Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina
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Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina is the largest of three Anabaptist related groups in Argentina. In 2006 Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina had 57 congregations and 4,000 members.[1] To learn more about the Mennonite experience in Argentina click here.
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History
The IEMA developed through missionary workbeginning in 1917. The first congregation was formed in 1919 and the conference was organized in 1923. Due to the size of the country and the spread of the churches, IEMA is organized into five regions. Regions are arctive in mission and service work. IEMA is a member of MWC.[2]
Key Individuals in the Life of the Church
Electronic Resources
2006 Mennonite World Conference Directory for Caribbean, Central and South America
Citations
- ↑ "2006 Mennonite World Conference Directory for Caribbean, Central and South America," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=16 (accessed 17 June 2009).
- ↑ Global Gift Sharing Report (MWC, 2005), 6.
Annotated Bibliography
Iglesia Anabautista de Buenos Aires. http://www.menonitas.org.ar/ (accessed 23 June 2009).
- This is the official website of the Iglesia Anabautista de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Anabaptist Church), a congregation that is part of the Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Argentina. On the site, the congregation outlines their Mennonite identity. The site also provides contact information and local news about church life. Of special interest are several links to other Latin American Anabaptist organizations.
Archives and Libraries
- Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Argentina Archives
- The church collected and stored archival materials in a room at the Mennonite church in Bragado. In the late 1960s the collection was moved to the Floresta Mennonite Church (Iglesia Menonita de Floresta) in Buenos Aries where Ernesto Vilela cared for them until he died. In 2008 Luis María Alman Bornes moved the archives back to Floresta. To learn more contact Luis at Alman.Bornes@gmail.com.
- Argentine Mennonite Libraries
- IEMA has a small conference library along with archives. It consists of a small number of uncatalogued books in English and Spanish. Additionally, the Instituto Bíblico Menonita, a Bible institute in Bragado, Argentina sponsored by the Argentine Mennonite Church, had a small library. The library closed in 1954, and in 1956 most the collection moved to the new Mennonite seminary in Montevideo, Uruguay.
