Convención de los Pastores de las Iglesias Mennonitas del Paraguay

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The Convención de los Pastores de las Iglesias Mennonitas del Paraguay (in German: Conference of the Association of the Mennonite Congregations of Paraguay or simply Association of the Mennonite Congregations of Paraguay ) is a Mennonite congregation association in the Latin American Paraguay .

history

The history of the Paraguayan Mennonites goes back mainly to German-speaking immigrants in the middle of the 20th century. Many of them have Russian-German roots. Formally, the Association of Mennonite Congregations of Paraguay was founded on January 10, 1967 in Filadelfia . Among the first communities were communities from Asunción and from the settlements and colonies founded by Mennonite immigrants in Volendam , Friesland , Neuland and Fernheim . A year later, congregations from Menno also joined the new congregation association.

The community association is still largely German-speaking. Many of the Spanish-speaking congregations founded their own congregation association ( Convención Evangélica Mennonita Paraguaya ) on December 2, 1981 , which however continues to work closely with the parent association in many areas such as administration. In 2006 the Spanish-speaking association had over 1,500 members in 18 parishes.

present

The Association of Mennonite Congregations of Paraguay had about 7,400 members in 2008 in a total of 20 congregations. Most of the communities are in the Mennonite settlements in the Chaco in western Paraguay. The community association runs a joint theological seminar ( Centro Evangélico Mennonita de Teología Asunción ) with other Mennonite community associations from Uruguay and Brazil in Asunción . In cooperation with other Protestant churches in Paraguay, the association is also the supporting organization of the Universidad Evangélica del Paraguay ( Evangelical University of Paraguay ). In 2008 the association published a new hymn book for the German-speaking congregations in America ( hymn book of the Mennonites ). The association is a member of the Mennonite World Conference and hosted the 15th World Conference in Asunción in 2009 with other Mennonite congregational associations.

In addition to the Association of the Mennonite Congregations of Paraguay, there are other Mennonite associations in Paraguay, such as the Asociación Caritativa de los Hermanos Menonitas del Paraguay (German: Association of the Mennonite Brethren Congregations of Paraguay ), the Convención Evangélica Mennonita de Paraguélica (Spanish) Iglesias Paraguayas Hermanos Menonitas (Spanish-speaking Mennonite Brethren Congregations), the Evangelical-Mennonite Brotherhood (which go back to the Mennonite Alliance congregations in Ukraine and are close to the Mennonite Brethren congregations) and congregations of old colonial Mennonites .

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