Peru Partner Churches and Organizations

In 1995 two Presbyterian Churches came together to form the Evangelical Presbyterian and Reformed Church in Peru (IEPRP). The former Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru was begun by the Free Church of Scotland missionaries, including John MacKay, and ministered primarily to the mestizo population of Peru's North Coast and Lima. The former National Presbyterian Church of Peru was begun by North American Presbyterians and primarily evangelized the Quechua-speaking indigenous peoples of the Ayacucho and Huancavelica regions. The IEPRP is working to train more pastors; currently there are only 40 ordained ministers with seminary training for its 10,000 members. The relationship between the Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church of Peru and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) takes place primarily through short-term mission groups that have partnered with churches in the Peruvian cities of Iquitos, Moyobamba, Lima, Trujillo, Arequipa, Ayacucho and Puerto Maldonado.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) works in Peru primarily through an ecumenical network of grassroots organizations that have joined with the Presbyterian Hunger Program's Joining Hands initiative to help increase their own effectiveness in the fight against hunger, and to help educate U.S. Presbyterians about the causes of hunger in Peru, and how to overcome them. Thank Offering allocations by Presbyterian Women have gone to support the fair trade program  related to the work of Joining Hands. In 2008–2009 PC(USA) six Young Adult Volunteers served in a variety of ministries through the Joining Hands Peru network.

The PC(USA) has begun a relationship with another denomination with a strong Reformed heritage, the Evangelical Church of Peru (IEP). The IEP is one of the earliest Protestant (Evangelical) churches in Peru.  Early in the 20th century it took on the theology and form of government of the Presbyterian Church while never formally coming under the governance of any missionary governing body from outside Peru.

Another PC(USA) partnership is with the Lima branch of the Latin American Biblical University (based in Costa Rica). This is a fairly new addition to a long-standing relationship with the University and the theological education programs related to it.