https://www.cocamaproject.org/home daily 1.0 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/1610409963062-YY6BRN3FMZUOI0O592CI/P4040101.JPG Home - Projects that Change the Amazon Four times a year, dedicated Peruvian river pastors journey up and down the waterways to reach the village of Nueve de Octubre for a pastor training event. During this time, men receive training in biblical teaching and church leadership, while women participate in Bible studies and learn effective methods for community outreach. Children are also reached and drawn closer to the Gospel. Through these gatherings, churches from the United States are partnering together to train and empower local believers who continue to expand the work of church planting and missions among the unreached tribes of the Amazon Jungle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/1610411173056-XLPB03BS0ILK6HT1L35R/DSC07941.JPG Home - Ready to take action? These projects don’t happen without people like you taking action. You can join us through praying, giving, or joining us in the jungle. Click here to learn more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/1625839711405-8CA8613KJULD1525HIDG/2018-04-23+12.18.10+1.jpeg Home - Go Deeper; Take a Class Go deeper by taking this self-paced, online class that will help you understand the animistic worldview and how to engage it with the gospel. This class is taught by ten teachers from around the world and will give you insight into the many facets of animism around the world and in your own community https://www.cocamaproject.org/take-action daily 0.75 2020-09-17 https://www.cocamaproject.org/donate daily 0.75 2025-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/6a6a81c0-a1af-4c69-a515-885e50df48a7/IMG_7053.jpeg donate Partner with The Cocama Project and The Pean Family and become a part of the work God is going in the Peruvian Amazon Jungle. https://www.cocamaproject.org/projects daily 0.75 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/37984191-e5bd-4793-8e29-1aed9c5ad540/IMG_3506.jpeg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/87828134-7cf4-46af-b083-123f40b372be/IMG_9633.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/27871d9a-ede6-49fb-9118-c2d962d58367/IMG_7685.jpeg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/56ca84fe-2baf-484d-9a65-0dfa0f269b81/IMG_3629.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/84058569-b042-4faf-9b7c-3fd12520de8f/att.pgATCFlgjVtTe8QgKTVTtp-_i2l34H9GtTQdWF10bng.JPG Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/e5ed4199-b1c3-4b95-8ff2-c0ec34181217/IMG_5460.jpg Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.cocamaproject.org/about-the-cocamas daily 0.75 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/65a42417-2298-449b-87f9-9ee6936cffd0/IMG_7055.jpeg About the Cocamas Deep in the Amazon rainforest of South America live the Cocama people, a community whose lives are woven into the rhythms of the great rivers. Most Cocamas make their homes along the winding tributaries of the Amazon in northern Peru, while a few villages can be found just across the border in Brazil. Their settlements are permanent, nestled on the shifting banks that flood and retreat with the changing seasons. Here, families tend to their crops and cast their nets, living in harmony with the ebb and flow of the water that sustains them. Today, the Peruvian government counts around fifty-seven Cocama villages scattered along five major rivers—home to roughly fifteen thousand people whose traditions continue to flow with the river’s current. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/0852341c-cf62-4c84-8161-619b42268b1d/IMG_8460.jpeg About the Cocamas As cell phones and the internet slowly find their way into the deep reaches of the Amazon, the clash between modern life and ancient tradition becomes almost tangible. In small riverside villages, it’s not uncommon to see a satellite dish perched beside a thatched roof or a teenager scrolling on a phone beneath a canopy of towering trees. Yet, despite these glimpses of modernity, the people who call this place home seldom meet outsiders in any personal way. Old stories and myths still shape their fears and guide their understanding of the world. With no roads to connect them to the outside, a journey to the nearest port city can take days by boat, days spent drifting through endless waterways that seem to separate their world from everyone else’s. https://www.cocamaproject.org/about daily 0.75 2025-10-26 https://www.cocamaproject.org/missionaries daily 0.75 2023-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/99a04665-750d-4b45-9c66-829715b03b27/4A899C0B-FCA2-406F-9139-6FA88A5F5386-1-2.jpg Missionaries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/aafa20cb-112d-427e-9bcd-6f49918c3e57/IMG_0452.jpeg Missionaries https://www.cocamaproject.org/board daily 0.75 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/1610408611642-71R7HG7I4HGKC88SV075/20160819-750_7093%2Bcopy.jpg Board - Brian Hébert - Chairman Brian joined the board in 2020. He is the mission pastor at Wilcrest Baptist Church. WBC took their first trip to Peru in 2017 and has been participating in the Pastor Training School ever since. Brian also leads the Intercultural Studies Program at HBU and hosts the Nations Reaching Nations podcast. Brian and his wife have five kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/1610408499441-BBW8GLR2SL262QGIYGJF/headshot+of+a+smiling+man Board - Zach Nicholson - Church Liaison Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f63bfb24478ea561d08731c/1610409011012-1FOHUZW93UGX5SY21MZ1/headshot%2Bof%2Ba%2Bsmiling%2Bman Board - Marian Perry - Treasurer Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. 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