Ricardo "Kaká" Monteiro

Lead Pastor & Church Planter

I'm Kaká, my given name is Ricardo Monteiro, lead pastor of Calvary Curitiba, sent out by Calvary CNorte. My wife Lillian and I are parents of three children.

I graduated from the Calvary Chapel School of Ministry and have served in missions in 19 countries, including a decade working against human trafficking in Asia, Europe and South America. Here I write about the roots of our movement, the life of the church, and the gospel in the heart of the city.

Articles by Ricardo "Kaká" Monteiro

Calvary Chapel and My Journey
Foz do Iguaçu, a leap of faith alongside Lillian, and what I learned after the golden years: an inheritance only fulfills its purpose when it is received and then carried further by the next generation.
September 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Calvary Chapel and My Journey
I was 17 years old when the first teams arrived in Brazil. I didn’t know I was stepping into a story that God had been writing for a long time, nor that the city of my first missionary trip would become the city of my first church.
September 25, 2026 · 8 min read
A Revival That Began in a Trailer Park
A weary pastor tired of legalism, a generation of hippies, and a congregation of 25 people in California. How the movement that today gathers around 1,500 churches worldwide was born, and what it believes.
September 2, 2026 · 8 min read