Paulo Romeiro

Paulo Romeiro

Paulo Rodrigues Romeiro is a Brazilian Christian apologist and pastor. Formerly the president of the Instituto Cristão de Pesquisas (also known as ICP or CRI Brazil), Dr Romeiro is currently the chairman of the Agência de Informações Religiosas (AGIR) in São Paulo. He works closely with [http://www.thecenters.org/main_page.html The Centers for Apologetics Research (CFAR)] . He is also a noted member of the Christian countercult movement.

Paulo Romeiro was raised as a Catholic and Spiritist and became Protestant in 1970s. In 1978 he was took a degree in journalism and went to the U.S. to study in the Ministry School sponsored by Pentecostal evangelist Morris Cerullo. He earned a master's degree at Melodyland School of Theology and later earned a master's degree in theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Romeiro was ordained a minister of the Gospel by the Southern California District Council of the Assemblies of God in 1984. He developed many evangelistc works and returned to Brazil in 1988. in 2004 he received a doctorate in Science of Religion from the Methodist University of São Paulo.

During the time he was associated with ICP he co-authored the book "Desmascarando as Seitas" (Unmasking the Cults) with Natanael Rinaldi. In 1997 he left ICP and started AGIR.

Concerned with doctrinal problems in Brazilian churches, in 1993 Romeiro wrote "Super Crentes: O evangelho segundo Kenneth Hagin, Valnice Milhomens e os profetas da prosperidade" (Super Believers: The Gospel According to Kenneth Hagin, Valnice Milhomens and the Prophets of Prosperity) that refutes the neo-pentecostal Prosperity gospel and criticiques its leaders, especially Kenneth E. Hagin and Valnice Milhomens, prefaced by Russell Philip Shedd. His book became a best-seller in Brazil. In 1995 he published a sequel, "Evangélicos em Crise: Decadência doutrinária na igreja" (Evangelicals in Crisis: Doctrinal Decadence in the Brazilian Church). His most recent book is "Desapontados com a Graça: Esperanças e frustrações no Brasil neo-pentecostal" (Disappointed with Grace: Hopes and Frustrations in Neo-Pentecostal Brazil) [http://www.thecenters.org/Outreaches/Updates/Update_Brazil_3.html 2] .

Today Romeiro is the senior pastor of Igreja Cristã da Trindade (Trinity Christian Church) in São Paulo and professor in the Presbyterian University Mackenzie. He is married to Simone and has two children.

External links

* [http://www.thecenters.org/Outreaches/Romeiro_testimony.html Testimony of Paulo Romeiro]
* [http://www.agirbrasil.org/ AGIR]
* [http://www.ictrindade.com.br/Artigos/artigos.painel.asp?tp=94 Igreja Cristã da Trindade]


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