Pastors, bishops and apostles

Apostle Estevam Hernandes

Convicted

apostle, founder of the Renascer em Cristo Church and president of the March for Jesus; convicted in 2007 by the US federal court in Miami, after a guilty plea, of evading currency declaration requirements and conspiracy

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Support for Jair Bolsonaro

He declared support for Jair Bolsonaro's candidacy in 2018 (Renascer Church statement) and backed him in 2022; in 2019 he received Bolsonaro, by then president, at the March for Jesus. In September 2026 he declared a vote for Flávio Bolsonaro.

Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

US federal criminal case against Estevam and Sonia Hernandes (US$ 56,000 undeclared, Miami, 2007) — Convicted (final, unappealable)

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