Iglesia Evangélica Hermanos de San Estanislau (San Pedro, Paraguay)

In January of 1965, Harold Funk, Alfred Klassen, Arndt Funk and Herwin Derksen--missionaries from the Friesland colony--arrived in San Estanislau to lead vacation Bible schools that lasted around eight to 10 days. Later, in 1966, Pastor Juan Pankratz carried out the first evangelistic campaign. In that campaign Filemón Duré and his wife Julia Pacce de Duré converted, and they later served as the pastoral couple of the “Iglesia Tapiracuai.” In July 1967 the church held its first worship service on the church's own premises. During this time, pastor Alberto Enns held an evangelistic campaign. The first missionary who worked permanently at the site was Harold Funk, and the first pastor was Alfred Klassen, who led the church from 1967 to 1972.

The initial ministries focused on children and young boys. Later a women's ministry and the evangelistic ministry were started. The church’s growth strategy consisted of house-to-house visitation, distribution of brochures in the neighborhood, evangelistic campaigns, camp-outs, home gatherings, and vacation Bible school.

In 2019, Pablo Efraín Ortiz Alonso, served as pastor of the congregation along with a team made up of Elder Maciel, Eliezer Yellow, Cristian Duré and Vidal Gómez. Church attendance averaged about 70 people. The congregation’s ministry program included: youth; praise, intercession, women; and children.

The “Iglesia San Estanislau,” created several church plants including the congregations of Tacuara, Republicanano, Calle Seis Mil, Bertoni, and Arroyo Guasu. The last church was in the process of becoming independent.

Bibliography

Zaracho, Rafael and David Irala, eds. Memoria Viva: Historia de las iglesias de la Convención Evangélica de Iglesias Paraguayas Hermanos Menonitas. Publicado por el Instituto Bíblico Asunción y La Convención Evangélica de Iglesias Paraguayas Hnos. Menonitas. Asunción, Paraguay: Impreso por YolySuitter, 2019: 31-33. Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/memoria-viva.

Additional Information

Address: Gral. Bernardino Caballero y Teniente Quintana, San Estanislao, San Pedro, Paraguay (Coordinates -24.662222 -56.44 [24°39'44"S 56°26'24"W])

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Denominational Affiliations:

Convención Evangélica de Iglesias Paraguayas Hermanos Menonitas

Pastors and Lay Leaders at Iglesia Evangélica Hermanos de San Estanislau

Name	Years of Service
Alfred Klassen	1967-1972
Harold Funk	1973-1987
Filemón Duré y Felipe Amarilla (alternated every 2 years)	1988-1997
Wilfrido Rojas (Lay leader)	1997-1998
Filemón Duré	1999-2002 2005-2008
Felipe Amarilla	2003-2004
Josías Duré (Lay leader)	2009-2010
Líder Giménez	2011-present

Author(s)	Rafael Zaracho
	David Irala
Date Published	June 2020

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