Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru

The missionaries of Free Church of Scotland established this church. In 1915 San Andres College was founded by John A, Mackay. Medical work was centered in Moyobamba and Cajamarca. The first church work was started in 1921. The first church was built in Cajamarca in 1936 with 600 people present. The work spread to Tarapoto and Chachapoyas. But there was shortage of pastors and elders. The first General Assembly was held in 1963 with 5 presbyteries namely the Amazonas, Cajamarca, Lima, Celendin and San Martin, and the church become independent. The church had 3,000 members.^[1]

American Missionaries established another church in 1936. The first General assembly was held in 1970. In 1983 the church had 11 presbyteries with 8,000 members.^[2]

These churches united. In the early 2000s the Evangelical Presbyterian Church had 140 congregations and 15,000 members in Peru. Member of the World Reformed Fellowship.^[3]

The church maintains the Evangelical Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Lima.^[4]

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World Reformed Fellowship

Members

Africa	Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church Christian Reformed Church in South Africa Church of England in South Africa Egliese Protestante Reformee du Burundi Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ivory Coast Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi Evangelical Reformed Church in the Eastern Republic of Congo Reformed Churches in South Africa God's Healing Ministry (Lagos, Nigeria) Igreja Presbiteriana de Angola Mission Voile Déchiré (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) Mount Zion Presbyterian Church in Sierra Leone Presbyterian Church in the Eastern Republic of Congo Presbyterian Church in Uganda Presbyterian Church in Sierra Leone Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Uganda) Reformed Presbyterian Church in Africa (Rwanda) Reformed Presbyterian Church of Uganda Sudanese Reformed Presbyterian Churches

Asia	Biblical Reformed Churches in Myanmar Christian Reformed Church in Nepal Christian Reformed Church in Sri Lanka Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Myanmar Presbyterian Church of the Philippines Grace Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh India Reformed Presbyterian Church Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church Peace Church Bangladesh Presbyterian Church of India Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh Presbyterian Church of South India Presbyterian Free Church of Central India The Protestant Church of Ambrohimazala-Firasiana Reformed Church of India Reformed Church of Nepal Reformed Community Churches in Myanmar Reformed Evangelical Church of Myanmar Reformed Presbyterian Church of India Reformed Presbyterian Church in Myanmar Smyrna House of Prayer Church in Bangladesh United Reformed Church in Myanmar United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan

Europe	Associated Presbyterian Churches Evangelical Reformed Baptist Churches in Italy Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Serbia

North America	Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church L'Église réformée du Québec Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States) Evangelical Reformed Church in America International Pacemaking Church of Christ, Raleigh, NC Reformed Baptist Churches in North America Presbyterian Church in America United Christian Church and Bible Institute, USA

Latin America	Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru National Presbyterian Church in Mexico Presbyterian Church in Bolivia Presbyterian Church of Brazil Reformed Bible Churches of Trinidad and Tobago Reformed Church of Latin America United Church of Christ in Colombia

Oceania	Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand Presbyterian Church of Australia

Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru

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