Methodist Church in Brazil

The Methodist Church in Brazil was founded by American missionaries in 1867.

The Methodist Episcopal Church in the US brought Methodism to Brazil in 1835; however, missionaries left in 1841 due to lack of funding. Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South) returned in 1867 with a view to preaching to Confederate expatriates who had settled in Brazil at the close of the American Civil War. By 1880 the church included Brazilian members and pastors.[1]

The church became autonomous in 1930. In 1934 Cesar Dacorso was elected as the first Brazilian bishop.[2]

In 2013, it had 400,000 members.[3]

In 2023, the head of the church is Bishop Adonias Pereira do Lago.[4]

See also

References
  1. Southern Methodist University (Bridwell Library) website
  2. United Methodist Communications website
  3. World Council of Churches website
  4. Methodist Church UK website


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