The Wesleyan Church

There are eleven Wesleyan churches in Suriname. Six of our churches are in the capital city of Paramaribo and the other five are in the areas of Moengo and Saramacca. Approximately four hundred people attend our churches.

The Wesleyan Church is a small church in a young country. Over half of the population of Suriname are under twenty-five years old. This is reflected in the congregations. Our churches are primarily made up of young believers who are growing in Christ.

Most of our people are Maroons who grew up in the villages around Moengo and Pelgrim Kondre. They are Aukaners--
descendants of slaves who escaped from their Dutch slave masters and fled into the jungle. The children grow up in the river villages. Many of them then move on to Paramaribo to acquire a higher education. Close connections exist between the churches in Moengo and those in town. So most of the Wesleyan children who move to Paramaribo readily find a new church home in the city.

 Our youngest church, perhaps,  is the Patamacca Wesleyan  Church. This church was  founded by Brother Petrus  Pinas a few years ago. They  have about thirty people  worshiping in a local school.  Brother Petrus Pinas is a gifted  church-planter and is  Suriname's first missionary!

 Pictured here is Emero Gangadin and his daughter from the Patamacca  church.