Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church is the oldest protestant denomination in Portugal, and is a member church of the
Anglican Communion and of the
Porvoo Communion. In 2016, research published in the
Journal of Anglican Studies, by
Cambridge University Press, reported that the church claims 5,000 total members. In 2017,
Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: 1980 to the Present, published by
Routledge, collected peer-reviewed research, edited by faculty at
Durham University, reporting there were 2,700 Anglicans in Portugal, a decline from 4,500 in 1970.
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Portugal The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Portugal is the oldest non-Catholic, non-Anglican church in Portugal.
Christian Presbyterian Church of Portugal The Christian Presbyterian Church in Portugal (Igreja Cristã Presbiteriana de Portugal or ICPP in
Portuguese) is a small
Reformed denomination with relationships with
Presbyterian Church in America, the
Presbyterian Church of Brazil, the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland and the
Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil. The denomination accepts the
five points of Calvinism, the
Westminster Confession of Faith and its
shorter and
larger catechisms. The denomination was officially formed in 1992, but includes older churches such as the Independent Church in
Barreiro (founded in 1955) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Christ (founded in 1970) as well as an independent Presbyterian church in
Campo de Ourique in
Lisbon, and by a church in northeast
Porto planted by a
Brazilian missionary. In 2014 the ICPP celebrated its 30th anniversary. == See also ==