AN ONLINE HANDBOOK OF
PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS,
INSTITUTIONS AND MINISTRIES
IN PUERTO RICO
Sponsored by PROLADES in partnership
with
The Hispanic Association for Theological Education -
Asociacion para la Educacion Teologica Hispana (AETH)
Clifton L. Holland, Director of
PROLADES ~~ 1 October 2011 to 31 August 2012
~~
Project Developer and Manager
Online Searchable Database of
Protestant Churches in Puerto Rico
In development: current number
of
local congregations in geographical dbase = 3,904
(total number in the national dbase = 4,080;
176 churches do not have a physical address)
Historical
Profiles of
Protestant Denominations in Puerto Rico, 15 August 2012
Clifton L. Holland, General Editor
Dorothy Bullon, Assistant Editor
(final copy = 510 pages)
Bibliography on the History of
Christian Churches in Puerto Rico -
Bibliografia con enfasis en
historia de las Iglesias Cristianas de Puerto Rico
Table of the Geographic
Distribution of
Protestant Congregations in Puerto Rico, July 2012
Directory
of Protestant Denominations in Puerto Rico, July 2012
Report on Number of Protestant
Congregations
sorted by Classification Codes, 15 July 2012
Report on Number of Protestant Congregations
for each Denomination, sorted by Quantity, 15 July 2012
Directory of Protestant
Theological Education
Programs in Puerto Rico, 2012
Puerto Rico and Its People
Welcome to Puerto Rico website
San Juan, Puerto
Rico videos
Photos
of Puerto Rico
Map of Puerto Rico (geographical features)
Map of Puerto Rico (Municipal Consolidation)
Map of Puerto Rico (Municipalities)
Map of Puerto Rico - 2010 Census Profile
Map of Core Based Statistical Areas & Municipios, 2004
Resident Population with Projections, 1990 - 2050
Puerto Rico Summary, 1990 - 2010
American Community Survey of Puerto Rico, 2006
Profiles of General Population Statistics, 2000
2012 Statistical Abstract for Puerto Rico
Selected Social Characteristics of the Population, 2010
Maps of Census County Divisions (CCD)
Interactive Map of CCDs A Study of the San Juan Metropolitan
Area Google
Map of San Juan & Vacinity San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo CSA Map American Community
Survey of 2010 Census Demographic Profile 2010 Census Selected Social Characteristics Maps of Census County Divisions (CCD -
municipios) Interactive Map of CCDs Table of the
Distribution of Protestant Churches An Introduction to Religious Studies
of Puerto Rico A Classification System of Religious
Groups in the Americas by PROLADES Encyclopedia of Religion in Latin
America and the Caribbean RITA Database
of All Religious Groups in Puerto Rico (2007) RITA Database of All Religious
Groups in Puerto Rico Anthony M. Stevens Arroyo
Demographical Study based
on 2000 Census
San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo CSA, 2006
Subdivisions
(barrios) of San Juan
in the San Juan Metro Area, July 2012
Major Traditions and Denominational Families
English - Spanish
By Clifton L. Holland, Director of PROLADES (2009):
Religion in Puerto Rico (English)
Religion en Puerto Rico (Spanish)
(July 2012)
Documents on Ethnic
& Religious Diversity in Puerto Rico
"Taking Religion Seriously:
New Perspectives on Religion in Puerto Rico"
Centro Journal, Fall 2006, Volume XVIII, No. 002
City University of New York, Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos
Jose Enrique Mora Torres
“The Political Incorporation of
Pentecostals in
Panama, Puerto Rico and Brazil: A Comparative Analysis,”
an unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Connecticut, 2010
(VII - Puerto Rico, pp. 135-212)
The Protestant Movement in
Puerto Rico
A Family Tree of the Protestant Movement
A Bilingual Chronology of
Protestant Origins in Puerto Rico
(1598-2011)
Table of
Estimated Size of
the Protestant Movement in Puerto Rico, 1989
Table of
Estimated Size of
the Protestant Movement in Puerto Rico, 2000
Operation
World - Puerto Rico, 2000
Operation World - Puerto Rico, 2010
A Statistical Report for CONELA on
Protestant Denominations in Puerto Rico, 2010
Table of Estimated Size of
the Protestant Movement in Puerto Rico, 1989 & 2012 Compared
(31 August 2012)
Denominational Websites
(preliminary listing - in development)
Apostolic Church of God Council -
Concilio Iglesia de Dios Apostólica
Assemblies of God, Puerto Rican
District (1920, Ponce, PR) -
Asambleas de Dios, Distrito de Puerto Rico
Assembly of Christian Churches (1939, New York City) -
Asamblea de Iglesia Cristianas (1949,
San Juan, PR)
Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico -
Iglesias
Bautistas de Puerto Rico (IBPR, 1899)
Affiliated with American Baptist Churches in the USA
Brotherhood of Charismatic Christian Churches (1979, PR) -
Hermandad de Iglesias Cristianas
Carismaticas
Christian Church / Disciples of Christ -
Iglesia
Cristiana / Discipulos de Cristo en Puerto Rico (ICDC, 1899)
Christian Ministry of the Catacombs -
Ministerio Cristiano de las Catacumbas
(1971, PR)
Christian & Missionary Alliance
-
Alianza Cristiana y Misionera (ACyM, 1900)
Christian Pentecostal Church Worldwide Missionary Movement -
Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostes
Movimiento Misionero Mundial (MMM, 1963)
Churches of Christ (instrumental & non-instrumental) -
Iglesias de Cristo en Puerto Rico
(1930s, San Juan, PR)
Church of God Mission Board -
Iglesia de Dios Mission Board (IDMB,
1944, Santurce, PR)
(afiliated with the Church of God in Cleveland, TN)
The Church of God, Inc. -
La Iglesia de Dios, Inc. (LIDDI, 1942)
Church of the Nazarene -
Iglesia del Nazareno (INAZ, 1944)
Church of God of Prophecy -
Iglesia de Dios de la Profecia
Convention of
Southern Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico -
Convencion de Iglesias Bautistas del Sur de Puerto Rico
(CIBSPR, 1950s)
Council of Apostolic Christian Churches of Bethsaida -
Concilio de Iglesias Apostolica
Cristiana de Bethsaida (1948, PR)
Council of Missionary Churches of Christ -
Concilio de
Iglesias de Cristo Misionera (1935, Puerto Rico)
Defenders of the Faith (1925) -
Movimiento
Defensores de la Fe Cristiana (1931, Arecibo, PR)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -
Iglesia Evangelica Luterana en America Sinodo del
Caribe
Fellowship of Charismatic Christian Churches -
Hermandad de Iglesia Cristianas
Carismaticas (1979, PR)
Good Shepherd Evangelical Church -
Iglesia Evangelica del Buen Pastor
Habacuc 3:2 International Council -
Concilio Internacional Habacuc 3:2 (1971,
PR)
Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Churches -
Iglesias Bautistas Fundamentalistas Independientes
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel -
Iglesia Internacional del Evangelio Cuadrangular
International Fraternity of
Autonomous Hispanic Assemblies of God -
La Fraternidad Internacional
Asambleas de Dios Autonomas Hispanas, Inc. (FIADAH, 2001)
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod -
Iglesia Luterana Sinodo de Misuri (1993, PR)
Messengers of Christ Church -
Iglesia Mensajeros de Cristo
The Methodist Episcopal Church -
Iglesia Metodista de Puerto Rico
(IMPR, 1900)
Missionary Church of Christ -
Iglesia de Cristo Misionera (1938, PR)
Nazareth Christian Church -
Iglesia Cristiana de Nazaret
Open Bible Standard Churches -
Iglesias de la Biblia Abierta (1958, PR)
Pentecostal Church of God, International Mission -
Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, M.I.
(IDPMI, 1921)
Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ -
Iglesia Pentecostal de Jesucristo (1947, NYC)
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene -
Iglesia Pentecostal del Nazareno
Plymouth Brethren -
Iglesia Hermanos Libres
Presbyterian Church in USA (1789, Philadelphia, PA) -
Sinodo Presbiteriana Borinquen (1898, - San
Juan, PR)
Primitive Church of God -
Iglesia de Dios Primitiva
Protestant Episcopal Church -
Iglesia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (IEPR, 1872)
Historical Documents
Reformed Presbyterian Church -
Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada
(IPR, 1936) -
Affiliated with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in the USA
Refuge of Zion Church -
Iglesia Refugio de Sion
Quakers / Friends -
Iglesia de los Amigos (1943, PR)
Revival Evangelical Church -
Iglesia Evangelica de Avivamiento
Sacraficed Church of God -
Iglesia de Dios Sacraficada
Samaria Evangelical Church Council -
Concilio Iglesia Evangelica Samaria
Seventh-Day Adventist Church -
Iglesia Adventista del Septimo Dia (IASD, 1898,
1901)
Soldiers of the Cross of Christ International Evangelical Church -
Iglesia Evangelica Internacional Soldados de la Cruz de Cristo (1922, Cuba)
The Salvation Army -
El Ejercito de Salvacion
United Brethren in Christ / United Evangelical Church -
Iglesia Evangelica Unida de
Puerto Rico (1899, merger 1931, PR)
United Pentecostal Church -
Iglesia Pentecostal Unida
Wesleyan Church -
Iglesia Wesleyana
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church -
Iglesia Evangelica Luterana de Wisconsin
Justice C. Anderson
"Puerto Rico" (pp. 535-540) in
An Evangelical Saga: Baptists and their Precursors in Latin America
(Xulon Press, 2005)
"100 años del protestantismo en Puerto Rico" en
la revista Presencia de la Fundacion Puerto Rico Evangelico
(Vol. 1, Año 1, 1998)
Joaquin Vargas
Los Discipulos de Cristo en Puerto Rico: albores, crecimiento y madurez
de un peregrinar de fe, constancia y esperanza, 1899-1987.
(Editorial DEI, 1988)
