Protestantism in Colombia
Encyclopedia
About 1,503,400 persons are Protestants. Protestant Christians present in Colombia are Baptists, Lutherans
, Mennonite
s, Nazarenes
, Pentecostal
s and Seventh-day Adventists
. The government generally is in support of religious freedom. There is persecution by terrorist groups, including the FARC and the National Liberation Army
.
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...
, Mennonite
Mennonite
The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...
s, Nazarenes
Church of the Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th century Holiness movement in North America with its members colloquially referred to as Nazarenes. It is the largest Wesleyan-holiness denomination in the world. At the end of 2010, the Church of the...
, Pentecostal
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...
s and 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...
. The government generally is in support of religious freedom. There is persecution by terrorist groups, including the FARC and the National Liberation Army
National Liberation Army (Colombia)
National Liberation Army is a revolutionary, avowed Marxist guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia since 1964....
.
List of Denominations
- Alianza Cristiana y Misionera
- Assemblies of GodAssemblies of GodThe Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...
- Asociación de Iglesias Hermanos Menonitas de Colombia: 831 (1998)
- Church of the NazareneChurch of the NazareneThe Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th century Holiness movement in North America with its members colloquially referred to as Nazarenes. It is the largest Wesleyan-holiness denomination in the world. At the end of 2010, the Church of the...
: 12,860 (1998) - Hermanos en Cristo
- Iglesia Cruzada Evangélica
- Iglesia de Dios
- Iglesia Evangélica Luterana
- Misión Evangélica
- Mision Indigena
- Misión Nuevas Tribus
- Unión Misionera Evangélica
- Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe 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...
: 241,029
External links
- Adherents.com - Religion by Location
- 2000 Caribbean, Central & South America Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches
- World Christian Encyclopedia: Second edition, Volume 1, pp 205 /206
- Colombia, International Religious Freedom Report 2006
- Union Columbiana Adventista del Séptimo Día
- Colombia: nationwide Adventist effort feeds 80,000 in two hours