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Guyana Presbyterian Church
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106 Ogle View, Goedverwaghting
East Coast Demerara
Guyana (Südamerika)
Telefon: +592 227 1308
Fax: +592 227 1308
E-Mail: dbisnauth@yahoo.com
AdressNr.: 12211 / 3321
In 1880 John Morton, a Canadian Presb missionary from Trinidad, visited British Guyana and recommended setting up a mission there. The Presbyterian Church in Canada sent John Gibson, who started work five years later in Demerara County. After his death it took several years before a new minister, J. B. Cropper, arrived at Better Hope in 1895. He spoke fluent Hindi with the Indians working on the plantations. By 1905 his endeavor had spread to all three colonies. Until 1945 the Guyana Presbyterian Church worked almost exclusively among East Indians employed on the sugar plantations. Schools and churches were established, but the church suffered from the heavy turnover of missionaries. A presby was formed in 1945, and the church became autonomous as the “Canadian Presbyterian Church in British Guyana.” In 1961 the name was changed to “Guyana Presbyterian Church.”
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Statistik der Kirche
Mitglieder |
total: 2500 |
Gemeinden |
(herkömmlich): 44 |
Hauskreise |
(Gemeinden im Werden): 44 |
Ordinierte |
total: 3 |
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Frauenordination üblich |
Älteste |
total: 0 |
Diakone/innen |
total: 0 |
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keine diakonische Einrichtungen vorhanden |
Missionare/innen |
total: 0 |
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keine Missionare im Ausland tätig |
Taufe |
Kinder- und Gläubigentaufe
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Taufpaten |
Keine Informationen über Taufpaten
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Abendmahl |
pro Jahr: 12
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Publikationen |
keine Angabe über die Herausgabe eigener Zeitschriften |
Theol. Ausbildungsstätten |
Anzahl: 1 |
Allgemeinbld. Schulen |
keine sonstige Schulen in Trägerschaft |
Gründungsjahr |
1945 |
Organisationstruktur |
sessions, Presbytery |
Herkunftstyp |
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Amtssprachen |
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Bekenntnisgrundlage |
- Apostolischen Glaubensbekenntnis
- Nizänisches Glaubensbekenntnis (381)
- Westminster Bekenntnis (1646/47)
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Mitgliedschaften |
Internationale Verbindungen
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letzte Akutalisierung des Datensatzes: 09.02.2006
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