Steve is a part of the Vineyard Church of Columbus and has been going on short-term mission trips to Brazil since June of 2001. The Xingu Mission at the time was looking for an accountant to handle their accounting functions in the United States and he took on this role in August of 2001. Steve earned his Bachelor degree in Finance, and also holds a Masters degree in business administration.

Elba started working for the Bergen family when she was 16 years old. After two years of working and night classes, Elba went on to further her studies by attending the Christ for the Nations Bible School in Southern Brazil and graduated from their two-year program. She stayed on as a teacher at Christ for the Nations. Elba is presently the Senior Pastor of the Igreja da Vinha do Mirante, she also serves as one of the National Coordinator for the Vineyard Churches in Brazil, and she is the director of CDR, our non-profit organization.

Steve and Elba were married on November 8th, 2003 and they have 2 children, Camilly and Alyssa.

Email: steve.dolan@xingu.org

Email: elba.dolan@xingu.org

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