Mission District
- Organized Free Methodist Churches: 3
- FMC Membership: 446
- Ordained Ministers: 1
- Ministerial Candidates: 3
Origins
In 1992 a young Chilean, Victor Alvarez, asked the Chilean FMC to appoint him to open the FMC in southern Peru. When it became clear that the Chileans wouldn’t have any funds to help support him, Victor said he wanted to be assigned even without funding. During his first year, he traveled by hitch-hiking and eating an apple for lunch. In 1994 another Chilean, Samuel Vasquez, was assigned by the Chilean conference to a church plant in Tacna, Peru, and FMWM selected him as the director of the Peruvian Mission District. Present Ministries
One church meets in Tacna and young people of the congregation are being prepared to plant churches throughout Peru. An independent church in Tarma, with its rural ministries, affiliated with the Peruvian Free Methodist Church in 2002. In 2004, in a joint effort between the South Atlantic Conference and the North and South Peruvian districts, a church was started in the capital city of Lima. The new church in Lima and the Tarma churches make up the Northern Peru Mission District, while the Tacna church and the Puno church plant make up the Southern District. Both districts function under the visionary oversight of Tarma pastor, Miguel Algorta. The Luz y Vida Free Methodist seminary officially began in three cities in March 2008. Opportunities to support Peru ministries Learn more about the Free Methodist Church in Peru (site in Spanish) Learn more about Peru
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