Presbyterian Church In Honduras
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The Presbyterian Church in Honduras was founded in 1960, by the
National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala The National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala ( es, Iglesia Evangélica Nacional Presbiteriana de Guatemala) was founded in 1882 by missionaries of the Presbyterian Church United States in Guatemala. The church took root in the urban mi ...
. Presbyterian settlers come to Honduras and asked the Presbyterian Church in Honduras to send missionaries. The first church was formed in Guimaca. There are dozens of congregations within 150 km of
Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
. The church recognise the
Westminster Confession of Faith The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith. Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the "subordinate standard" ...
, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Apostles Creed, and Nicene Creed. The congregations are small in size, and very poor.


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