The
Pentecostal
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement Movement in Chile began in the
Methodist Episcopal
The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In ...
Church in 1902, in
Valparaiso, under the pastorship of an American missionary, Rev. Dr.
Willis C. Hoover K.
Hoover encouraged his fellow Methodists to seek
charismatic gifts and soon reported that his congregations in Valparaíso and Santiago were singing, shouting and speak in tongues. The Pentecostals broke away from the American-founded Methodist church in 1910 to form a new church, the Methodist Pentecostal Church. In the 1930s, a schism over leadership led to the formation of the Evangelical Pentecostal Church. Another schism in the 1940s led to the creation of the Pentecostal Church of Chile and the Pentecostal Mission Church.
Pentecostal missions from the US (including Assemblies of God, Church of God and The Foursquare Church) arrived in Chile in the late 1950s.
In 2021, about 15% of the Chilean population identified as "evangelical". This term is mostly used for Christians who are not Catholic.
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The largest Pentecostal denominations represented in Chile are:
* Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostal - Evangelical Pentecostal Church - in 17 countries, including United States
* Iglesia Metodista Pentecostal - Pentecostal Methodist Church - in 4 countries
* Iglesia Pentecostal de Chile - Pentecostal Church of Chile (She used to have a mission in Brooklyn, New York)
* Iglesia Unida Metodista Pentecostal - United Pentecostal Methodist Church - in 7 countries
See also
*Religion in Cuba
The Cuban population has historically been Christian, primarily Roman Catholic, although the irreligious population has grown substantially in recent decades. Catholicism in Cuba is in some instances profoundly modified and influenced through ...
*Christianity in Cuba
Christianity has played an important role in Cuba's history. Cuba was discovered by Christopher Columbus a few days after he arrived to the New World in 1492. In 1511, colonization began when the Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar establis ...
*Protestantism in Cuba While Protestants arrived in the island of Cuba early in its colonial days, most of their churches did not flourish until the 20th century with the assistance of American missionaries. In the early 20th century, Cuban Protestant churches were great ...
* Catholicism in Cuba
References
Pentecostalism in South America
Protestantism in Chile
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