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
- ^ a b "Methodist Church of Uruguay". World Council of Churches.
- ^ "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). 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. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ "Bendecidos por el clérigo Frontán". Diario La República (in European Spanish). 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
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