Pray For
- development of healthy leaders and multiplication of committed disciples
- churches that actively participate in the transformation of individuals, families and society
- wisdom and guidance for Superintendent Ceferino
- new pastors who will replace five pastors who retired this past year
- the calling and development of new young leaders to serve the present and future generations
PRESENT MINISTRIES
The majority of FM churches in Paraguay are clustered around the capital, Asunción, and the southern city of Encarnación. The Community Church Planting movement is having an impact in Paraguay, where 38 houses of peace opened this past year. They are also actively involved in ministerial formation and pastoral care. The church ministers through two ICCM-sponsored schools and several cafeterias that provide food for those in need. Pastor Ceferino was recently elected to his fourth term as conference superintendent.
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.
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Superintendent Ceferino Ramírez
Paraguay Annual Conference
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COUNTRY STATISTICS
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Annual Conference
- Population: 6,703,860 (57% urban)
- Evangelical Christians: 6.1%
- FM Work Opened: 1946
- FM Churches: 20
- FMC Membership: 955
- Ordained Elders: 15
- Conference Ministerial Candidates: 7
- 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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