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According to Puerto Rican Senator-at-Large Hipólito Marcano, who testified before the U.S. Senate Education Subcommittee, which was then debating federal funding for parochial schools, the party was "used as a political weapon of the church to launch a frontal attack, not only to capture the public schools of Puerto Rico, but also to capture ...
Its main program consists of publishing a magazine, The Defender, and numerous pamphlets and tracts. American congregations are located primarily in the New York City and Chicago metropolitan areas. In 1968, there were 14 churches and approximately 2,000 members in the U.S.; further, there are 68 churches and 6,000 members in Puerto Rico. [1] [2]
The Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico – or Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico (SEPR) in Spanish – is a private mainline Protestant seminary in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. [ 1 ] The seminary was founded on September 11, 1919 (105 years ago) ( 1919-09-11 ) by a group of theological schools and biblical institutes of the Protestant ...
Theological University of the Caribbean (Universidad Teológica del Caribe) formerly known as Biblical and Pentecostal College of Puerto Rico (Colegio Biblico Pentecostal de Puerto Rico) (CBPPR) is a private, Christian, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and coeducational university in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico that offers undergraduate and graduate studies in pastoral studies, biblical interpretation ...
An interdenominational Seminary, Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico [9] was begun in 1919. There is a Council of Churches, founded by the cooperating denominations of the original community agreement. [10] In 1940, Juanita Garcia Peraza and her followers founded the "Mita" congregation, the only Protestant religion of Puerto Rican origin. [11]
The Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico; often abbreviated to UIPR or Inter) is a private Christian university with its main campus in San Germán, Puerto Rico. It also has campuses in Aguadilla, Arecibo, Barranquitas, Bayamón, Fajardo, Guayama, Ponce, and San Juan.
Under Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was part of a Roman Catholic-affiliated monarchical Spanish government for over 400 years. Towards the end of that period, in the late 1870s, the Spanish government in Puerto Rico, at the behest of the Anglican bishop of Antigua, allowed the construction of the first Protestant temple in Puerto Rico, the Anglican ...
Christian radio stations in Puerto Rico (1 C, 27 P) T. ... Pages in category "Christianity in Puerto Rico" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.