[1] It is also an autonomous affiliate of the United Methodist Church.
In 1952 the Uruguay provisional Conference was formed; in 1968 it became autonomous.
[1] Women are able to be ordained in the denomination,[3] and from 1994 to 2000 the president of the church was a lay woman, Beatriz Ferrari.
[4] The church has also "resolved that pastors that wish to minister to homosexuals could do so freely".
[5] As a result, some congregations and ministers have provided blessing services for same-gender couples.