Pray For
- the Holy Spirit’s guidance to bring about the restoration Paraguay needs
- the new teams of pastors and leaders to walk together in unity
- strengthening of the existing training centers and training of new teachers
- the development of new transformative projects in communities the church serves
- the creation and strengthening of programs aimed at serving youth and young adults
- the support of international missionaries Juan Carlos Rodriguez and Yaneth Aguirre
PRESENT MINISTRIES
The five established churches and the 13 church plants in Paraguay are organized into six regions, each led by committed teams working with Superintendent Ceferino Ramírez and missionaries Juan Carlos Rodriguez and Yaneth Aguirre.
The training centers have been fundamental in training pastors and promoting new house church leaders, with the primary objective of preparing them to develop holistic ministry. In addition, the church continues to minister to children through the school, soup kitchens, and supporting youth through a recreational center.
ORIGINS
Free Methodist work in Paraguay began in Asunción in 1946 when Harold and Evalyn Ryckman arranged the purchase of a girls’ orphanage and school from independent missionaries. The first church was constructed in 1949. A Bible school opened in 1953. With the help of Minoru Tsukamoto, a Japanese from Brazil, work began with the large groups of Japanese immigrants in the late 1950s. Asuncion Christian Academy, a school for missionary children, was started in 1958, later expanding into a cooperative school. The school, which eventually became an independent ministry, continues to operate.
Country Leader
Superintendent Ceferino Ramírez
Paraguay Annual Conference
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COUNTRY STATISTICS
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Annual Conference
- Population: 7,631,632 (57% urban)
- Evangelical Christians: 8.02%
- FM Work Opened: 1946
- FM Churches:18
- Houses of Peace: 76
- FMC Membership: 1,029
- Ordained Elders: 11
- Conference Ministerial Candidates: 13
- Superintendent: Ceferino Ramirez
- Ecclesiastical Accountability: FMWM through Latin America Area Director, Dr. Ricardo Gómez
Major City:
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- Asunción (1.4 million)
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Church Planting & Development
Support for Paraguay Church Planting and Development (CPD) will help fund:
- Church planting
- Leadership development