Marcos Amado

Pastor

Marcos Amado is a seasoned Brazilian pastor with over 23 years of cross-cultural experience. He began his missionary journey in 1981 aboard the Doulos ship with Operation Mobilization, where he served for three years before relocating with his family to North Africa to work among Muslims for eight years. He later pursued undergraduate studies in Missiology at All Nations Christian College in the UK. Following his studies, he was appointed International Director of PM  International and the NGO Pró Mundis in southern Spain, where he was ordained by the Spanish Baptist Convention and co-founded the Ibero-American Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies in Málaga. In 2004, he returned to All Nations Christian College for a master’s degree in Missiology
with a focus on Islamic Studies. Returning to Brazil in 2006, he served as Missions Pastor at his local church, was the Latin American director for the Lausanne Movement, and studied ‘Religions and Cultures of the Middle East at the Institute of Middle East Studies in Beirut. Currently, he is a missionary with Sepal, founder and director of the Martureo Missiological Reflection Center, and a professor of Missions at Servant of Christ Theological Seminary in São Paulo. Marcos has extensively written on Islam and missiological topics, with a current research focus on the influence of ancient Jewish and Christian texts on the Quran. He is married to Rosângela Amado, and together they have two children and four granddaughters.