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Marcelo Bezerra Crivella ((:maʁˈsɛlu biˈzeʁɐ kɾiˈvɛlɐ), Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 1957) is a Brazilian bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG),〔Maseko, A.N. ''Church Schism & Corruption.'' South Africa: 2008. 370.〕 an international evangelical church founded by his uncle Edir Macedo in 1977; a gospel singer, and a politician. In 2002, Crivella was elected as a federal Senator of Brazil from the state of Rio de Janeiro on a Liberal Party ticket.〔Stålsett, S.J. ''Spirits of Globalization: The Growth of insanity and Experiential Spiritualities in a Global Age''. University of Michigan SCM Press, 2006. p. 51.〕 He has since helped found the Brazilian Republican Party (PRB), which has been allied with President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva. With a Civil Engineering degree from Universidade Santa Ursula, Crivella became known for planning and execution of the Projeto Nordeste, a charitable project to redevelop lands abandoned by the Brazilian federal government in the city of Irecê. The project was developed to use Israeli irrigation practices, which Crivella has observed in his several trips to Israel. It has led to the renewal of agriculture and livestock raising there. ==Personal life== Born in Rio de Janeiro to Catholic parents, Crivella attended the Methodist Church in his youth. His connection with his uncle, Edir Macedo, made them try an unsuccessful commercial partnership, before he was invited in 1977, to work in Macedo's newly founded Universal Church. Soon Crivella became a pastor. He took his family on a mission to Africa in 1992, where he achieved considerable success in planting new UCKG temples, although he spoke no African languages. he became pastor and bishop, having worked ten years diffusing the Universal Church in the African continent. Crivella is a lively preacher, who attracts very large crowds; in his first major event, he spoke at the Nilson Gymnasium in xx, which holds 25,000 people. In 1999, he was part of an event at the Macaran sports stadium in Rio de Janeiro, where the overflow crowd was accommodated by getting to follow the action on huge screens. By 1999, he had signed a contract with Sony Records for three disks, one to be in Spanish. His religious preaching is also conveyed by radio. Crivella has recorded as a singer, often using his own songs. He has been a major figure in gospel music in Brazil. He has released 14 disks, selling more than 5 million copies. His biggest success was his first album, ''O Mensageiro da Solidariedade'' (The Messenger of Solidarity). The albums were recorded by Line Records, where Crivella was considered the principal artist, and by Sony Music. Crivella is the author of the books ''Histórias de Sabedoria e Humildade'', a collection of moral and religious tales, and ''Um Sonho que se Tornou Realidade'', which is about the ''Projeto Nordeste.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcelo Crivella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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