PRESENT MINISTRIES
The FM churches of Paraguay are clustered around the capital, Asunción, and the southern city of Encarnación. Church-sponsored elementary schools minister in both cities in partnership with ICCM.
FMC IN PARAGUAY
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 Statistics
- Population: 6,703,860 (57% urban)
- Evangelical Christians: 6.1%
- FM Work Opened: 1946
- FM Churches: 22
- FMC Membership: 1278
- Ordained Elders: 15
- Conference Ministerial Candidates: 7
- Superintendent: Ceferino Ramirez Diarte
- Overseer: Dr. Ricardo Gomez, Latin America Director
Annual Conference
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Major City:
- Asunción (1.4 million)
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Funding the Paraguay Country Support Account (CSA) will help resource leadership development
• outreach activities to bring whole families to a relationship with Jesus Christ
• a vision to reach lost people for Christ
• freedom from a history of discouragement and a new vision for what God would do among them and through them in Paraguay
• a vision to reach lost people for Christ
• freedom from a history of discouragement and a new vision for what God would do among them and through them in Paraguay
Paraguay
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