rio de Janeiro by the Southern Baptist International Mission Board missionary Edgar F. Hallock, Jr.[1] Initially the Mission met in a rented room of a University nearby and later at a public school. On June 4, 2000, sponsored by the First Baptist Church in Barra, the Mission was organized as the Central Barra Baptist Church with 32 members.

Organisation

Attitude Baptist was modeled after the successful experiences of Saddleback, Hillsong and Santarém-Paz Churches. Works and experiences of pastors Abe Hubner and Rick Warren serve as main inspiration.

The Church is organized in 15 congregations and apprimatelly 1.200 cells, which replicate the general Cell church structure of the Main Church in Barra da Tijuca. According to this model the basic structure is the Cell group, which generally has up to 12 people and often cell-members also have the role of counselor and counselee. Upon exceeding this 12-person limit, the cell multiplies into new cells. Each cell is under the care of a Cell-leader. Every cell is integrated into a network of cells under the care of a Cell-supervisor, to whom Cell-leaders report. Cell supervisors in turn report to the pastor of the church, who in turn report to the Pastor-president. Because of its size, the main Church has more hierarchical levels.

The work of each church is conducted voluntarily by church members and it is organized into Ministries. Ministries are:

• Atitude Kids for Children;
• Ripe for Adolescents;
• Be One for Youth;
• Preciosa for Women;
• Homens de Atitude for Men;
• Incluir for Brazilian Sign Language interpretation.
• Employment, Entrepeneurship and Sport devoted to the Community in general;
• Uniatitude for Biblical and Theological Education;
• Missão Atitude for Outreach.

There are also supporting ministries such as Counseling, Reception, Intercession, Worship and Broadcasting.

Congregations and Leadership

Since September 27, 2003 the Church is led by its pastor-president, Josué Valandro de Oliveira Jr., and each of its daughter-churches is led by a pastor.

The Church meets regularly in 13 congregations in 4 different Brazilian States, 1 in the United States and 1 in Canada. They are:[2]

Country and State	City and District	Name	Leader	Organized	Note
Brazil Espírito Santo	Vitória Praia	Vitória	Pastor Bruno Simplício	September 18, 2017
Brazil Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte Buritis	Belo Horizonte	Pastor Elmo Guimarães	May 19, 2019
Brazil Piauí	São Raimundo Nonato Centro	São Raimundo Nonato	Pastor José Busch^a	July 26, 2019
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Cordeiro Senna Campos	Cordeiro	Pastor Áquila Lima	January 21, 2018
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Duque de Caxias Vila São Luiz	Duque de Caxias	Pastor Felipe Rangel	December 13, 2015
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Magé Piabetá	Piabetá	Pastor Hugo Freire
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Nova Iguaçu Luz	Nova Iguaçu	Pastor Rubem Teixeira	October 7, 2018
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Petrópolis Centro	Petrópolis	Pastor Wallace Cardozo	August 5, 2018
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro Barra da Tijuca	Barra da Tijuca	Pastor-President Josué Valandro Jr.^b	June 4, 2000	Main Church
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro Ilha de Guaratiba	Guaratiba	Pastor Felipe Brás	December 31, 2017
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro Ilha do Governador	Ilha do Governador	Pastor Everton Louvize	July 11, 2019
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro Vargem Grande	Vargem Grande	Pastor Paulo Costa Pastor Josiane Costa	December 20, 2015
Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro Ipanema	Zona Sul	Pastor Vinicius Vianna^c	February 5, 2017
Canada British Columbia	Vancouver	Vancouver	Pastor Max Ferreira	January 6, 2019
United States Florida	Orlando	Orlando	Pastor Salleh Cader	August 9, 2015

a.^ Predecessor: Pr. Achilles Schachter between July 26, 2019 and March, 2020.
b.^ Predecessor: Pr. Edgar F. Hallock, Jr. between June 4, 2000 and June 8, 2001.
c.^ Predecessor: Pr. Leandro Barros between February 5, 2017 and August 10, 2020.

Media

Attitude Baptist has a weekly program called Attitude Time (Tempo de Atitude) broadcast on Saturday mornings at 10:30AM by RedeTV!.[3] Worships and some activities are broadcast in social media such as Facebook, Youtube and Instagram.

Public Exposure

One of the most well-known members of Attitude Baptist Church is the current First Lady of Brazil Michelle Bolsonaro, formerly an interpreter and member of the Church Ministry in Brazilian Sign Language.[4] Together with his wife, the current President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro has attended services in Barra da Tijuca.[5]

Gallery

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  Duque de Caxias
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  Petrópolis
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  Barra da Tijuca
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  Zona Sul

See also

References

1. "Retired missionary Edgar Hallock dies; hailed as 'monument of faith and love'". Baptist Press. 18 June 2001. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
2. "Bem-vindo à sua casa". Igreja Batista Atitude (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. Tempo de Atitude: Josué Valandro Jr. on YouTube
4. Michelle Bolsonaro transmite mensagem em LIBRAS no parlatório on YouTube
5. "No Rio, Bolsonaro participa de culto na Barra da Tijuca" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.