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The Iglesia Cristiana Interdenominacional en la República Mexicana, Associación Religiosa (ICIRMAR) – whose full name in English is Interdenominational Christian Church in the Mexican Republic, Religious Association – is one of the largest independent Mexican Pentecostal churches. Unlike many Pentecostal groups in Latin America, it did not begin from a schism or from foreign missionary activities, but the ICIRMAR is the result of a charismatic outpouring among seven families from different Protestant denominations in a small prayer room in the Colonia Portales district of Mexico City in the 1920s. From these modest beginnings, the church grew to become a solid denomination, stressing sanctification and personal Pentecostal experiences. The church has nearly 2,500 congregations in Mexico alone, served by unpaid lay ministers.
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The drastic changes that occurred in Mexico after the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) have affected the country’s social and religious...
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Alves, L.M. (2017). Iglesia Cristiana Interdenominacional. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_219-1
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