![]() ![]() Jane Whaley began visiting the Brazilian churches frequently and members often visit the Spindale church. Solange Granieri and Juarez De Souza Oliveira met the Whaleys in São Paulo, and in 1988 they opened Ministerio Evangelico Comunidade Rhema (Rhema Community Evangelical Ministry) in Franco da Rocha. The church moved to São Joaquim de Bicas in 2005 and many members moved to Betim. Eventually, Word of Faith Fellowship had more influence. Former members said in 2017 that the Whaleys and others from Spindale visited Martin's church after Martin met Sam Whaley in 1986. In Brazil, missionary John Martin started Ministerio Verbo Vivo (Live Word) near Belo Horizonte in 1987 after serving as pastor of a Baptist church. The Whaleys' student from Rhema Bible College, Brooke Covington, is a minister in the church. Though Jane Whaley had no formal training in ministry, she was described as a compelling speaker and leader. Jane Whaley, the daughter of a plumber and a homemaker who had two brothers in rural North Carolina, led the group as it grew from a few people to 750, and added almost 2,000 followers in related churches in Brazil, Ghana, Scotland, Sweden and other countries. She was a math teacher and he sold used cars. Word of Faith Fellowship began in 1979 when Jane Whaley and her husband Sam Whaley converted a former steakhouse to a chapel. ![]()
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