Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina
The Argentine Evangelical Methodist Church (Spanish: Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Argentina) 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b "Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina — World Council of Churches". www.oikoumene.org. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ Communications, United Methodist. "Affiliated Churches: South America - The United Methodist Church". The United Methodist Church. Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ "La Pastora Natalia Barrios fue ordenada Presbítera de la Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Argentina | ISEDET". isedet.edu.ar. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ "Hay libertad para acompañar a las parejas homosexuales". Diario El Ciudadano y la Gente. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ Centro, El (14 May 2010). "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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