Maria de Fátima Wadhoomall Gomes

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Church of the Assemblies of God in Dili ( East Timor )

Maria de Fátima Wadhoomall Gomes (born February 25, 1940 in Dili , Portuguese Timor , † January 7, 2020 in Dili, East Timor ) was a Protestant pastor from East Timor. She was one of the founders and leading clergy of the Protestant Church in East Timor . Most recently she was pastor and president of the Igreja Evangélica Assembleia de Deus (Assemblies of God) in East Timor.

Career

Funeral of Maria Gomes (2020)

During the Portuguese colonial times, the majority of Timor’s residents still belonged to the traditional Timorese faith . In addition, the Catholic faith spread . But Gomes began to preach Protestant doctrine under the influence of a Cape Verdean . After a meeting with the American pastors Edward and Rud Dilman, Gomes officially professed the Protestant faith in 1950. Together with others, Gomes founded his own religious community, from which the Christian Church of East Timor GKTT emerged in 1988 during the Indonesian occupation ( today: Protestant Church in East Timor IPTL).

While still under Portuguese rule, Gomes and her husband began to evangelize against resistance for Protestantism. From 1968 to 1978 they contributed to the renewal of local Protestantism on the island of Atauro, which belongs to East Timor . When her husband died, Gomes took over the pastor's post at the Assembleia de Deus.

In 2000/2001, Gomes was a representative of the Protestants on the National Council (NC), the country's transitional parliament. She had lived in the Assembleia de Deus church since October 1999 after her home and the homes of her six children were destroyed in the Indonesian retaliation .

Gomes died on January 7, 2020 in the Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c President of East Timor: PRESIDÊNCIA DA REPÚBLICA PRESTA ÚLTIMA HOMENAGEM À FUNDADORA DA IGREJA PROTESTANTE EM TIMOR-LESTE , January 7, 2020 , accessed on January 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) Hong Kong / Australia, Joint Mission to East Timor , 2001 , accessed January 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ PCUSA News to Presbynews: Church on the rocks , July 16, 2004 , accessed July 19, 2018.
  4. ^ A b Government East Timor: Three Women of the National Council , in: Tais Timor, March 26 - April 8, 2001, UNTAET , accessed January 19, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Gomes, Maria de Fátima Wadhoomall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gomes, Maria (short form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese pastor
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Dili , Portuguese Timor
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2020
Place of death Dili , East Timor