The Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Brazil is an association of churches of

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origin in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It was founded by a couple namely Robert Reid Kalley and Sarah Poulton Kalley, who arrived in

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in May 1855 to begin mission work. The work developed. The first believer was baptised in November, 1857. In 1858 the first church was organised. The evangelists and the Kalley's work spread to the North-eastern part of Brasil, specially in

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and

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state. Robert and Sarah Kalley returned to

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in 1876. In 1913 thirteen church formed the United Independent Evangelical Churches. Robert died in 1888 but Sarah continued to raise funds for Brazil. She died in 1907. In 1942 Congregational churches united to form the Evangelical Christian Churches in Brazil. Later it became the Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Brazil. The church has 350 congregations and 500 ordained ministers. Member of World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship. The church has two Seminaries called the Congregational Seminary in Rio de Janeiro and the Northeastern Congregational Seminary. The church is the Brazilian Evangelical Christian Alliance.aliancaevangelica.org.br

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Protestantism in Brazil Congregational denominations in Latin America Reformed denominations in South America {{Brazil-reli-stub