Protestantism in Chile
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Protestants represent 15% of Chilean people. Protestants first arrived in the 1840s, with the arrival in Valparaíso in 1845 of the American Congregationalist
(later, Presbyterian) missionary David Trumbull and with German immigrants from Protestant parts of Germany, mainly Lutherans
. Later came Anglicans
, Presbyterians
, Seventh-day Adventists
, Methodists
, Pentecostals
, and other Protestant Christians.
First Seventh-Day Adventist missionaries first arrived in 1895, today there are estimated 126,814 Adventists in Chile.
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
(later, Presbyterian) missionary David Trumbull and with German immigrants from Protestant parts of Germany, mainly Lutherans
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
. Later came Anglicans
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
, Presbyterians
Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...
, Seventh-day Adventists
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
, Methodists
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
, Pentecostals
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
, and other Protestant Christians.
First Seventh-Day Adventist missionaries first arrived in 1895, today there are estimated 126,814 Adventists in Chile.