Reformed Presbyterian Church in Chile
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| name = Reformed Presbyterian Church in Chile
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| main_classification = Protestant
| orientation = Reformed
| theology = Calvinist
| governance = Presbyterian
| branched_from = Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
| founded_date = 2017
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| separated_from = National Presbyterian Church in Chile
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| area = Chile
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| website = {{url|https://presbiterianareformada.wordpress.com/}}
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The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Chile (in Spanish Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada en Chile or IPRCh) is a Reformed denomination in Chile, founded in 2017, by Pastor Marcelo Sánchez, a missionary from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) formerly linked to the National Presbyterian Church in Chile.{{cite web|url=http://www.reformiert-online.net/weltweit/land.php?id=26&lg=eng|title=Reformada en Línea: Chile|date=April 13, 2006|accessdate=January 1, 2022|archive-date=January 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101175134/http://www.reformiert-online.net/weltweit/land.php?id=26&lg=eng|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://teologiabrasileira.com.br/calvinistas-na-america-do-sul/|title=The Calvinism in South America:Chile|date=August 7, 2018|accessdate=June 25, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204241/https://teologiabrasileira.com.br/calvinistas-na-america-do-sul/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://livrozilla.com/doc/1359499/history-of-the-presbyterian-church-in-chile|title=History of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Chile|accessdate=January 1, 2022|archive-date=July 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717223337/https://livrozilla.com/doc/1359499/history-of-the-presbyterian-church-in-chile|url-status=live}}{{Cite book |author=Robert Benedetto and Donald K McKim |title=Historical Dictionary of Reformed Churches |language=English |edition=Second |location=Toronto |publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc. |date=2010 |isbn=978-0-8108-5807-7 |page=496|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFI0O7yymBUC&dq=%22Evangelical+Presbyterian+Church+in+Chile%22&pg=PA496 |access-date=2022-07-16 |archive-date=2022-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717223335/https://www.google.com.br/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_the_Reformed_Ch/uFI0O7yymBUC?hl=pt-BR&gbpv=1&dq=%22Evangelical+Presbyterian+Church+in+Chile%22&pg=PA496&printsec= |url-status=live }}{{Cite book|author=James E. McGoldrick and Richard Clark Reed|title=Presbyterian and Reformed Churches: A Global History|language=English|edition=Second|location=Grand Rapids|editor=Reformation Heritage Bookd|publisher=|date=2012|isbn=978-1-60178-349-3|page=148|accessdate=June 17, 2022|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THraWV64DVgC&q=%22Evangelical+Presbyterian+Church+in+Chile%22|archive-date=July 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717223336/https://www.google.com.br/books/edition/Two_Thousand_and_Four_Mission_Yearbook_f/THraWV64DVgC?hl=pt-BR&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Evangelical+Presbyterian+Church+in+Chile%22&dq=%22Evangelical+Presbyterian+Church+in+Chile%22&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}{{Cite book |author=Gary Scott Smitha and P. C. Kemeny |title=The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism |date=July 2019 |language=English |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19060-840-8 |accessdate=June 17, 2022 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIYUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Evangelical+Presbyterian+Church+in+Chile%22 |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |page=117|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717223336/https://www.google.com.br/books/edition/The_Reformed_Family_Worldwide/FIYUAQAAIAAJ?hl=pt-BR&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Evangelical+Presbyterian+Church+in+Chile%22&dq=%22Evangelical+Presbyterian+Church+in+Chile%22&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}
History
In the 2010s, a group of people led by Pastor Marcelo Sánchez (formerly linked to the National Presbyterian Church in Chile), in the city of Lo Prado, adhered to the doctrine of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA). In 2017, RPCNA welcomed the group of members as a congregation, as well as Pastor Marcelo Sánchez as a missionary for the denomination.
By 2020, the denomination had already planted churches in Lampa and Santiago.{{cite web|url=https://rpglobalalliance.org/2020/02/24/first-congregation-established-in-south-america/|title=Establishment of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Chile|accessdate=July 15, 2022|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729053343/https://rpglobalalliance.org/2020/02/24/first-congregation-established-in-south-america/|url-status=live}}
Doctrine
The denomination subscribes to the Westminster Confession, Westminster Larger Catechism, and Westminster Shorter Catechism and differs from other Presbyterian denominations in the country by adopting exclusive psalmody and Sunday observance. {{cite web|url=http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=12228&lg=eng|title=Doctrines of the Reformed Presbyterian Church|accessdate=January 1, 2022|archive-date=December 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216221122/http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?lg=eng&id=12228|url-status=live}}