RITA DATABASE
PROJECT
RELIGION-IN-THE-AMERICAS:
BY REGIONS & COUNTRIES
PROLADES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
RELIGION IN
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN:
TENTATIVE LIST RELIGIOUS GROUPS
BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
United States of
America
(only includes denominations
with Hispanic Ministries in the USA)
PROTESTANT LISTINGS
Advent Christian Church-Hispanic Ministries -
Iglesia Adventista Cristiana (Pasadena, CA)
All Powerful Jesus
Christ Churches -
Iglesias Jesucristo El Todopoderoso
American Baptist Association (Texarkana, TX) / Hispanic Ministries -
Asociacion Bautista Americana
American Baptist Churches in the USA - Hispanic Ministries
-
Iglesias
Bautistas Americanas (1899, Puerto Rico;
1901, Santa Barbara, CA; 1910, New York City)
American Lutheran Church
/ Hispanic Ministries -
Iglesia Luterana Americana
(merged in 1988 to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America)
Apostolic Assembly of Faith in Jesus
Christ -
Asamblea
Apostolica de la Fe en Cristo Jesus (1912, San Diego, CA)
Apostolic Church of
Faith in Jesus Christ -
Iglesia Apostolica de Fe en Cristo Jesus (1914, Villa
Aldama,
Assemblies
of God, General Council - Hispanic Ministries
Asambleas de Dios-Latin American District
(1915, Texas)
Eastern
Hispanic District (1928, New York City)
Assembly of Christian Churches -
Concilio Asamblea de Iglesias Cristianas, Inc.
(1939, New York City)
Associated Reformed
Presbyterian Church - Hispanic
Ministries
Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada Asociada
Association of Vineyard Churches
/ Hispanic Ministries
Asociacion de Iglesias La Vina
Baptist Bible Fellowship - Hispanic Ministries
Companerismo Bautista Biblica (1960s, Los Angeles, CA)
Baptist General Conference / Hispanic Ministries
Conferencia Bautista General (1960s, Chicago)
Baptist Missionary Association of America / Hispanic Ministries
Asociacion Bautista Misionera de America
Brethren
Assemblies-Plymouth Brethren ("open Brethren")
Hispanic Assemblies ("Salas
Evangelicas") (1917, San Antonio, TX)
Brethren Church-Ashland, OH / Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia de los Hermanos
Brethren in Christ Church (Mt. Joy, PA) / Hispanic
Ministries
Iglesia de los Hermanos en Cristo
Calvary Chapel / Hispanic Ministries
Capilla de Calvario
CAM International - Hispanic
Ministries
Fraternidad de Iglesias
Evangelicas Latino-Hispanas en USA (FIEL-HUSA)
Christian & Missionary Alliance / Hispanic Ministries
(1940s) -
Alianza Cristiana y Misionera
Christian
Churches & Churches of Christ (1950s, Los Angeles, CA)
Iglesias Cristianas y Iglesias de
Cristo (non-instrumental = a cappella)
Note: Colegio
Biblico is a Spanish-speaking Bible college located in Eagle Pass, Texas,
founded in 1945 and supported by independent churches of Christ, Christian churches and
individuals;
its initial mission was to train Christian workers for ministry in the Spanish-speaking
world, mainly in Mexico.
Independent
Christian Churches & Churches of
Christ (1950s, Los Angeles, CA)
Iglesias Cristianas y Iglesias de Cristo (instrumental)
Christian Church/Disciples of Christ - Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Cristiana/Discipulos de Cristo
(1899, San Antonio, TX)
Christian
Council of Hispanic Pentecostal Church -
Concilio Cristiano de Iglesias Pentecostales Hispanas
Christian Friendship
Church International (Mexico) -
Iglesia Amistad Cristiana
Internacional (Austin, TX)
Christian Reformed Church / Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Cristiana Reformada
Church
of the Apostles and Prophets (1935, El Salvador) -
Iglesia de los Apostoles y Profetas
Church of Christ
Final Call Ministries (1976, Guatemala: Apostle Otto R. Azurdia)
Iglesia de Cristo Ministerios Llamada Final (1989, Inglewood, CA)
Church of God, Inc. - Iglesia
de Dios, Inc. (Chicago)
Iglesia de Dios, Inc. (1938,
Puerto Rico)
Church of God-Anderson, IN - Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia de Dios-Anderson, IN (1921, San Antonio, TX)
Church of God-Cleveland, TN - Hispanic Ministries (1946)
Iglesia de Dios-Cleveland, TN-Distritos Hispanos
Church of God
(Israelite) - Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia de Dios (Israelita) (Mexico)
Church of God of Prophecy / Hispanic Ministries (1960s)
Iglesia de Dios de la Profesia
Church of God Seventh Day, General Conference
/ Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia de Dios del Septimo Dia
Church of the Brethren (Elgin,
IL) / Hispanic
Ministries
Iglesia de los Hermanos
Church of the Nazarene / Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia del Nazareno (1905, Los Angeles, CA)
Congregational Church / Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Congregacional (1897, Pomona, CA)
(now, United Church of Christ - Council for Hispanic
Ministries)
Congregational Holiness Church -
Hispanic Conference
Iglesia Congregacional
Pentecostes
Conservative Baptist Association
/ Hispanic Ministries
Asociacion Bautista Conservadora (1953, Whittier, CA)
Conservative Congregational Christian
Churches -
Lake Avenue Church in
Pasadena, CA - Hispanic Ministries
Council of Missionary Churches of Christ, International Mission (1938) -
Concilio de Iglesias de Cristo
Misionera, MI (Puerto Rico)
Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Hispanic Ministries
Damascus Christian Church
-
Iglesia Cristiana Damasco (1950s, New York City)
founded by Rev. Leoncia Rosado Rousseau -- Mama Leo
Defenders of the Faith (1944) -
Iglesia Defensores de la Fe (Puerto Rico)
Episcopal Church / Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Episcopal (1860s, New York City)
Evangelical Church of the Apostles and Prophets (1960s, Los Angeles, CA)
Iglesia
Evangelica de los Apostoles y Profetas (El Salvador)
Evangelical Covenant Church / Hispanic
Ministries
Iglesia Evangelica del Pacto (1960s, Chicago)
Evangelical Free Church of America / Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Evangelica Libre (1960s, Chicago, IL)
Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America / Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Evangelica Luterana
en America (1920s, Texas)
Evangelical Methodist Church
- Hispanic
Ministries (1946)
Iglesia Evangelica Metodista
Evangelical
Presbyterian Church (1981) -
Hispanic Ministries
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
/ Hispanic
Ministries (1960s)
Iglesias de los Hermanos de Gracia
Fountain of Salvation Christian Churches -
Iglesias Cristianas Fuente de
Salvacion (1976, Hoboken, NJ)
Free Methodist Church
/ Hispanic
Ministries
Iglesia Metodista Libre (1917, Los Angeles, CA)
Friends/Quaker Church
Iglesia de los Amigos/Cuaqueros (1915, Whittier, CA) -
Coalition for Hispanic Ministries (CHM)
General Association of Regular Baptist
Churches - Hispanic Ministries
Asociacion General de Iglesias Bautistas Regulares (1960s, Los Angeles, CA)
General
Conference Mennonite Church - Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Menonita, Conferencia General (1958, Lansdale, PA)
Heavenly Vision Christian Centers -
Centro Cristiano Vision
Celestial (1993, Bronx, NY)
Independent
Fundamentalist Churches of America (1930) -
Hispanic Ministries
International
Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Iglesia Cuadrangular
(1929, Los Angeles, CA)
International Council of Churches Freed by Jesus Christ
Concilio Internacional de Iglesias Libres por
Jesucristo (1997, Bronx, NY)
International Council of Pentecostal Churches of Jesus Christ (1938) -
Concilio Internacional de Iglesias Pentecostales de
Jesucristo (Puerto Rico)
International Evangelical Church Soldiers of the Cross (1920s)
Iglesia Evangelica Internacional Soldados de la
Cruz (Cuba)
Missionary
Church of the Disciples of Jesus Christ (1970)
Soldiers of the Cross of Christ in the State
of California (1992)
Israelite Church of God -
Iglesia de Dios Israelita (Mexico, a split from the
Church of God Seventh Day)
Latin American Council of the Pentecostal Church of God of New York -
Concilio Latinoamericano de la Iglesia de Dios
Pentecostal de Nuevo York (CLANY 1954, New York City, NY)
Latin American Council of Christian Churches -
Concilio Latinoamericano de Iglesias Cristianas,
CLADIC (1923, Houston, TX)
Latin American United Pentecostal Church -
Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Latinoamericana
(1989, Queens, NY)
affiliated with the United Pentecostal Church of
Colombia
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod -
Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Luterana, Sinodo de
Misuri (1926, San Antonio,TX)
Mennonite Church USA -
Iglesia Menonita Hispana -
Hispanic Mennonites
Mennonite
Brethren Church - Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia de los Hermanos Menonitas (1937, Mission, Texas)
Mennonite
Church USA - Hispanic
Ministries
La Iglesia Menonita (1932, Chicago, IL)
Missionary Church of God (Puerto Rico) -
Iglesia de Dios Misionera
North American Baptist
Conference
(formerly, German Baptist Association) -
Hispanic Ministries
National Association of Free Will
Baptists - Hispanic
Ministries
Asociacion Nacional de Bautistas Libres
Open Bible Standard Churches - Hispanic Ministries
Iglesias de la Biblia Abierta
(since 1996, Open Bible Churches)
Orthodox Presbyterian Church -
Hispanic Ministries
Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ
(1938)
Asambleas Pentecostales de Jesucristo (Puerto Rico)
Pentecostal Church of God, International Mission (Puerto Rico, 1915) -
Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, M.I.
Pentecostal Holiness Church - Hispanic
Ministries
Iglesia Santidad Pentecostes (1931,
Weslaco, Texas)
Presbyterian Church (USA) - Hispanic
Ministries
Iglesia Presbiteriana (1839, Texas & New
Mexico)
Presbyterian Church in America - Hispanic Ministries (1980s)
Iglesia Presbiteriana en America
Rehoboth Council of Christian Churches -
Concilio de Iglesias Cristianas Rehoboth
(1944, Bronx, NY)
Reformed Church in
America - Hispanic
Ministries
Iglesia Reformada en America
Salvation
Army, The - Hispanic Ministries
Ejercito de Salvacion (1933, Los Angeles, CA)
Samaria Evangelical Church -
Iglesia Evangelica Samaria
(1941, Puerto Rico)
Seventh-Day Adventist Church,
General Conference - Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Adventista del Septimo Dia (1905, East Los Angeles, CA)
Seventh-day Adventist Reform
Movement - Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Adventista, Movimiento de Reforma
Southern Baptist Convention / Hispanic
Ministries
Convencion Bautista del Sur (1880, Loredo,Texas)
The Missionary Church (1898, 1969) -
Hispanic
Ministries
United Brethren in Christ - Hispanic
Ministries
Hermanos Unidos en Cristo (1920s, New Mexico-Colorado)
United Methodist Church
/ Hispanic Ministries
Iglesia Metodista Unida (1853, New Mexico)
formerly the separate conferences of
the Methodist Episcopal
Church, North and South
United
Pentecostal Church - Hispanic Ministries (1952)
Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Internacional
Victory Outreach - Hispanic Ministries
Alcance Victoria (1967, Los Angeles, CA)
Vineyard USA (1974) -
Hispanic
Ministries
Wesleyan Church - Hispanic Southwest District
Iglesia Wesleyana
World Wide Missionary Movement (1963, Luis M. Ortiz, Puerto Rico)
Movimiento Misionero Mundial (Puerto
Rico)
MARGINAL CHRISTIAN LISTINGS
Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons, USA) -
Iglesia
de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Tiempos (Mexico)
God is Love Pentecostal Church -
Iglesia Pentecostal Dios es Amor (Brazil:
David Miranda)
International Ministry Growing in Grace
(Miami, FL: Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda) -
Ministerio Internacional Creciendo en Gracia
Light of the World Church -
Iglesia La Luz del Mundo (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Mita Congregation (Puerto Rico) -
Congregacion Mita
People of
Amos Church (Puerto Rico) -
Iglesia Pueblo de Amos (Nicolas Tosado
Aviles)
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God -
Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios
(Brazil: Obispo Edir Macedo Bezerra)
Voice of the
Chief Cornerstone
(Puerto Rico: William Soto Santiago) -
Voz de la Piedra Angular
Watch Tower
Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) -
Sociedad de Tratados y Biblias Torre de
Vigilia
NON-CHRISTIAN LISTINGS
Ancient & Mystical Order of The Rosae Crucis (AMORC)
Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal
Church of
Scientology International
Iglesia de
Cienciologia Internacional
Grand Universal Brotherhood (Fraternity) -
Supreme Order of Aquarius
International Gnostic
Movement (1947, Samael Aun Weor) -
Movimiento Gnostico
Internacional
Kardec
Universal Spiritist Centers -
Centro
Universal de Estudios Kardecianos
Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA)
Movimiento del Sendero Interior
del Alma
Umbanda Centers -
Centros Umbandistas
Created and
Maintained by PROLADES
(Programa Latinoamericano de Estudios Sociorreligiosos/
Latin American Socio-Religious Studies Program)
Clifton L.
Holland, Director
Apartado 86-5000, Liberia, Costa Rica
Telephone: (506) 8820-7023; E-Mail: mailto:prolades@ice.co.cr
Internet: http://www.prolades.com/