Presbyterian Church of Brazil

Presbyterian Church of Brazil
Presbyterian Church of Brazil
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Conservative Calvinist
Theology	Evangelical Reformed
Polity	Presbyterian
Moderator	Rev. Roberto Brasileiro; President of the Supreme Council
Associations	World Reformed Fellowship
Region	Brazil
Founder	Rev. Ashbel Green Simonton
Origin	August 12th, 1859 ; Rio de Janeiro
Branched from	Presbyterian Church in the United States
Separations	1903: Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil;; 1956: Fundamentalist Presbyterian Church in Brazil;; 1968: Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil;; 1978: United Presbyterian Church of Brazil;; 1993: Traditional Presbyterian Church in Brazil;; 1995: Presbyterian Church of Grace;; 1997: Revived Reformed Presbyterian Church of Brazil;; 2000: Reformed Presbyterian Church of Brazil;
Congregations	5,420 (2021)
Members	702,949 (2021)
Ministers	4,915 (2021)

The Presbyterian Church of Brazil (Portuguese: Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil, or IPB, PCB in English) is an Evangelical Protestant Christian denomination in Brazil. It is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country, having an estimate 702,949 members, 4,915 ordained ministers and 5,420 churches and parishes. It is also the only Presbyterian denomination in Brazil present in all 26 States and the Federal District.

The Church was founded by the American missionary Rev. Ashbel Green Simonton, who also oversaw the formal organization of the first congregation (Presbyterian Church of Rio de Janeiro) and the first Presbytery (Presbytery of Rio de Janeiro).

The original Church in Rio de Janeiro was formally organized in January 1863. The Church then left the jurisdiction of the American church 1888, when the Synod was formed. The denomination considers the date of Simonton's arrival in Brazil, 12 August, 1859, as its foundation date.