Evangelical Church of the River Plate

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Evangelical Church of the River Plate
Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata
Evangelical Church in Germany
Congregations45
Members27,500
Official websitehttp://ierp.org.ar/

The Evangelical Church of the River Plate (Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata or IERP) is a

Evangelical Church in Germany from 1934–1965, when it became independent. The church ordains women as ministers and supported civil unions and same-sex marriage.[1][2] It has approximately 27,500 members.[3]

The denomination is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation.[3]

History

The Evangelical Church of the River Plate was known as the German Evangelical La Plata Synod (Deutsche Evangelische La Plata Synode) since 1899, with the most of its membership coming from German-speaking countries. Its origins go back to the union of reformed and

Lutheran
Christians in Germany, occurred in Germany during the 19th century. Today has a number of 45 congregations and more than 240 points of predication, counting around 25,000 people in its membership. In 1995 the Swiss Evangelical Church in Argentina - with 600 members, 1 congregation and several house fellowships - become affiliated with the denomination.[4] In 2010 the denomination united with the Reformed Churches in Argentina.[5]

Beliefs

It is a

Jesus Christ
. As confessional ground it includes the
Leuenberg Agreement.[6][7]

Ecumenism

The IERP is involved in several ecumenical bodies such as the Ecumenical Human Rights Movement, Uprooted People and Refugee Ecumenical Service and ISEDET (Ecumenical Theological University) in Argentina, emergency aid in Paraguay, human rights in Uruguay.

The signing of the

Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches. The church is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Iglesia Evangelica Luterana Unida". Iglesia Evangelica Luterana Unida (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  2. ^ "El Sí de la religión a los matrimonios lésbico-gays". www.notiese.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  3. ^ a b "Argentina | The Lutheran World Federation". www.lutheranworld.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  4. ^ "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". www.reformiert-online.net. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  5. ^ "Quiénes somos". Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  6. ^ "Los Credos". Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  7. ^ "Otras Declaraciones". Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  8. ^ "Members". World Communion of Reformed Churches. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  9. ^ "Members of World Council of Churches". Retrieved 19 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Iglesias, Organismos e Instituciones Ecuménicas". Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

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