Evangelical Methodist Church in Uruguay

The Evangelical Methodist Church in Uruguay is a member of the World Methodist Council. It has 1,000 members and 12 congregations.^[1] It is also an autonomous affiliate of the United Methodist Church.^[2]

History

The church was founded by British missionaries in the mid-1800s. In 1893 it became a district, when the Latin America Conference was formed. In 1952 the Uruguay provisional Conference was formed; in 1968 it became autonomous.^[1]

Social issues

Women are able to be ordained in the denomination,^[3] and from 1994 to 2000 the president of the church was a lay woman, Beatriz Ferrari.^[4] The church has also "resolved that pastors that wish to minister to homosexuals could do so freely".^[5] As a result, some congregations and ministers have provided blessing services for same-gender couples.^[6]

References

12"Methodist Church of Uruguay". World Council of Churches. January 1971.
↑"Affiliated Churches: South America - The United Methodist Church". The United Methodist Church. United Methodist Communications. Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
↑"en la Iglesia Metodista las mujeres avanzan". LARED21 (in European Spanish). 17 May 2009. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
↑Elizabeth Sleeman (2001). "Ferrari, Beatriz". The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.
↑"DISCRIMINACIÓN SEXUAL: AVANCES Y RETROCESOS DE LAS IGLESIAS PROTESTANTES HISTÓRICAS - La Otra Voz Digital". La Otra Voz Digital. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
↑"Bendecidos por el clérigo Frontán". Diario La República (in European Spanish). 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2016-05-27.

[:0-1] 12"Methodist Church of Uruguay". World Council of Churches. January 1971.

[2] "Affiliated Churches: South America - The United Methodist Church". The United Methodist Church. United Methodist Communications. Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2016-05-27.

[3] "en la Iglesia Metodista las mujeres avanzan". LARED21 (in European Spanish). 17 May 2009. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

[Sleeman2001-4] Elizabeth Sleeman (2001). "Ferrari, Beatriz". The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.

[5] "DISCRIMINACIÓN SEXUAL: AVANCES Y RETROCESOS DE LAS IGLESIAS PROTESTANTES HISTÓRICAS - La Otra Voz Digital". La Otra Voz Digital. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

[6] "Bendecidos por el clérigo Frontán". Diario La República (in European Spanish). 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2016-05-27.

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History

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World Methodist Council

United Methodist Church

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