The Pentecostal Movement in Chile began in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1902, in Valparaiso, under the pastorship of an American missionary, Rev. Dr. Willis C. Hoover K.[1]
Hoover encouraged his fellow Methodists to seek charismatic gifts and soon reported that his congregations in Valparaíso and Santiago were singing, shouting and speak in tongues. The Pentecostals broke away from the American-founded Methodist church in 1910 to form a new church, the Methodist Pentecostal Church. In the 1930s, a schism over leadership led to the formation of the Evangelical Pentecostal Church.[2] Another schism in the 1940s led to the creation of the Pentecostal Church of Chile and the Pentecostal Mission Church.[3]
Pentecostal missions from the US (including Assemblies of God, Church of God and The Foursquare Church) arrived in Chile in the late 1950s.
In 2021, about 15% of the Chilean population identified as "evangelical". This term is mostly used for Christians who are not Catholic.[4]
The largest Pentecostal denominations represented in Chile are:[citation needed]
- Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostal - Evangelical Pentecostal Church - in 17 countries, including United States
- Iglesia Metodista Pentecostal - Pentecostal Methodist Church - in 4 countries
- Iglesia Pentecostal de Chile - Pentecostal Church of Chile (She used to have a mission in Brooklyn, New York)
- Iglesia Unida Metodista Pentecostal - United Pentecostal Methodist Church - in 7 countries
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- ^ . Therefore, all the national Pentecostal denominations are Methodist in doctrine (they baptize infants and adults by aspersion) and in form of government (they have bishops and annual conferences or assemblies). But only two still carry the "Methodist" name: The Methodist Pentecostal Church of Chile, which is considered the "mother" of all the other national Pentecostal denominations and the United Methodist Pentecostal Church of Chile. Hence, the Pentecostal Evangelical Church, the Pentecostal Church of Chile, the Pentecostal Mission Church, these last two are active members of the World Council of Churches since the New Delhi Assembly in 1961. Bundy, David. "Willis Collins Hoover". Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research. Pentecostal-Charismatic Theological Inquiry International. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ Pew Research
- ^ World Council Of Churches website
- ^ US State Dept 2022 report
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