Lazaro Aguiar Valvassoura is the pastor of the Campinas Central Church of the Nazarene in Campinas, Brazil.Holiness Today Online September/October 2004. Accessed April 5, 2009 Campinas Central is one of the largest Church of the Nazarene congregations in the world. He has been the pastor there since 1980.Pozzi, Myriam, History of the Church of the Nazarene in Brazil Didache, 2. Accessed April 5, 2009
In 1997 Point Loma Nazarene University awarded Valvassoura an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.
Valvassoura withdrew his name for consideration for general superintendent at the 2005 General Assembly. He withdrew his name after John Bowling was elected general superintendent and then declined to serve. When he withdrew, Valvassoura was likely to be the next person elected.Historical Moments from the 2005 Nazarene General Assembly; ONU News article July 12, 2005. Accessed April 5, 2009
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