Background
Assis, Nilson José was born on July 25, 1951 in Siqueira Campos, Paraná, Brazil. Son of Joaquim and Maria (Lopes) Assis. came to the United States, 1973.
Assis, Nilson José was born on July 25, 1951 in Siqueira Campos, Paraná, Brazil. Son of Joaquim and Maria (Lopes) Assis. came to the United States, 1973.
Bachelor in Bib. Studies and Theology, Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1992.
Office/accountant clerk, Alcidio Viana-Law and Accountant Office, Curitiba, Paraná., 1966-1969;
principal accounting firm, Curitiba, 1970;
office manager inventory, Spinlon Industries, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, 1977-1979;
business manager, Hospital Control Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1979-1981;
accountant, manager computer services, American Baptist Board Education, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1981-1986;
missionary, pastor, General Conference Mennonite Church, Newton, Kansas, since 1986. President Project Dialogue-University Students Pastoral Work, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, 1989-1990. Member leadership commission Evangelical Mennonite Church, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 1989-1992, member pastoral commission, Curitiba, since 1993.
Administrator, builder Ponta Grossa (Paraná) Mennonite Church Building Project, 1990-1991.
Volunteer The Welcome Inn Boys Clubs and Soccer Teams, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1971-1972. Member City Council Common for Formulating New Law for Rightsof Children and Adolescents, Ponta Grossa, 1992. Secretary Municipal Council ofChildren and Adolescents of Ponta Grossa, 1994.
Organizer Commission Adolescent Apprentice of Ponta Grossa, 1994. Creator Factory-School for the Adolescent of Ponta Grossa, 1994. Active Municipal Council of Drug Abuse of Ponta Grossa, 1994.
Member Evangelical Ministers Association of Ponta Grossa (president 1990, editor presscommn. since 1994).
Married Mary Jane Miller, December 8, 1973. Children: David Nilson, Michael Philip, Marie Esther.