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, Chihuahua, Mexico)

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 (Santa Fe, NM)

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

Regla de Ocha - Santeria

Umbanda Centers -
Centros Umbandistas


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