In 1983, Wayne Long and his family returned to America for a year’s furlough and Wayne served as interim Missions Professor at Northwest Christian College in Eugene, OR.  While doing research, he discovered the large Portuguese-speaking populations on the east coast of the United States.  Mr. Long met with other church leaders and founded the Hisportic Christian Mission to reach Portuguese-speaking peoples in the United States and the world.  The family moved to Rhode Island as a central location to reach the people group identified from Lowell, MA to New Jersey.

The Mission was founded in 1984 and has started or affiliated 43 Portuguese-speaking churches along the east coast.  The churches are principally Brazilian congregations with Brazilian pastors and are located from Nashua, New Hampshire to Orlando, Florida, plus Brazil and Guinea Bissau Africa.  The vision of the Board of Directors and the staff of the Hisportic Christian Mission is to place a church in every Hisportic (Portuguese-speaking) area in the United States.  The Mission seeks partnerships with other church-planting organizations, congregations and individuals who want to reach out to the Hisportic people group.

Wayne Long currently resides in East Providence, Rhode Island and is married to Gail Long who works as the Executive Assistant at Cox Communications.  They have two sons: Nelson Long who is married and lives in West Lake Village, CA and Nathan Long of Burbank, CA.