Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil
The Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil is
History
In 1968 a group from the PCB formed the Christian Presbyterian Church. The Independent Presbyterian Church had a Pentecostal segment too and they created the Renewed Independent Presbyterian Church. The Christian Presbyterian Church was founded and concentrated in Central Brazil, the leader of this group was Pastor Jonathan dos Santos Ferreira. The Renewed Independent Presbyterian church elected Rev. Palmiro Francisco de Andrade as President. These two streams united on January 8, 1975 in
Its headquarters located in Arapongas, Paraná.[4]
Statistics
According to the 2011 statistics the church has 132,000 members and 474 congregations and 50 presbyteries.
Doctrine
The church professes
Theological training
The denomination operates two seminaries: the Renewed Presbyterian Seminary in Anápolis, Goiás and Renewed Presbyterian Seminary in Cianorte, Paraná.[10]
References
- ^ "The IPRB and the 500 years of John Calvin". Iprb.org.br. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ "reformiert online". Reformiert-online.net. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "History of IPRB". Iprb.org.br. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "History of Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil". Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
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- ^ "Estatística - 2012 - Geral". Iprb.org.br. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Sistema administrativo da IPRB". Iprb.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Confession of Faith of the Renewed Presbyterian Church of Brazil". Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ "Igrejas Pentecostais no Brasil - Artigo". Iprb.org. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Seminários - Inicial". Iprb.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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