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Elizabeth Medeiros, na Igreja do Nazareno conhecida carinhosamente por Bethinha Medeiros, nasceu em Recife/Pernambuco, nordeste do Brasil. Ela conheceu o Senhor Jesus Cristo no início da adolescência, aos 11 anos, e sempre foi muito dedicada às atividades na igreja. Ela aprendeu desde cedo que deveria servir ao Senhor com ordem, decência e com o coração alegre. 

Bethinha se formou em Pedagogia e sempre foi muito dedicada à carreira profissional. Lecionando em todos os níveis da Educação Básica, desde a Educação Infantil até o Ensino Superior.

Em 2005, ela descobriu a Igreja do Nazareno em sua cidade e começou a se reconectar com seu chamado missionário, que estava adormecido. Mas, mais do que tudo, ela descobriu que servir ao Senhor em tempo integral era o que faltava em sua vida, e começou a dizer ao Senhor que o desejo de seu coração era devolver a Ele tudo o que Ele havia permitido que ela aprendesse na área de ensino e aprendizagem.

Para Bethinha, o discipulado e o cuidado são o seu ministério. Ela sempre esteve disponível para servir e durante muitos anos esteve envolvida no ministério de ensino e discipulado: Ela foi Presidente do NDI na sua igreja local, Vice-Presidente do NDI no Distrito. Também desenvolveu trabalhos de formação e educação para Professores EBD e Professores Discipulados no Brasil. Participa do grupo de trabalho que desenvolve currículos para escolas bíblicas e colabora com o estabelecimento e consolidação de igrejas.

Ordenada Presbítera, está servindo no Seminário Bíblico Nazareno, em Santiago no Chile, como Assistente Acadêmica, onde pode contribuir com a Educação Teológica: a confirmação de que Deus ouviu a sua oração de devolver ao Reino de Deus tudo que Ele a proporcionou aprender na sua vida secular. Busca sempre estar atualizada e amante da construção do conhecimento, atualmente está cursando o segundo mestrado no Seminário Teológico Nazareno do Brasil, de Liderança Pastoral na Perspectiva Wesleyana.

Tomou como texto básico do seu ministério Atos 1.8 "Mas recebereis poder quando o Espírito Santo vier sobre vós, e sereis minhas testemunhas em Jerusalém, em toda a Judeia e Samaria, e até aos confins da terra."

 

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Elizabeth Medeiros, affectionately known as Bethinha Medeiros in the Church of the Nazarene, was born in Recife, Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil. She came to know the Lord Jesus Christ in her early teens, at the age of 11, and has always been very dedicated to church activities. She learned early on that she should serve the Lord with order, decency, and a joyful heart. 

Bethinha graduated with a degree in Education and has always been very dedicated to her professional career. She has taught at all levels of basic education, from early childhood education to higher education.

In 2005, she discovered the Church of the Nazarene in her city and began to reconnect with her missionary calling, which had been dormant. But more than anything, she discovered that serving the Lord full-time was what was missing in her life, and she began to tell the Lord that her heart's desire was to give back to Him everything He had allowed her to learn in the area of teaching and learning.

For Bethinha, discipleship and care are her ministry. She has always been available to serve and for many years has been involved in teaching and discipleship ministry. She was President of NDI in her local church and Vice-President of NDI in the District. She has also developed training and education programs for Sunday School teachers and discipleship teachers in Brazil. She participates in the working group that develops curricula for Bible schools and collaborates in the establishment and consolidation of churches.

Ordained as a deacon, she is serving at the Nazarene Bible Seminary in Santiago, Chile, as an academic assistant, where she can contribute to theological education, which is confirmation that God heard her prayer to give back to the Kingdom of God everything He has taught her in her secular life. Always seeking to stay up to date and passionate about building knowledge, she is currently pursuing her second master's degree at the Nazarene Theological Seminary in Brazil, in Pastoral Leadership from a Wesleyan Perspective.

She took Acts 1:8 as the basic text for her ministry: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”  

 

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