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Who I am

About me

Pastor, theologian, author and missionary in Portugal, serving the church with biblical faithfulness and missionary zeal

Cunha family - Paulo Henrique, Alessandra, Matheus and Lucas

Paulo Henrique Pereira da Cunha

I left Brazil in 2001 with my family to serve as a missionary. Since then, we have been to India, Italy and now Portugal, each step shaped by God's providence and by the call to faithfully proclaim the Gospel.

Born in Petrópolis, RJ, in April 1973. Married to Alessandra since May 1994 and father of Matheus and Lucas.

Bachelor of Theology from the Dr. Walter Martin Theological and Apologetics College in São Paulo, and Master of Theology from the Reformed Institute of the Holy Gospel, in partnership with Vox Dei American University, USA.

I am an evangelical pastor, theologian, author and Brazilian missionary in Portugal. I live in the Cascais region and serve with a focus on the faithful proclamation of the Scriptures, the training of workers and the mobilization of the church for missionary work.

The Didasko Project

DIDASKO is a Greek word meaning "to teach," "to instruct." It appears 95 times in the New Testament, as in the Great Commission: "...teaching them [didasko(ntes)] to observe all things that I have commanded you" (Matt 28:19-20).

The purpose of the project

The Didasko Project exists for the glory of God. He is glorified when his Word is proclaimed with faithfulness, understood and lived out by his people, and when the church obeys the Great Commission, making disciples of all nations.

Most of the Portuguese people have already heard of God, but have never understood the biblical message. That is why the teaching of the Scriptures is at the center of the project: forming disciples who know the Word and strengthening churches able to pass it on to others, as Paul instructed Timothy (2 Tim 2:2).

With this same goal, the project wants to support the planting of new churches and the revitalization of existing ones, especially where the evangelical presence is still small.

How the project works

  • At Cascais Baptist Church, the project's partner church: preaching, Bible teaching and discipleship
  • At other churches, by invitation: preaching, teaching and collaboration with pastors and leaders
  • Training of workers on a solid biblical foundation and in accessible language, day to day in local churches and also remotely, through the online courses in theology and missions, in partnership with SEMIPA
  • Training of pastors in India, with the same theology course translated and offered free of charge through the India Project
  • Missionary mobilization: preaching and presentations in churches about the mission in Portugal and Europe, monthly letters to partners, articles and the data on the Observatory
Where we serveCascais, in the Greater Lisbon area, and the fronts that branch out from here

Cascais is in the Lisbon metropolitan area and has around 214,000 inhabitants (2021 Census). The challenge, however, goes beyond the municipality: like much of Portugal, the region lives with small churches, few workers and an evangelical presence still scarce outside the main urban centers. It is from here that the work extends to other fronts, including support for the India Project.

PartnershipsSEMIPA and Cascais Baptist Church

The partnership with SEMIPA and with Cascais Baptist Church (IEBC) gives institutional and ministerial backing to our work: SEMIPA credentials and accompanies the project, and IEBC welcomes us and collaborates day to day in Cascais. Financial support comes from the network of partners who walk with us in prayer and giving, whether through direct gifts or through gifts designated to the project through SEMIPA.

Financial policyWhere the support comes from and what it covers today

Support comes from offerings by believers and partner churches in Brazil, sent directly or through SEMIPA. Today these offerings cover only part of the cost of living in Cascais, so every contribution, one-time or monthly, makes a direct difference to the project's continuity.

TransparencyPrayer letters and reports, in the struggles and in the victories

We maintain a commitment to transparency through prayer letters and periodic reports, sharing real challenges, achievements and needs of the project, including in the hardest moments. We would rather be honest in the struggles and in the victories than use only the best moments to move those who support us.

Missionary experience

Mission in India

India

During almost five years in India, we dedicated ourselves to training workers and planting churches. In partnership with local leaders, we founded a local missionary organization, which today has 75 national missionaries serving in more than 585 villages and more than 345 house churches. Thousands of people have already been reached with the gospel in two states of India. Today we serve there again with free theological training for pastors.

Mission in Italy

Italy

During almost five years in Italy, we served in two regions of northern Italy, one of the most challenging settings in European missions. We cooperated with the Evangelical Christian Church in Castelnuovo del Garda (Veneto) and with the Presbyterian Church in Legnano (Lombardy), developing evangelism, discipleship and theological teaching in a context of deep cultural Catholicism and growing secularization.

View of Lisbon, the mission field of Didasko Project Portugal

Portugal

Today we live in Portugal, where we are developing a long-term project, with a focus on preaching, discipleship and theological training, in partnership with Cascais Baptist Church.

Today the mission continues in Cascais. You can walk with us in prayer and support.

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Pray, take part and walk with us. With your support, we can move forward in the faithful proclamation of the gospel in Portugal.

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