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 International Christian Fellowship
Rua N.5 Do Amparo, 8500 Portimão, Portugal
in the Cedipraia Shopping Centre
across the street from the Piscina Municipal
Pastor - David Borgan
Tel: + 351 282 04 28 36 Mobile: + 351 91 735 8098
e-mail: info@icf-portimao.org or joy@borgan.info
NEW LOCATION & NEW PHONE
Sunday 11 a.m. in Cedipraia Shopping Centre Portimão
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 The International Christian Fellowship (ICF) is based between the fishing port of Portimão and the well-known holiday resort of Praia da Rocha, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal.
The ICF includes people from a number of different countries and various church backgrounds. Worship and other activities are generally conducted in English although not all of the members have English as their first language. A significant proportion of those attending worship are holidaymakers or longer-stay visitors.
We own our own property at Rua N.5 Do Amparo, 8500 Portimão, Portugal in the Cedipraia Shopping Centre across the street from the Piscina Municipal , Portimão. Thanks to a grant from the European Baptist Convention, the ICF okwns of a pair of shops in a nearby shopping centre, Centro Comercial Cedipraia. They are fitted out for meetings and are used as a social outreach centre which we call The Bridge (A Ponte).The ICF is a member of the International Baptist Convention and of the Convenção Baptista Portuguesa and Tarrant Baptist Association in Ft. Worth, Texas USA. An elected church council deals with day-to-day matters. To comply with Portuguese practice, general meetings of the church are chaired by a specially-elected sub-committee whose members are not on the church council. Financial scrutiny is conducted by a similar specially-elected audit sub-committee that reports to the general meeting.
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| Sunday Worship |
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    We worship in English at 11:00 a.m. each Sunday morning. We are always pleased to welcome residents and visitors alike whatever their background or church affiliation. The service usually includes choruses, a talk for the children, prayers, Bible readings, hymns and an address for the adults. A Sunday School for the children operates during part of the service and coffee is provided after the service for a time of fellowship.
 Location
Church address is:
Rua N.5 Do Amparo, 8500 Portimão, Portugal
in the Cedipraia Shopping Centre
across the street from the Piscina Municipal , Portimão.
Click here for Directions
By Car - By foot - By bus or taxi
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| Bible Study |
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 We meet together for prayer and Bible Study in the Church at 11 a.m. on Friday in in homesat 11 am. Friday mornings in the Pastor's home 282 04 28 36 for directions to the home that week
The ladies of the church have an additional Bible study at 2 p.m. each Wednesday in the church (formerly know as"The Bridge" (A Ponte) in the Shopping Centre across the corner from the Piscina Municipal. see on map
Home groups also meet for classes and fellowship in members homes at different times of the year. See bulliten for times and location.
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| Social Ministry |
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 A soap kitchen in Mariner's Resturaunt centre for lonely people, and ministry to families affected by substance abuse.
 The Children's Sunday School operates in The Bridge on Sunday mornings. "Popins" Parent & Toddlers get together on Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m.
 At Christmas time around 1200 Christmas Child shoe boxes are collected from across the Algarve. John and Gill Rhodes organized this wonderful project with helpers from many local churches, fire departments, schools and social organizations.
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| History |
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 The ICF was founded in 1991, at the suggestion of the Portuguese Baptist church, to meet the needs of visitors and residents who might be more comfortable using English as the medium of worship. The then pastor of the Portuguese church, Norman Harrell, an American missionary, agreed to begin services in English and took on pastoral responsibility for the ICF. More recently, the Portuguese church has spawned several other congregations: three congregations in Lagos (Portuguese, English & German) and two more congregations in Portimão meeting the needs of migrant workers from eastern Europe who worship in Russian and Romanian.Sunday Services in Portimão Baptist Church
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| Membership |
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Membership of the ICF is based on a simple statement of faith which is agreed by all the members, new converts being baptised by immersion in accordance with the traditions of the host church. The legally adopted statutes of the church do not distinguish denominational divisions.
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| Pastor |
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 David & Joy Borgan served 17 years as career missionaries with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. David pastored the International Baptist Church in Vienna, Austria (1987-1991) and served as a general evangelist & church planter in Spain (1993-2003). David did his undergraduate at Trinity University and earned two masters' degrees divinity and religious education at S.W. Baptist Theological Seminary SWBTS. Joy is from Devon, England and a Cambridge University graduate. She also completed a master's degree in theology at SWBTS with David. ...more.ICF inducted David as pastor in October 2004.
In 1991, ICF was started and led by Norman Harrell, a missionary with the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention, until he retired in the autumn of 2002. Thanks to the generosity of the IMB, the ICF has not previously had to provide financial support for a pastor. With the relatively small core of residents members the church will not initially be able to provide full funding for the incoming pastor and his family without outside financial help. The Borgans are registered in the U.K. with Iberian Christian Ministries Trust for Gift Aid and in the U.S.A. with Borgan Ministries, Inc. [a Section 501(c)(3) tax dedictable charity]. If you feel led to help support the Borgan's ministry in Portimão, please use the contact details below.
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| Directions |
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 By Car from anywhere in the Algarve, Portugal Drive to Portimão on the A22 motorwayTake Exit 5 PortimãoDrive STRAIGHT through 4 roundabouts passing under the N125 overpass and beside the hospitalDrive STRAIGHT through the tunnelDrive STRAIGHT through two traffic lightsDrive under the overpass bridgeThe road curves to the left and merges with a four lane street heading south toward the beachDrive STRAIGHT through the first roundaboutTurn LEFT at the second traffic roundabout by Continente shopping center and McDonaldsDrive STRAIGHT through the first roundaboutTurn RIGHT at the first traffic light (past the Auditorio and across the street from the Policia station on your left)Drive STRAIGHT along Ave. 25 de Abril for three or four streets.Look on your RIGHT for the Bank Caixa Geral de Depositos on the corner.The church is across the side street from the Bank Caixa Geral de Depositos inside the shopping centre.Look at the shopping complex. Notice the flight of outdoor steps, Then looking further right, underneath the steps on the ground level is the door to our church (see photo of entrance) The church is a inside the North entrance under the shopping (see photo below) and is the first door down the corredor on your left If you get lost, ask directions to the Piscina Municipal. Local people know where this indoor swimming pool is located. Because the pool is indoors you don't actually see a swimming pool. Directly across the street from the indoor pool is the Bank Caixa Geral de Depositos and our church is in the shopping centre across the intersection from the bank.
 Entrance: Our church is through this door and is the first door on your left .
By foot from hotels in Praia da RochaWalk north away from the beach to the four lane divided street (dual carriageway) at the bottom of the hill behind Praia da Rocha hotels -see map above.Walk to the overpass which crosses over the four lane divided street (dual carriageway).see map above.Cross the four lane street using the pedestrian crosswalk on ground level underneath the overpass bridge.Walk uphill past the Patio da Rocha hotel on your right. Keep walking straight uphill untill you come to the first roundabout (turning circle)Turn RIGHT at the first roundabout. Walk straight up the hill and then downhill to the second roundabout.Turn LEFT at the second roundabout. Notice the broken chain'statue in the second roundabout in memory of the Portuguese Independance day which is 25 April. You're now on Avenida 25 de Abril where our church is located.Walk north past a school and continue straight along Av. 25 de Abril on left side of the street until you see the bank Caixa Geral de Depositos across a side street on the corner in front of you. Do not cross the side street to the bank. You are already standing on the block where our church is in the shopping centre. Look at the shopping complex. Notice the flight of outdoor steps, Then looking further right, underneath the steps on the ground level is the door to our church (see photo of entrance) The church is a inside the North entrance under the shopping (see photo below) and is the first store down the corredor on your left If you get lost, ask directions to the Piscina Municipal. Local people know where this indoor swimming pool is located. Because the pool is indoors you don't actually see a swimming pool. Directly across the street from the indoor pool is the Bank Caixa Geral de Depositos and our church is in the shopping centre across the intersection from the bank.
 Entrance: Our church is through this door and is the first door on your left .
By bus or taxi from Praia da Rocha hotelsInquire at your hotel for the GREEN LINE BUS schedule, fares, and the location of the nearest bus stop in the direction of the Portimão city centre. Or have your hotel call for a taxi (average fare is only € 4).Explain to the driver you would like to exit at Piscina Municipal (indoor city swimming pool). Our church is directly across the street from the Piscina Municipal and just two doors from the bank Caixa Geral de Depositos on the corner. The bus will let you off across the street from our church by the Kiosco Kalunga newstand. Look for the Bank Caixa Geral de Depositos across the street on the corner.The church is across the side street from the Bank Caixa Geral de Depositos inside the shopping Look at the shopping complex. Notice the flight of outdoor steps, Then looking further right, underneath the steps on the ground level is the door to our church (see photo of entrance) The church is a inside the North entrance under the shopping (see photo below) and is the first store down the corredor on your left |
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| Contact |
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For more information about the ICF
See the pastor's web site Borgan Ministries at www.borgan.info
Call the pastor on +351 282 04 28 36, or mobile +351 91 735 8098
Email us at info@icf-portimao.org or fax +351 282 471516
Write to:
International Christian Fellowship,
Avenida 25 de Abril, 17-r/c-D,
8500-511 Portimão
Portugal.
Directions to the Church - click here
The ICF meets for worship in the premises of Igreja Evangélica Baptista de Portimão which is a shop front at number 17 r/c D in Avenida 25 de Abril between Portimão city centre and the resort of Praia da Rocha. The map above shows how to get to the church from the A22 motorway and from Praia da Rocha.
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