TEGUCIGALPA
There are
three churches in the Tegucigalpa area. The Methodist church in
SAN JOSE de la VEGA serves a poor, centrally-located, urban
neighborhood. This is one of the few churches that
holds services and Sunday School in a rented house.
The Methodist church in
FUERZAS UNIDAS serves a marginal neighborhood of the urban
poor on the outskirts of the city.
The 12th, and newest, Methodist congregation is
in a community called
CIUDAD ESPAÑA in the Amarateca Valley, northwest of
Tegucigalpa. A new housing development built by the Red Cross of Spain
after Hurricane Mitch in 1998, this church serves a community of people
who had to relocate after the disaster.
DANLI
AREA
DANLI
CENTRAL
is the name of the first Methodist
church to form in Danlí, a town two hours east of Tegucigalpa.
There are two congregations that were planted by the Danlí
Central Methodist church, the churches of the rural villages of La Jagua
and Escuapa.
LA JAGUA
is about 1.5 hours drive from Danlí, and
ESCUAPA
is about another 20-30 minutes down the road from La Jagua. Both
villages are remote and poor, with many residents trying to survive on
the local coffee harvest. Escuapa is a community that needed to be
relocated after the nearby river destroyed the original village during
Hurricane Mitch. It held worship and Sunday school for years under a
tree.
The other Methodist church in the town of Danlí is in the
neighborhood of
LA COFRADÍA. It is one of the largest Methodist
congregations in Honduras.
The La Cofradía Methodist church planted the Methodist
congregation in
EL PARAÍSO, near the Nicaraguan border.
TALANGA
AREA
Talanga is a
town one hour northeast of Tegucigalpa, and has two worshiping
congregations of the Methodist Church. The congregation of
TALANGA CENTRAL is located in town and holds worship in the
rented house where the pastor lives.
The other congregation is located 5 minutes away, just
outside of Talanga, in a neighborhood called
10 de SEPTIEMBRE.
Many homes were built with UMCOR funds donated after Hurricane Mitch in
this poor community.
SUBIRANA
SUBIRANA is a small, rural
village located in the Department of Yoro, east of San Pedro Sula that
has a Methodist congregation.
LA
CEIBITA
This
Methodist congregation is located on the North Coast in
LA CEIBITA,
about 15 minutes away from Tocoa. The community moved to this location
after Hurricane Mitch in 1998, and many homes were built with UMCOR
funds donated after Hurricane Mitch.
Updated
September
2005