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Brazil
A sermon in 1859 in the chapel of Princeton Seminary inspired
the first Presbyterian missionary to come to Brazil, the largest
Roman Catholic country in the world. As a result Brazil today
has religious diversity, freedom and tolerance, and it is home
to nearly 1,000,000 Brazilian Presbyterians in several denominations.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) works in partnership with two
of them, mainly through mission
personnel working in
the areas of theological education, mission training and social
action projects.
While ecumenism is a challenge in Brazil, the PC(USA) and our partner
churches participate
actively in regional ecumenical bodies, especially the Alliance
of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches in Latin America (AIPRAL)
and the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI). We learn much
from their interpretation of Scripture and from their bold prophetic
voice against social and economic injustices.
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