Nicaragua

FMC IN NICARAGUA

PRESENT MINISTRIES

Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. One of the FM-sponsored schools in Managua won a government award for its contribution to the health and education of children and the betterment of the neighborhood. In January 2018 District Leader Hiuberth Zapata moved from neighboring Costa Rica to begin a Community Church Planting Project in the capital, Managua. FM work sponsored by the Church of the Messiah Guatemalan West District includes two Bible institutes and 10 churches.

ORIGINS

The Free Methodist Church in Nicaragua was planted through the efforts of the Costa Rican FMC in 1995. Nicaraguan leaders with a heart for ministry were identified and recruited by Costa Rican Superintendent Jorge Gomez. After a long battle with declining health, the founder of the Free Methodist Church in Nicaragua, Luis Ampie, passed away in 2010.

Country Statistics

Population: 5,848,641 (59% urban)
Evangelical Christians: 29.8%

Managua (1.3 million)

Mission District

FM Work Opened: 1995
FM Churches: 7
FMC Membership: 1360
Ordained Ministers: 1
Ministerial Candidates: 4
District Leader: Hiuberth Zapata
Overseer: Dr. Ricardo Gómez, Latin America Area Director

Mission District of the Mid-America Annual Conference

FM Churches: 10
FMC Membership: 918
Overseer: Mid-America Annual Conference Superintendent Jeff Johnson

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Pray for

• multiplication of disciples, groups, leaders and churches
• peace and justice amid much political and social unrest
• stamina and wisdom for Hiuberth Zapata as he leads the Nicaragua Mission District and plants churches
• means for pastors and churches to be able to support themselves
• ICCM-sponsored children at two FM schools

Church Planting and Development

Nicaragua

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Funding the Nicaragua Church Planting and Development (CPD) will help resource the following people and strategic initiatives:

Pastor Hiuberth Zapata, a very capable and effective mission district leader, who oversees the work in Nicaragua, traveling regularly from neighboring Costa Rica

The Free Methodist-sponsored school in Managua that has won a government award for its contribution to the health and education of children and betterment of the neighborhood

Holistic ministry among children and youth that often meets the most basic needs in the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere