The Director of The Channel is Marcondes (Marc) Marques. Marc was born in Fortaleza, Brazil and grew up with the reality of rich and poor right on his doorstep. Although he came from a middle class family, Marc’s best friends were from the favelas.

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As he grew up, Marc noticed the distinct differences in opportunity available to him compared with his friends and his frustration grew seeing the poverty and discrimination they faced. Not knowing what else to do, Marc used to sneak out of his house with groceries for his friends. At Christmas time his heart broke as he tried to understand why Father Christmas, gave presents to him but not to his friends.

As a young adult, Marc moved to the United States where he studied Social Science and became director of a men’s home for Youth Challenge in Virginia. His real passion was still with the children in Brazil, so after generating support for a trip back to Brazil to document the conditions and lifestyle of street children, Channel to Brazil for Christ (CBC) was established in 1983. Along with Marc, the four founding members were Rev. Troy Collier, Dr Roger and Nadya Denis and Pastor James Cheshire.

Marc and his first wife, Lois (who passed away in 2003), took on the challenge of fundraising as well as establishing a program back in Fortaleza, Brazil, to care for the city’s needy children. Today, almost 25 years later CBC has assisted thousands of children with their education, vocational training and determination for a better life. With his faith in Jesus Christ as his foundation, Marc has dedicated his life to finding effective and sustainable ways to bring opportunity to the poor, releasing their untapped potential through quality education and training. His focus has always been the children. He fights injustice and strives to prevent their suffering. But more importantly, Marc believes all children deserve to do more than just survive; they deserve to dream, explore, flourish and reach their highest potential.

Through this vision, the staff of CBC seek to give their students the hope for and the means to build a better future, for themselves and the entire country of Brazil.

Marc has Built A Dedicated Team of Christian Brazilians 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS – USA

Art Block – President
Dr Ray Dail – Vice President
Alan Noble – Secretary
Austin Block
Alan Clark
Marcondes Marques
Lee Lamb
Bill Freeman

Ann Harrison
OFFICE MANAGER, USA email