Central Brazil Mission — Organization Profile
Central Brazil Mission (CBM) is a Christian mission organization connected with Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. The ministry was developed through the long-term missionary work of Earl and Ruth Anne Haubner, who began serving in Brazil in 1969. CBM’s public materials describe a ministry focused on sharing Christ while meeting medical, dental, nutritional, leadership, and community needs among people in Brazil’s Amazon region.
The mission serves communities in Brazil, with special focus on the State of Amazonas, Manaus, São Sebastião, remote Amazon River villages, and communities accessible primarily by boat. CBM’s work also has roots in Goiânia, Brazil, where the Haubners’ earlier church planting and leadership training work helped develop Brazilian leaders for local churches and Amazon ministry. The organization’s U.S. forwarding address is listed in Springfield, Ohio.
CBM operates through what it calls Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. Its Amazon ministry is organized around several major areas, including medical boat ministry, nutrition work, children’s soccer outreach, construction projects, leadership training, and church planting. The organization states that its medical boat ministry allows teams to reach villages that otherwise have little access to regular medical or dental care. Visits often include medical treatment, dental care, vitamins, eye care, worship gatherings, and follow-up relationships with local leaders.
A central distinctive of CBM is its use of boat-based ministry to serve remote Amazon communities while training and supporting Brazilian Christian leaders. The mission explains that Project Amazonas depends on short-term mission teams from the United States for funding, supplies, and manpower, while the village missionaries and Amazon-region program leaders are Brazilians trained through Central Brazil Mission. This structure allows the work to combine outside support with local leadership and long-term presence.
CBM’s ministry also includes construction support for church buildings and houses for Brazilian missionaries in remote villages. Its nutrition work has included greenhouse projects designed to help improve diet and provide local income opportunities, while its children’s soccer outreach seeks to build character and evangelize through Brazil’s strong soccer culture. The organization has also described an aviation vision intended to reduce travel time, reach distant communities, support pastors and missionaries, transport medical workers, and assist in emergency situations.
People can engage with Central Brazil Mission by praying for the Amazon team, supporting the mission financially, donating needed medical supplies, joining a short-term Amazon boat trip, connecting with the mission about future trip dates, or contacting Earl Haubner or Michael Haubner directly. CBM lists scheduled and planned boat trips years in advance and invites churches, individuals, medical workers, dental workers, and other volunteers to participate in the work of serving remote communities along the Amazon and its tributaries.
Key Links
- Website: https://www.cbm.org.br/newsite/
- Interview with Earl: https://www.cbm.org.br/site/interview.php
- Brazil Trip Information: https://www.cbm.org.br/site/infobraziltrips.php
- Trips: https://www.cbm.org.br/newsite/trips.html
- Prayer Requests: https://www.cbm.org.br/site/prayrequests.php
- CBM Aviation: https://www.cbm.org.br/site/ariplane.php
- Letters: https://www.cbm.org.br/site/letters.php
- Videos: https://www.cbm.org.br/site/videos.php
- Donate: https://pushpay.com/g/cbm
Contact Information
- Email: cb********@***il.com
- Email: me*******@***il.com
- Phone: 804-467-7463
- Phone: 540-392-7867
- Mailing address: P.O. Box 172, Springfield, Ohio 45501-0172
Socials
Leadership
- Earl Haubner — Forwarding Agent and Treasurer; Missionary
- Ruth Anne Haubner — Missionary
- Michael Haubner — Contact; Amazon Boat Ministry Support
