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The Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic (''Iglesia Evangélica Dominicana'') is one of the largest Protestant denominations in the Dominican Republic with approximately 10,000 members in 55 congregations.
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United and uniting churches Methodist denominations Protestantism in the Dominican Republic Christian organizations established in 1922 Christian denominations in the Caribbean Reformed denominations in the Caribbean Evangelical denominations in North America
The Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic (''Iglesia Evangélica Dominicana'') is one of the largest Protestant denominations in the Dominican Republic with approximately 10,000 members in 55 congregations.
History
The Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic was founded in 1922 as an ecumenical project by three denominations from the United States: the Methodist Episcopal Church, the United Brethren (both now the United Methodist Church), and thePresbyterian Church (USA)
The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PC(USA), is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States. It is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the US, and known for its liberal stance on doctrine and its ordaining of women and ...
. Previously in 1919 these three denominations created the Alliance for Christian Service in Santo Domingo. Later with 29 members the Evangelical Church was founded, and the work spread rapidly. In 1960 the church united with the Wesleyan Methodists, and in 1960 with the Moravians
Moravians ( cs, Moravané or colloquially , outdated ) are a West Slavic ethnographic group from the Moravia region of the Czech Republic, who speak the Moravian dialects of Czech or Common Czech or a mixed form of both. Along with the Silesi ...
. By the time of the World War II it had more than 1,000 members. Today it is the second largest Protestant church in the country.
In 1978, the Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic, together with Dominican Episcopal Church founded the Center for Theological Studies of Santo Domingo, a Protestant seminary.
Memberships
The Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches,{{cite web, url=http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164 , title=Member churches | Bringing together 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide , accessdate=August 18, 2013 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808192417/http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164 , archivedate=August 8, 2012 World Methodist Council and the Latin American Council of Churches (''Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias'').Notes
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Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias
United and uniting churches Methodist denominations Protestantism in the Dominican Republic Christian organizations established in 1922 Christian denominations in the Caribbean Reformed denominations in the Caribbean Evangelical denominations in North America