Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina

The church, also called the Argentine Evangelical Methodist Church, is a member of the World Council of Churches and has 8,940 members and 123 congregations.[1] While autonomous, the denomination is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.[2]

History

In 1836, the Methodist Episcopal Church decided to send missionaries to Buenos Aires. Earlier Methodist bodies, resulting from the missions, merged to form the Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina in 1969.[1]

Social Issues

Women are able to be ordained in the denomination.[3] The church has "given, on a national level, freedom to each congregation to accompany...[same-sex] couples. [They] give freedom of action to be able to bless them".[4] In an episcopal letter, Bishop Frank de Nully Brown shared that the church opposes any kind of secular or religions discrimination.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina — World Council of Churches". www.oikoumene.org. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  2. ↑ Communications, United Methodist. "Affiliated Churches: South America - The United Methodist Church". The United Methodist Church. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  3. ↑ "La Pastora Natalia Barrios fue ordenada Presbítera de la Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Argentina | ISEDET". isedet.edu.ar. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  4. ↑ "Hay libertad para acompañar a las parejas homosexuales". Diario El Ciudadano y la Gente. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  5. ↑ Centro, El. "Centro Cristiano de la Comunidad GLTTB: Metodismo argentino sobre la Ley de Matrimonios del mismo sexo". Centro Cristiano de la Comunidad GLTTB. Retrieved 2016-05-27.


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