Karla's chronology

Karla Koll, this Saturday's suppertime speaker, suggested folks take a look at this chronology of Protestantism in Guatemala (with special emphasis on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s partner church, the IENPG), that she prepared in 2005:

1843 Baptist Frederick Crowe arrives in Guatemala City and founds a school
1846 Crowe deported from Guatemala
1882 John Clark Hill, the first Presbyterian missionary, arrives, holds worship services in English
1884 Colegio Americano, an English-language school, opens in Guatemala City; Spanish-speaking congregation of nine men founded
1885 Hill forced to leave Guatemala
1886 Edward Haymaker arrives to lead the Presbyterian Mission
1890 Cyrus Scofield founds the Central American Mission (CAM)
1895 Presbyterian work begins in Quetzaltenango
1899 Mr. and Mrs. Bishop of CAM arrive to work in Guatemala
1900 The Friends Yearly Meeting of California (Quakers) begin work in Chiquimula;
the Pentecostal Mission (Nazarenes) begin work in the Atlantic region of Guatemala
1902 The evangelical missions working in Guatemala negotiate a comity agreement
1912 The Presbyterian Mission opens the Hospital Americano en Guatemala City
1914 The Primitive Methodists arrive and begin work in Totonicopan and El Quiché
1916 Panama Congress on Christian Work in Latin America
1922 Horace and Dorothy Peck arrive to begin work with the Mam
1923 Occidente Presbytery organized
1925 CAM opens the Central American Bible Institute, today SETECA
1929 Central Presbytery organized
1934 14 congregations join the Church of God (Cleveland, TN)
1935 Missionaries arrive from the Assemblies of God; founding of the Evangelical Presbyterian Seminary
1939 Presbytery of Suchitepéquez organized
1941 Maya-Quiché Bible Institute founded by Presbyterians and Methodists
1944 Revolution of October
1946 Pacifico Presbytery organized
1950 National Synod of the I.E.N.P.G. organized; Presbytery of the North organized
1952 The Sinódica (women’s organization) founded
1959 Maya-Quiché Presbytery organized
1962 Integration of the Presbyterian Mission into the IENPG; sale of the Hospital Americano, Pro-Salud continues preventive healthcare program
1973 Centennial plan approved to double church membership in 10 years
1978 Kekchí Presbytery organized
1980 Mam Presbytery organized
1981 Sur-Occidente Presbytery organized
1982 I.E.N.P.G. leads celebration of 100 years of Protestantism in Guatemala;
DIACONIA founded; synod reorganization includes Christian Service
1992 Schism affects Occidente, Sur-Occidente, Suchitepéquez and Pacífico Presbyteries
1997 Association of Kekchí Presbyteries formed
1998 Ordination of women approved
2000 Dissidentes of Occidente Presbytery return to I.E.N.P.G.
2002 Unión Boca Costa Maya Quiché Presbytery organized

-- Karla Koll