Bolivia
Mission District
- Population: 10,030,832 (63% urban)
- Major Cities: La Paz (1.6 million), Santa Cruz (1.2 million), Cochabamba (800,000)
- Evangelical Christians: 16.2%
- FM Work Opened: 1994
- Organized Free Methodist Churches: 2
- FMC Membership: 110
- Ordained Ministers: 2
- Ministerial Candidates: 1
- Ecclesiastical Accountability: FMWM through Latin America Area Director Dr. Delia Nüesch-Olver in partnership with Chile Annual Conference
Origins
The Free Methodist Church in Bolivia was begun on July 17, 1994, when a Bolivian with a Methodist background, Silverio Chambi Yana, was named church planter in the city of Cochabamba. In 2000 the FMC refocused its efforts toward the capital city of La Paz and in 2005 began work in Santa Cruz.
Present Ministries
Veteran FM leaders from Chile, Sergio and Mari Loyola, moved to Bolivia to lead outreach there from 2005-2009. They continue to direct the work in Bolivia although they have returned to Chile to resume the position of superintendent of that annual conference.
