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• Rev. Alexander Latimer Blackford (1829 Martins Ferry OH - May 1890, Atlanta), who oversaw the creation of the churches in São Paulo and Brotas, and was the first president of the Presbytery of Rio de Janeiro.
• Rev. Francis J. C. Schneider, who preached among German immigrants in Rio Claro, taught at the Rio de Janeiro Seminary, and was a missionary in Bahia.

Synod

Schisms

Worship

• Old-school conservatives, the most common tendency, tend to favour a service order freely based in Isaiah, chapter 6: ascription of praise Confession of sins, adoration, Offertory, reading and preaching of Scripture, ministration of the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper and Benediction. Pertinent traditional hymns and/or modern praise choruses may be inserted before, during or after each part of the service, and the Adoration section is often replaced by a selection of praise and worship choruses led by a modern music band. Old-school conservatives usually eschew the use of responsive liturgies, set forms of prayer, creeds, the Church Year and lectionaries (save for the commemoration of Christmas and Easter) and distinctive dress for ministers and church officials, save for rare ministers who choose to wear the Geneva robe, without stoles.
• Evangelical Charismatics, fastest growing group, favor a contemporary, free-form liturgy. Structurally, it is composed of three or four parts: praise and worship songs, reading and preaching of Scripture, the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper and Benediction. Most other acts of worship are more or less organically included in the praise and worship time, led by the church's minister or the leading vocalist of the praise band. A second selection of praise and worship songs may be included after the sermon, especially if an altar call is to take place or if the Sacraments are to be ministered. Evangelical Charismatics may or may not adopt, along with the order of service, Pentecostal practices such as communal, simultaneous prayer in loud voice and glossolalia.
• Neo-orthodox Conservatives are a group consisting mostly of young ministers of a more academical background, usually in small congregations, who conduct experiments into bringing the IPB toward a more mainline position. They seek to establish a greater catholicity in the Presbyterian worship practice, recovering the use of responsive liturgies, litanies, set forms of intercession and prayer, the observance of the Church Year and use of the Revised Common Lectionary. Their ministers are usually more inclined to wear distinctive garb, such as clerical shirts, Geneva robes or even albs, with stoles. Even though they are fond of traditional hymnody, they usually also employ praise choruses within the context of the service order. Even though the practical implementation of such a project usually faces some resistance and requires a certain degree of compromise, their ideal liturgy is something close to PC (U.S.A.)'s The Service for the Lord's Day.
• Puritans, the smallest group within the IPB, choose to lead their worship according to the Westminster Directory of Public Worship, instead of the Principles of Liturgy. The order of worship is usually close to the one practiced by Old-school Conservatives, save for three differences: the only music employed in public worship are metric Psalms sung congregationally, a capella;WEB,weblink Por que nossa Igreja não tem "louvorzão", nem instrumentos, solos, conjuntos e corais? - Igreja Presbiteriana da Herança Reformada, 2010-05-22,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160808232911weblink">weblink 2016-08-08, dead, women are not allowed to speak, teach or pray in public services nor Sunday School, except if there be no men present;WEB,weblink Por que as mulheres não falam e nem oram em público em nossa igreja? - Igreja Presbiteriana da Herança Reformada, 2010-05-22,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160809040203weblink">weblink 2016-08-09, dead, and no feast of the Church Year is ever observed, not even Christmas and Easter.WEB,weblink Por que não comemoramos a Páscoa? - Igreja Presbiteriana da Herança Reformada, 2010-05-22,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160504164324weblink">weblink 2016-05-04, dead, WEB,weblink O Natal - Igreja Presbiteriana da Herança Reformada, 2010-05-22,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160809032829weblink">weblink 2016-08-09, dead,

1. Manual do Culto ("Worship Handbook"), a non-official compilation of orders of service done by Rev. Modesto Carvalhosa de Perestrello to serve as a guide to lay leaders in the early 20th century, published by Cultura Cristã, IPB's publishing branch.
2. Manual Litúrgico ("Liturgical Handbook"), an expansion of Manual do Culto with alternate forms and biblical readings.
3. The Independent Presbyterian Church's Manual do Culto, which is an abbreviated translation of PC (USA)'s 1993 Book of Common Worship.

Structure

Church planting

Interchurch relationships

Theology

Theological Seminaries

• Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Brasilia
• Presbyterian Theological Seminary in the South - Campinas
• Rev. Jose Manoel da Conceicao Presbyterian Theological Seminary in São PauloWEB,weblink Seminário JMC,
• Rev. Ashbel Green Simonton Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Rio de Janeiro
• Presbyterian Theological Seminary in the North - Recife
• Presbyterian theological Seminary in the Northeast - Teresina
• Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Central Brazil - Goiania
• Extension of Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Central Brazil in Ji-Parana
• Rev. Danoel Nicodemos Eller Presbyterian Seminary - Belo HorizonteWEB,weblink www.ipb.org.br/portal/igreja-reformada Official website, 2012-10-30,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121004071600weblink">weblink 2012-10-04, dead,
• Centro Presbiteriano de Pós-graduação Andrew Jumper (Andrew Jumper Post Graduate Center) - São Paulo WEB,weblink Centro Presbiteriano de Pós-graduação Andrew Jumper,

Missions

• JMN - Junta de Missões Nacionais (Board of National Missions) - founded in 1940 and has 185 missionaries to plant churches in Brazil.WEB,weblink HOME - Junta de Missões Nacionais,
• APMT - Agência Presbiteriana de Missões Transculturais - international missions with 30 missionaries abroad. Mission fields are in Bolivia, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Timor and Romania.www.apmt.org.br Official websiteWEB,weblink Archived copy, 2013-04-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160310224124weblink">weblink 2016-03-10, dead,
• Missão Evangélica CaiuáWEB,weblink Archived copy, 2013-04-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160304052007weblink">weblink 2016-03-04, dead,

Education

• Mackenzie Presbyterian Institutionwww.mackenzie.br official website
• Gammon Presbyterian InstitutionWEB,weblink Instituto Presbiteriano Gammon - Home,
• Eduardo Lane Bible InstitutionWEB,weblink IBEL - Instituto Bíblico Eduardo Lane, WEB,weblink Archived copy, 2013-04-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160310020419weblink">weblink 2016-03-10, dead,
• Augusto Arújo Bible InstitutionWEB,weblink Archived copy, 2013-04-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160304060605weblink">weblink 2016-03-04, dead, WEB,weblink IBAA - INSTITUTO BÍBLICO REV. AUGUSTO ARAÚJO, WWW.GSW.NET.BR, 2013-04-25,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130723084740weblink">weblink 2013-07-23, dead,

Further reading

• Apostles Creed
• Westminster Confession
• Westminster Larger Catechism
• Westminster Shorter CatechismWEB, Archived copy,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160822123501weblink">weblink 2016-08-22, 2013-06-30, WEB, Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions,weblink

References

External links

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