Methodist Church

The Methodist Church of Costa Rica was established in 1917 by missionaries, Rev. George Miller and Rev. Eduardo Zapata (Mexico) who arrived on horseback from Panama. Rev. Miller and his wife were originally from California and after surveying several sites, recommended that the U.S. church purchase a theater in downtown San José where they planted the first Methodist church in Costa Rica.

Today, there are over 100 churches or preaching points throughout the country; plus, a rural farm center, a rural camp, a conference center, the Methodist School, the Methodist University and Seminary, a medical clinic, and the Methodist Children´s Home.

Our current ministry projects

Guapiles Methodist Church

In 2019, ground was broken on a new Methodist church in the city of Guapiles. With the help of short term mission teams, we are building a sanctuary for this new church plant. The foundation has been poured and the walls are going up.

El Tigre Methodist Church

This vibrant congregation is located 40 miles east of San Jose. The church sits close to a river and has flooded many times over the years. We are currently building a multi-purpose building on this property. Once completed, the congregation will meet in the new multi-purpose building while we raise the current sanctuary about 2 meters off of the ground.

Loma Linda Methodist Church

Loma Linda is an established church; they have been ministering in their community for many years. The church continues to grow, thus the need for additional Sunday School rooms and Youth meeting space. We began construction on this building in 2018 and hope to have the church in their new buildings by 2021.

Become involved

You can become involved in this ministry by bringing a volunteer in mission team to Costa Rica. We will need several short-term mission teams to complete the construction on these projects over the next few years. If you would like to bring a team to help us minister in this area, contact us at ray.zirkel@gmail.com.