Francisco José de Abreu Vieira is the pastor of Alliance Community Baptist Church. He is married to Claudia Neilane, and they have five children, João Lucas, Tamara, Inácio, Stela, and Felicina. The church began as a church plant in the city of Maputo, Mozambique in 2015.  They are a reformed confessional church with about 70 members, and they have around 100 in attendance most Sundays. Their goal is to plant reformed churches through the local leadership that they are discipling and training.  They presently offer a seminary degree in Reformed Theology with as many as fifty students taking classes, all through their local church.

August 2024 Update:

Hello, brothers and sisters of Anchored in Truth, grace and peace!

This is Pastor Francisco José de Abreu Vieira, who lives in Mozambique, Africa, with his wife Cláudia Neilane and our five children João Lucas, Tamara Nyeleti, Felicina Lídia, Stela Lídia and Inácio Lídia.

First of all, we want to praise and thank God for your lives, which have been true instruments of God for us in planting churches, in prayers, in financial help and mainly in the love that you have shown us.

Speaking a little about our personal lives, by the grace of God we are doing well, seeing the Triune God acting in our character, our children have grown and we see how challenging it is to raise children under the Word of God, but by the grace of Christ, we can see His wonderful grace being poured out on them and on us too.

Speaking about churches, the church in the city of Maputo (the country's capital) can see the challenges, but we can also see God pouring out grace and making us remain firm in theology and in a godly life. Now that we have moved to a new location, we are facing some challenges and so we ask for prayers so that we can buy a guitar, an electric piano and do some renovations before the rains arrive. The church in Katembe is being well planted. Pastor Enio has done a great job together with his wife. We ask for prayers so that Pastor Enio can get a car and support so that he can have his needs met.

Prayer Requests

1. For the spiritual, emotional and physical health of the Vieira family.

2. For the material needs of the church in Maputo (an electric guitar, an electric piano and renovations to expand the temple and build a sidewalk to set up a tent where we hold services for the children).

3. For support and a car for Pastor Enio from the Katembe church.