General Conference
- Organized Free Methodist Churches: 152
- FMC Membership: 18,703
- Ordained Ministers: 90
- Ministerial Candidates: 21
- Bishop: Rev. Elias Samuel Pena Dominguez
Origins
A Free Methodist layman, Samuel E. Mills, began the work in the Dominican Republic in 1889. He was the first missionary of any denomination to minister to the Spanish speaking population of the island. Seven years later he saw his first convert. The “evangelicals” were treated with contempt and some hostility for many years. Very early the need to educate converts was seen. Schools were established to assist in the training of pastors and influence the community for Christ. Present Ministries
Rev. Teodoro Reynoso is the first bishop of the Dominican Republic FMC, which became a General Conference in January 2001. Bishop Elías Samuel Peña Dominguez was elected in the summer of 2005 to succeed Bishop Reynoso. The conference has three annual conferences. The Dominican FMC sponsors more than 20 elementary and/or secondary schools, a lay leadership training institute, a university level seminary, and publishes its own adult Sunday school material. Opportunities to support Dominican Republic ministries Learn more about Dominican Republic
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