United Andean Indian Mission

United Andean Indian Mission

The United Andean Indian Mission (UAIM), was an ecumenical and interdenominational protestant mission, formed in the United States of America in 1946 with the purpose of working among the indigenous peoples in Ecuador, South America. The UAIM was created under the sponsorship of the Committee on Cooperation in Latin America, a multi-denominational agency that served as an umbrella organisation for all liberal protestantant missions in the region.

The constituent churches and denominations of the UAIM were: the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern), the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Northern), the Evangelical and Reformed Church, and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

In 1965, its congregations and parishes merged with those planted by missionaries of the Church of the Brethren, to form the United Evangelical Church of Ecuador (Iglesia Evangélica Unida del Ecuador or IEUE), which changed recently its name to United Evangelical Methodist Church of Ecuador.

At the time of the merger, the participating churches in the UAIM were: the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the United Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ (the last two through their joint "Global Ministries").

The United Andean Indian Mission was one of the founding missions of the Ecuadorian Evangelical Fellowship (Confraternidad Evangélica Ecuatoriana), along with the Church of the Brethren, the Christian and Missionary Alliance, the Gospel Missionary Union, the Evangelical Covenant Church, the Missionary Church, World Mission Prayer League, Norwegian Santal Mission (now known as " [http://www.normisjon.no/ Normisjon] "), Christian Missions in Many Lands (Plymouth Brethren), HCJB, and many smaller missions and churches.

ources and further reading

Sunquist, W. Scott and Becker, Caroline N., A History of Presbyterian Missions: 1944-2007, Geneva Press, 2008.

The United Andean-Indian Mission Becomes a Reality, Board of International Missions, Evangelical and Reformed Church, 1946.

Padilla, Washington, La Iglesia y los Dioses Modernos. Historia del protestantismo en el Ecuador, Corporación Editora Nacional, Quito, 1989.

Horton, Douglas, The United Church of Christ: Its Origins, Organization, and Role in the World Today, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1962.

Anderson, Justice C., An Evangelical Saga, Xulon Press, 2005

Damboriena, Prudencio, Protestantismo en América Latina, 1957.
* [http://www.archive.org/stream/whyiamapresbyter009543mbp/whyiamapresbyter009543mbp_djvu.txt "Miller, Park Hays, Why I Am a Presbyterian", Read Books, 2007.]

External Links

* [http://www.sim.org/index.php/country/EC SIM (Serving in Mission), Country Profile: Ecuador]
* [http://www.pcusa.org/worldwide/ecuador/international.htm Presbyterian Curch in the United States of America: Ecuador Partner Churches and Organizations]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ut/iglesia Resumen Cronológico de la Historia de la Iglesia Evangélica en el Ecuador]
* [http://www.prolades.com/cra/regions/sam/ecu/ecu-chron.pdf A Chronology of Protestant Beginnings: Ecuador]
* [http://www.lupaprotestante.com/media/PanoramadelaiglesiaevangelicaenelEcuador.pdf Panorama de la Iglesia Evangélica en el Ecuador]
* [http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=12169&lg=eng United Evangelical Church of Ecuador profile at Reformiert Online]
* [http://confraternidad.tripod.com/ Ecuadorian Evangelical Fellowship (Confraternidad Evangélica Ecuatoriana)]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America — Infobox Christian denomination name = United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America imagewidth = caption = main classification = Protestant orientation = Mainline polity = Presbyterian founder = founded date = 1958 founded place =… …   Wikipedia

  • Presbyterian Church in the United States — Classification Protestant Orientation Calvinist Polity Presbyterian polity Associations merged with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ( the Northern Presbyterians ) in 1983 to form the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)… …   Wikipedia

  • Evangelical United Brethren Church — The Evangelical United Brethren Church (EUB) was an American Protestant church which was formed in 1946 by the merger of the Evangelical Church with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (not to be confused with the current Church of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Church of the Brethren — For other uses, see The Brethren (disambiguation). Church of the Brethren The Church of the Brethren logo comprises three shapes with distinct meanings: the cross represents the crucifixion of Jesus …   Wikipedia

  • South American Indian languages — Introduction       group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, the Antilles, and Central America to the south of a line from the Gulf of Honduras to the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. Estimates of… …   Universalium

  • Districts of the Church of the Brethren — The districts of the Church of the Brethren are 23 regional divisions that serve to administer the 1,035 congregations[1] of the Church of the Brethren in the United States and Puerto Rico. Districts are divided along state and county lines with… …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Auca — Nate Saint s aircraft was discovered in 1994, buried in the sand along the Curaray River. The frame was reconstructed and is now on display at the headquarters of the Mission Aviation Fellowship in Nampa, Idaho. Operation Auca was an attempt by… …   Wikipedia

  • Ecuador —    Ecuador became independent in 1830. By that time, Roman Catholicism had come to dominate, though the religions of the native peoples survived, especially in remote regions.    Protestantism first came in 1824 through James Thompson (1788 1854) …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • Evangelical and Reformed Church — The Evangelical and Reformed Church was an American Protestant Christian denomination formed in 1934 by the merger of the Reformed Church in the United States with the Evangelical Synod of North America. In 1957, it merged with the majority of… …   Wikipedia

  • Chet Bitterman — Part of a series on Protestant missions to Latin America Latin America Background Christianity Protestantism History of Central America History of South America The Roman Cathol …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”