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Guyana Presbyterian Church
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106 Ogle View, Goedverwaghting
East Coast Demerara
Guyana (South America)
Telephone: +592 227 1308
Fax: +592 227 1308
Email: dbisnauth@yahoo.com
Address-No.: 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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Statistic data of church
Members |
total: 2500 |
Parishes |
(conventionally): 44 |
house fellowships |
(Number of growing parishes): 44 |
Ordained clergy |
total: 3 |
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women´s ordination |
Elders/Presbyters |
total: 0 |
Deacons |
total: 0 |
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deacons not available |
Missionaries |
total: 0 |
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missionaries do not working abroad |
Baptismal practise |
infant and believer´s baptism
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Godparents |
No information about godparents
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Lord's Supper |
Frequency per annum: 12
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Newspapers/ Periodicals |
no information about publication of magazines |
Theological training facilities |
Number: 1 |
Schools providing general education |
no other schools |
Founded in |
1945 |
Organizational structures |
sessions, Presbytery |
Traditional type |
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Official languages |
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Confessions |
- Apostles´ Creed
- Nicene Creed (381)
- Westminster Confession (1646/47)
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Association |
International assiciations
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last update: 09.02.2006
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