Pray For
- development of healthy leaders, multiplication of committed disciples and continued
empowerment of transformational churches - vision and wisdom for Superintendent Patricio Alvial as he balances pastoral, familial and conference responsibilities
- God’s intervention in the pandemic and the country’s political situation
PRESENT MINISTRIES
The Free Methodist Church in Chile serves 18 cities within the country and has launched the denomination into other countries such as Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Bolivia. They are participating in transformational ministry by providing housing for immigrants, assistance for pregnant youth, ministry and a school for the indigenous people, as well as a center for Community Church Planting.
OUTREACH TO THE WORLD
The conference has successfully launched church-planting efforts in the capital city of Santiago and churches that minister to the indigenous Mapuche people in southern Chile. They have also sent missionaries to begin the Free Methodist Church in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Uruguay.
Â
ORIGINS
In February 1985 Sergio Loyola, pastor of an independent holiness Methodist church in Chillan, Chile, wrote to the Latin America Area Director about the possibility of joining the Free Methodist Church. Personal contact followed. Groups of believers in three other cities also inquired. In February 1986, the Free Methodist Church of Chile was officially organized.
Country Leader
Superintendent Patricio Alvial
Chile Annual Conference
Missionaries
Rich & Laurie Sheriff
Rich and Laurie serve in San Pedro de la Paz, on the edge of Concepción, Chile. Rich is an elder in the Keystone Conference. After years of pastoring in the U.S. and leading short-term mission teams to various parts of the world, the Chilean Conference of the FMC...
Prayercast | Chile
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
COUNTRY STATISTICS
Annual Conference
- Population: 17,363,894 (88% urban)
- Evangelical Christians: 18.4%
- FM Work Opened: 1986
- FM Churches: 26
- FM Membership: 1,864
- Ordained Ministers: 17
- Ministerial Candidates: 7
- Superintendent: Patricio AlvialÂ
- Ecclesiastical Accountability: FMWM through Latin America Area Director, Dr. Ricardo Gómez
Major Cities:
-
- Santiago (5.6 million)
- Concepción (1 million)
- Â
Photo Credit: TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Join the ministry in Chile
Pray
Go
Give
Commit
Church Planting & Development
Funding the Chile Church Planting and Development (CPD) will help resource church planting, leadership development and community development
Extra Mile Project
Chile Ministry Support
The Chile Ministry Support Extra Mile Project provides funds for needs beyond the annual budget.