Histories of Selected Hispanic Denominations and
Anglo Denominations with Hispanic Ministries


Note:  This is a work in progress!

We invite denominational representatives to contact us
regarding the history of their respective Hispanic ministries.


American Baptist Convention (1901) -
American Baptist Churches in the USA -
Iglesias Bautistas Hispanas del Suroeste

Asamblea Apostolica de la Fe en Cristo Jesus (1925) - Spanish
Apostolic Assembly of Faith in Jesus Christ - English

Assembly of Christian Churches
Asamblea de Iglesias Cristianas (1939, NYC) -
Assembly of Christian Churches

Asociacion Misionera de Iglesias Pentecostales, Inc. (2003) -
Missionary Association of Pentecostal Churches, Inc.

Assemblies of God, Latin American District (1915, 1925)
Assemblies of God, Spanish Eastern District (1929)

Iglesia Cristiana Juan 3:16 (1936)
(affiliated with the Spanish Eastern District of
the Assemblies of God)

Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ (1952) -
Asambleas del Senor Jesucristo

Baptist Bible Fellowship (1950) -
Companerismo Biblico Bautista

Baptist General Conference (1879) - Hispanic Ministry (1960s)
Conferencia Bautista General

Brethren Assemblies - Plymouth Brethren (1917-1918) -
Asambleas de los Hermanos (Salas Evangelicas)

Brethren in Christ Churches (   )* -
Iglesias de los Hermanos en Cristo

CAM International -
Fraternidad de Iglesias Evangelicas Latino-Hispanas en USA (   )*

Church of God (Anderson, IN) - 1931
Iglesia de Dios (Anderson, IN)

Church of God (Cleveland, TN) - 1944
Iglesia de Dios (Cleveland, TN)

Church of the Nazarene (1910) -
Iglesia del Nazareno

Church of God of Prophecy (1938) -
Iglesia de Dios de la Profecia

Church of the Brethren (    )* -
Iglesia de los Hermanos

Church of God (Seventh Day), General Conference (Denver, CO)* -
Iglesia de Dios (Septimo Dia), Conference General

Church of God (7th Day) (Salem, WV)* -
Iglesia de Dios Apostolica del Septimo Dia

Christian Churches & Churches of Christ (independent) - 1950s
Iglesias Cristianas y Iglesias de Cristo Independientes

Christian Church - Disciples of Christ (1899) -
Confraternidad Nacional Hispana y Bilingue

Christian & Missionary Alliance (1921) -
Alianza Cristiana y Misionera

Christian Reformed Church (1963) -
Iglesia Cristiana Reformada

The Congregational Church (1896) --
Now, part of the United Church of Christ

Concilio de Las Iglesias Evangelicas de Dios (   )* -
Council of the Evangelical Churches of God

Concilio Internacional de Iglesias Libres Por Jesucristo, Inc. (1987, NYC) -
International Council of Churches Freed by Jesus Christ, Inc.  

Concilio Internacional de Iglesias Pentecostales de Jesucristo, Inc.
(19
38, Puerto Rico; 1947, New York City, NY) -
International Council of Pentecostal Churches of Jesus Christ, Inc.

Conservative Baptist Association (1947, Atlantic City, NY) -
Asociacion Bautista Conservadora (1953, Whittier, CA)

Damascus Christian Church (1957, Puerto Rico) -
Iglesia Cristiana Damasco

Defenders of the Faith (1925, Kansas City, MO; 1931, Puerto Rico) -
Defensores de la Fe (1944, NYC)

Elim Christian Mission of Guatemala (1974, Guatemala City)
Founded by Dr. Othoniel Ríos Paredes
Iglesia de Jesucristo Palabra Miel de EUA

Elim International Mission (1977, El Salvador)
Sergio Solorzano (founder) and Mario Vega (current chief pastor) –
Misión Internacional Elim en los EUA (1986, Los Angeles, CA)

Evangelical United Brethren (1920s) -
Los Hermanos Unidos Evangelicos

Evangelical Lutheran Church (1920s) -
Iglesia Evangelica Luterana

The Episcopal Church (1860s) -
La Iglesia Episcopal

Evangelical Covenant Church (1885) -
Iglesia del Pacto Evangelico (    )*

Evangelical Free Church in America (1950) -
Iglesia Evangelica Libre (1960s)

Final Call Ministries -
Iglesia de Cristo Ministerios Llamada Final (
1989, Inglewood, CA)

Free Methodist Church (      ) -
Iglesia Metodista Libre (1917, Los Angeles, CA)

The Friends Church - Quakers (      ) -
Iglesia de los Amigos (Cuaqueros, 1915-Whittier, CA)

General Association of Regular Baptists (1932, Chicago, IL) -
Asociacion General de Bautistas Regulares (1960s)

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (1905) -
Southern California Adventist History
Conferencia General de los Adventistas del Septimo Dia

Iglesia Evangelica Samaria (1941, Puerto Rico) -
Samaria Evangelical Church

La Iglesia de Dios, Inc. (1938, Puerto Rico) -
The Church of God, Inc. (1946, New York City)

Iglesias Jesucristo el Todopoderoso en los EUA (1985, Hialeah, FL) -
The Almighty Jesus Christ Churches

Iglesia Pentecostal La Senda Antigua, Inc. (1996, NYC) -
The Ancient Path Pentecostal Church, Inc.

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (1923, Los Angeles) -
Iglesia Internacional del Evangelio Cuadrangular (1929, Los Angeles)

International Council of Pentecostal Churches of Jesus Christ (1938, Puerto Rico) -
Concilio Internacional de Iglesias Pentecostales de Jesucristo (1947, NYC)

Latin American Council of Christian Churches (1932, Houston, TX) -
Concilio Latino-Americano de Iglesias Cristianas (CLADIC)

Latin American Council of the Pentecostal Church of God (1954, NYC) -
Concilio Latinoamericano de la Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal

Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (1926) -
Iglesia Luterana-Sinodo de Misuri

The Mennonite Church (1932, Chicago, IL)
Hispanic Mennonites - Iglesia Hispana Menonita (2000):
The Mennonite Brethren Church (1937)
Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (1955)
General Conference Mennonite Church (1958)

Missionary Church of Christ (1938, Puerto Rico) -
Iglesia de Cristo Misionera
(formerly known as Church of Christ in the Antilles)

North American Baptist Conference (1851, Philadelphia, PA) -
Conferencia Bautista Norteamericana

Open Bible (Standard) Churches
(19
35, Des Moines, Iowa; 1996 name change) -
Iglesias de la Biblia Abierta

Orthodox Presbyterian Church (   )* -
Iglesias Prebiteriana Ortodoxa

Pentecostal Church of God, International Mission (Puerto Rico, 1915)
Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. Region Este (1929)

Pentecostal Holiness Church (1931) -
Iglesia Santidad Pentecostal

Presbyterian Churches:
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1829)
Old School Presbyterian Church (1839)
United Presbyterian Church (1983):
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern, 1877)
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern, 1888)

Rehoboth Council of Christian Churches (1944, NYC) -
Concilio Rehoboth de Iglesias Cristianas

The Salvation Army (1933) -
El Ejercito de Salvacion

Soldiers of the Cross of Christ / Gedeon's Band (1920s) -
International Evangelical Church Soldiers of the Cross of Christ -
Missionary Church of the Disciples of Jesus Christ (1970)

Soldiers of the Cross of Christ in the State of California (1992)

Southern Baptist Convention (1849) - Convencion Bautista del Sur
History of Hispanic Ministries
Table of Hispanic Southern Baptist Churches in the USA
National Fellowship of Hispanic Southern Baptist Churches (1988)

United Methodist Church (1968):
Methodist Episcopal Church, North (1853)
Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1871)
-
Iglesia Metodista Unida

United Pentecostal Church (1962) -
Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Latinoamericana

Victory Outreach (1967) -
Alcance Victoria

World Wide Missionary Movement (1963) -
Movimiento Misionero Mundial de Puerto Rico