Reformed Churches in Brazil

The Reformed Churches in Brazil (Igrejas Reformadas do Brazil in Portuguese) is a federation of confessional Reformed churches in northestern Brazil, started by Canadian and Dutch missionaries in the 1970s.

Origin

The Canadian and American Reformed Churches began missionary work in the villages between Recife and Maceio in 1970. In the same year Dutch Reformed Churches began missions in Paraná. This efforts led the formation of 2 churches in Alagoas and Pernambuco. The American missionaries are supported by two Brazilian Presbyterian students. The Canadian Reformed Church in Surrey, British Columbia was responsible for this work in Brazil. A school in Maceio was organised by the Reformed Church.[1]

Other churches joined the federation from Dutch Reformed (in Colombo), baptist (Esperanca Church was formerly baptist) and Pentecostal origin ( the church in Cabro Frio was Pentecostal).[2] The denomination has an official theological seminary, the John Calvin Institution (Institutio Joao Calvino) and offers Bachelor of Divinity to train national pastors, elders and deacons. From its beginning from a few congregations the denomination has congregations in several Brazilian cities and states.

Doctrine

Creeds

Confessions

Churches

Congregations are in:

Interchurch organisations

Igrejas Reformadas do Brasil has a sisterchurch relationship with the Canadian and American Reformed Churches and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated), it is also a member of the International Conference of Reformed Churches.[5][6]

References

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  3. ↑ "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". Reformiert-online.net. 2004-02-20. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Doutrina". Igrejasreformadasdobrasil.org. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20130827060048/http://igrejasreformadasdobrasil.org:80/confederacao/relacoes-inter-eclesiasticas. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20120717064352/http://www.icrconline.com/members.html. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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