Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil

Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil
ClassificationProtestant
Theologyconservative Calvinist
PolityPresbyterian
ModeratorRev. Welerson Alves Duarte
RegionBrazil
Origin1940
Separated fromIndependent Presbyterian Church of Brazil (which in turn split from the Presbyterian Church of Brazil in 1903)
Congregations92 (2018)[1][2]
Members4.371 (2018)[1]
Official websitewww.ipcb.org.br

The Igreja Presbiteriana Conservadora do Brasil (Portuguese: Igreja Presbiterianan Conservadora do Brazil) (IPCB) is a Presbyterian Reformed denomination, founded in 1940, by the churches and members that separated from the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPIB). The main reason for the split was the decision of the IPIB General Assembly, in 1938, to appoint a commission to draw up a new confession of faith. This confession would replace the Westminster Confession of Faith and be tolerant of annihilationism.[3] The members who opposed this split and formed the IPCB.[4][5] It is currently the third largest reformed denomination in Brazil, right after the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPB)[6] and a IPIB,[7] preserving traditional positions of Presbyterianism.

  1. ^ a b "Statistics of the Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil in 2018". Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil in 2018". Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  3. ^ LACERDA, Gerson Correia de (2002). "1st Centenary Notebook of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil". O Estandarte. p. 9-20. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Igreja Presbiteriana Conservadora, statistics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "Conservative Presbyterian Church". JCNET. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  6. ^ "Statistics of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil in 2016". Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "Statistics of the Independent Presbyterian Church". Archived from the original on October 1, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2018.