September 2, 2021 Show with Frank Brito on “How Eschatology Effects Missions & Church Planting (& the Challenges of Both in Brazil)”

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At the very strong and enthusiastic urging of my dear friend and one of my favorite guests, Dr. Joseph C. Moorcraft III, who is pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church in Cumming, Georgia, and the urging of his wife, Becky, I have on the program today someone who they think very highly of, to say the least, and I take Dr. Moorcraft and his wife Becky's opinions very, very seriously.

Today my guest is Frank Brito. He is a translator, missionary, church planter, and pastor, and I'm of course going to have to have him correct my pronunciation of these Portuguese words here. Igreja Presbyteriana Reformada de Campo Bom in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

How did I do with that?

And what does that mean? It means Reformed Presbyterian Church. And by the way,.

I forgot to ask you if I was even pronouncing your name correctly. Is it Brito or Brito? Well, yes, that's correct. Brito. Oh, the second one is the way. Okay, now that's it. Yeah, Frank Brito. That's interesting.

So in Portuguese, they would pronounce that Brito, not Brito,.

As a Spaniard would. Well, actually, it depends on the... All right, great. Well, tell us about your church. Well, our church is in southern Brazil. We have been here and we are part...

Obviously, as a true Calvinist, you would say that God used him as the earthly instrument. Oh, yes, amen. It's really God's providence. And this is a very conservative, I'm assuming, Presbyterian Church, very confessional.

And would you also share Dr. Morecraft's.

Theonomic and Reconstructionist views? Oh, yes, that's one of the main reasons I'm there. It's very conservative. I understand you do not yet have a website, but folks can find out more about.

You on Facebook. Yes. And how would they find you on Facebook? What would they type in?

Well, just type in the name of our church and spell it. And Campobom is spelled C-A-M-P-O-B-O-M.

Frank Brito’s Salvation Testimony and Early Life

Well, before we launch into the specific subject we are addressing today, how eschatology affects missions and church planting and the challenges of both in Brazil, since you are a first-time guest, as we always do on this program, I'd like you to give us a summary of your salvation testimony, including the kind of religious atmosphere you were raised in and what kind of providential circumstances our Sovereign Lord raised up in your life that.

Drew you to Himself and saved you. Okay. We came back to Brazil. When you say our, who are you referring to? Okay, I was referring to my family. You mean your parents and your siblings? Oh, yeah. At the time, I had not yet turned 18.

It was just before turning 18. And it was my mother.

Are you saying New York City? Yeah, New York City. Okay. For some reason, I thought you said France before. Did I misunderstand something? Oh, no, not France.

All right. I don't know how I got France in my life. Okay. Praise God for that. How did you discover Reformed theology? Well, the first, when I became a Christian, I came back to Brazil to read the Gospel of John.

When you say that was in the back of your mind,.

Are you talking about just from what you were reading and hearing read from the text? Or did you have some kind of experience hearing or reading a Reformed preacher or theologian before this?

No, up to that point, I had never heard of an estimate. You said up until the point in your.

Story that obviously non-Reformed people were saying, oh, that's not what's in there. You're.

Misreading it. You're isageating this or something. Yeah, they were telling me that that was the wrong way to understand it. And I would accept that. Understanding of the Portuguese language,.

Which is the dominant language of both Portugal and Brazil. Were your parents from Brazil? Is that.

What gave you a heart and passion for that country? Oh, yes. In New York City, which of the five boroughs are you speaking about? Well, I lived in Queens. Okay. A story of Queens. Yeah.

And as I remind my friends from Queens and Brooklyn, since I am a native Long Islander, although I live in Pennsylvania now, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, I am a native Long Islander, and I always remind my friends from Queens and Brooklyn, you are Long Islanders, too.

You don't cross a bridge to get to Manhattan. Now we are reaching the point in our discussion where we are addressing the theme today, how eschatology affects missions and church planting. And we will continue after that into the challenges of both of those in Brazil, the unique challenges.

But why don't you define eschatology for those of our listeners who are perhaps new Christians. They've never heard that term. Perhaps they're not even Christians at all. So just define that for.

Us. Okay. The word eschatology, obviously, since you are the one who chose to speak on this subject,.

You believe this has a powerful effect on both missions and church planting. And even before we get to that point, we might as well spill the beans. If our listeners didn't already guess when you said that you've learned much of what you believe from Dr. Joe Morecraft, and you've described yourself as not only a Presbyterian, but a theonomist and a Christian Reconstructionist, you are post-millennial, aren't you?

Yes, I am.

And I just thought we might as well spill the beans on that so people wouldn't be distracted by trying to guess or wondering where you're coming from. So tell us both in a negative and a positive way how you think eschatology affects missions and then church planting.

Let's start with the negative, and then you could go on as we continue the discussion.

Into the positive things and why this really matters. All right. Are we beginning?

Yes. Well, I can guess a negative way right off the top of my head that eschatology can affect church planting, can affect missions, can affect a lot of things, even general evangelism. If you have an overly pessimistic eschatology, and that is coupled with the fact that you believe the church is going to be rescued off of this sinful planet very soon, and many would say alive today that are hosting television and radio programs and writing books on the end times or the last days, many of them, if not the vast majority of them, and perhaps even all of them, who are more towards a bent of dispensationalism and also very pessimistic about their eschatology, they would say that Christ's return for the church, at least, the rapture, as they would refer to it, the secret rapture, that's going to happen within our lifetime.

So, if you think that Christ is with certainty going to be coming to rescue the church off of this planet any day, and it could be within this year, but it's certainly going to be soon, you may be not focused on other parts of the mission of the church that is our duty to fulfill here on this planet.

If you think it's going to be a waste of time because we're going to be raptured away very, very, very soon, that's going to have a negative impact on being salt and light in the world, is it not? If the person who believes that is logically consistent on those beliefs, there are many dispensationalists that don't behave that way, but I think it's because of the fact that, thankfully, they're not logically consistent.

But anyway, go ahead.

Well, yes, you think you have, as a part of that whole concept, what other things are being.

Hindered or harmed in the life and duty of Christians individually in the church as a whole.

By having an overly pessimistic eschatology? I think we have the power to do it, but as a church,.

Positive ways, does eschatology affect the life of Christian individuals in the church?

Well, there are many positive ways. We can begin talking about great-grandchildren.

Let's pick up right where you left off there. We have to go to our first break right now. If anybody has a question of your own on eschatology, on the end times, on the last things, the last days, and how our understanding of those things affects missions and church planting, and also how they involve the unique challenges in Brazil in both missions and church planting, our email address is chrisarnson at gmail .com.

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Well, I understand those things. You might even be a pastor going through these same challenges in your thinking, and you don't want to identify yourself because even your fellow elders may disagree with you or your denomination.

Whatever the case may be, we understand in circumstances like that you would want to remain anonymous, but if it's just a general question on eschatology, on missions, on church planting, on Brazil, on the scriptures, if it's just a general question, please give us at least your first name, your city and state, and country of residence.

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Only remain anonymous if your question involves a personal and private matter. One of the other things that I have known and I have heard from missionaries, especially missionaries who were formerly a part of a non-reformed denomination who sent them out.

Those with overly pessimistic eschatology and, on top of that, those outside of a reformed understanding of God's sovereignty over all things, including salvation, they tend to, these mission boards and these denominations, tend to be very impatient with missionaries they send out.

And if they do not see numeric growth rather quickly, they will very often yank them off of that mission field. Do you believe that what you are talking about today is one of those positive things, actually it's both when you think about it, because on one side it's a positive thing if you have an optimistic eschatology in regard to missions because you're going to be more patient.

You're going to say, I might not even be used of God within my own lifetime to bring about enormous growth in a particular area, but I know that those from out of every tribe, tongue, and people, and nation are going to come to Christ, and therefore the seeds that I am planting here in this foreign land, I believe that they are going to bear fruit, even if it's not while I'm alive.

Whereas the negative effect concerning the one who is overly pessimistic in his eschatology, they're going to be not only impatient themselves, but those who sent them are going to be impatient typically and say, okay, that's enough, get out.

They're not looking at the big picture because they think everything's going to be over very, very soon, especially in regard to the church's work on this planet. So have I made sense so far?

Oh yes, totally.

Catholicism, Worldview, and the Challenges of Missions in Brazil

All right, let's get into right now specifically Brazil and the unique challenges that you have faced in regard to missions and church planning.

And the challenges?

Yeah, the dominant religions of the culture that might oppose what you are teaching, you know, a lot of things that are going on there.

Yeah, well Brazil, that with...

Well, if you could, because this word is used a lot, probably especially amongst Reformed Christians, but not exclusively, please define worldview. What does that exactly mean?

Okay, in simple terms, a worldview that you...

A contrasting theology and a contrasting worldview. From, let's just take the dominant religion where you are, Roman Catholicism, what would be the dominant problems with a Roman Catholic worldview that would conflict with what you're saying?

Well, one of the chief characteristics... You're going to become Christian, you know, things like that, even the church and that...

Yeah, one might be able to compare socialism in a political way with Roman Catholicism in a religious way because both...

Yeah.

Both entities basically say, trust us, we will take care of everything for you.

Yes, we're the specialists.

Yes, Roman Catholicism did not even encourage private scripture or study until the 60s after Vatican II, and then that gave birth to all different kinds of movements, the Charismatic Catholic Movement and so on.

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In fact, Charismatic Catholics...

Oh, I don't agree with that either.

Yeah, very often Charismatic Catholics tend to be more involved in Marian devotion and things like that. But having said that, and I'm not broad-brushing, there are people who are Roman Catholic who have intense personal Bible studies in their lives that are devoted to reading and studying the scriptures.

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