- 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), theUnited Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Northern), theEvangelical and Reformed Church , and theEvangelical 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 , thePresbyterian Church (U.S.A.) , theUnited Church of Christ and theDisciples 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 , theGospel Missionary Union , theEvangelical Covenant Church , theMissionary 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)]
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