The Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico —or Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico (SEPR) in Spanish — is a private

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in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. It offers graduate studies in religion. It was founded on September 11, 1919, by a group of theological schools and biblical institutes of the Protestant denominations that came to Puerto Rico after the

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. This seminary is currently sponsored by the

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, the Iglesia Evangélica Unida de Puerto Rico (IEUPR) (affiliated until June 10, 2006, with the

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), the

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, the

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, and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The seminary has retained its ties to the United Church of Christ even as the IEUPR has severed them. SEPR is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, the

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, and the

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