Testimonials
Cleverson Faria was born in Brazil on September 29, 1975.
He grew up with parents that knew the Word of God but did not practice it and his family rarely attended church.
When he was 11 years old, he began to go to Awanas where he heard the Gospel message for the first time.
After several visits, he understood that he was a sinner and needed to accept Christ as his Savior and gave his life to Christ. He was baptized the next year and began to feel the call of God to full-time ministry. From the time that he was a teenager, he already began to assume leadership positions in his youth group, eventually becoming the president of the youth group and a Sunday School teacher to first the youth group and also the adult class from time to time.
When he finished high school, he knew that God wanted him to attend Bible College. So, in obedience to the will of God, he began to study at the Regular Baptist Seminary in Southern Brazil. In 2002, he graduated from the Regular Baptist Seminary with a Bachelor of Theology. During the time that he was studying at the Bible College and after his graduation, he was very active in the church helping with everything from teaching Sunday School to song leading to preaching. He also helped in two congregations that his Church started.
It was while he was in Bible College that he got to know Stefanie, his future wife. They were teamed up to do Christian Service together and began to date a year later.
Cleverson and Stefanie were married on July 28, 2007, at Salem Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC. They were blessed with three sons: Caleb on December 20, 2008 and twins, Tyler & Kyle on December 1, 2011.
During a missions conference at the Seminary, God touched his heart concerning the need to give his life to missions.
Cleverson is currently a member of Heritage Hills Baptist Church, and is working on getting his masters degree from Maranatha Baptist University in Wisconsin.
He was ordained there on February 7, 2009. The people of Heritage Hills are as excited as Cleverson to see what the Lord will do in Dominican Republican.
Stefanie Faria was born on March 26, 1983, in Winston-Salem, NC.
Her parents, Steve and Georgianne Pittman, felt the Lord’s call to serve as missionaries in Brazil and her family moved there when she was 5 years old. About a year later, she was at church and the children’s church teacher began to speak about heaven and hell.
Stefanie understood that night that she was a sinner and that nothing that she had done or that her parents had done could save her. She went home that night and her parents explained once again to her that Christ had died for her to forgive her sins and that she needed to accept His free gift. She accepted Christ as her Savior that night.
While on the field with her parents, Stefanie helped in the church teaching Sunday School, doing special music, evangelizing, discipling, working in the nursery, and helping out where she was needed.
It was while he was in Bible College that he got to know Stefanie, his future wife. They were teamed up to do Christian Service together and began to date a year later.
Cleverson and Stefanie were married on July 28, 2007, at Salem Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC. They were blessed with three sons: Caleb on December 20, 2008 and twins, Tyler & Kyle on December 1, 2011.
During a missions conference at the Seminary, God touched his heart concerning the need to give his life to missions.
Cleverson is currently a member of Heritage Hills Baptist Church, and is working on getting his masters degree from Maranatha Baptist University in Wisconsin.
He was ordained there on February 7, 2009. The people of Heritage Hills are as excited as Cleverson to see what the Lord will do in Dominican Republican.
Cleverson and Stefanie were married on July 28, 2007, at Salem Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC.
They were blessed with three sons: Caleb on December 20, 2008 and twins, Tyler & Kyle on December 1, 2011.