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By Doug Beacham<\/strong><\/p>\n

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General Superintendent Doug Beacham and Bishop Eduardo Duran sign merger agreement<\/p><\/div>\n

Sunday night, Feb. 4, was a historic evening in Santiago, Chile, with the official merger of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) and the First Methodist Pentecostal Church of Chile, along with the mother church, the Evangelical Cathedral (Jotabeche Church). With several hundred thousand members primarily in Chile, the IPHC global membership for the first time is more than 2 million members. The Jotabeche church, one of the largest in the world with an estimated one hundred thousand members, is now the largest IPHC congregation in the world. This Chilean denomination and congregation are the foundation of Pentecostalism in Chile that began in 1909.<\/p>\n

Following 51 years of affiliation which began in 1967, the two denominations have experienced excellent relationships that have mutually enhanced their ministries. The 1967 agreement was led by Bishop J.A. Synan, Dr. Vinson Synan, and Dr. R.O. Corvin from the United States, and Bishop Vasquez from Chile.<\/p>\n

In 1967 several students from Chile enrolled at Emmanuel College, including the current bishop of the FMPC, Bishop Eduardo Duran. In that 1967 freshman class were also now IPHC General Superintendent Doug Beacham and now president of Emmanuel College, Dr. Ron White.<\/p>\n

Since 1967, IPHC General Superintendents and others have often visited with the church leaders in Santiago. The Chilean leaders have attended the IPHC General Conference during these years. In the past six years, IPHC World Missions Ministries through Rev. Max Barroso and The Awakening have been engaged in developing the growing youth and young adult focus of the Chilean church. Chilean students continue to attend IPHC educational institutions in the United States.<\/p>\n

Last March, the two denominations met at the Jotabeche Church to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the affiliation. Along with members of the IPHC Executive Committee, Bishop James Leggett, and Dr. Vinson Synan were present. Following that meeting, conversations began between Bishops Duran and Beacham about the possibility of a merger between the two denominations. Those conversations continued through most of 2017 and were finalized in early 2018. The leadership of the Chilean denomination and the Jotabeche Church agreed to the merger proposal from the IPHC. The IPHC Executive Committee and the Council of Bishops also agreed to the proposal.<\/p>\n

While the Chilean church keeps its own name and internal government and structure, it now becomes a full member of the IPHC. The IPHC\u2019s ministries around the world will be avenues of mutual assistance and growth as Chileans will have greater opportunities to connect with the global IPHC family. The Chileans are well-known for their anointed street evangelism and music. We believe this will be a source of encouragement and preparation for various IPHC ministry efforts around the world. Our mutual educational efforts will expand through youth ministry and church planting trainings.<\/p>\n

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Global Leadership Council in Santiago, Chile<\/p><\/div>\n

The IPHC Global Leadership Council held its annual meeting in Santiago in preparation for the 2019 Sixth IPHC Global Assembly, February 20-22, at the Jotabeche church. The Global Leadership Council is the executive group that directs that World Pentecostal Holiness Fellowship (WPHF). It is chaired by the IPHC General Superintendent and comprised of the four members of the IPHC Executive Committee, and IPHC delegates from Europe (Teo Bulzan), Asia (Donavan Ng), Latin America (Atilio Chavez), Africa (Joel Dibetsoe), and Canada (Gordon McDonald). In addition, our previous two South American affiliates have been members of the Global Leadership Council: Bishop Jamir Cavalho representing the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Brazil (Pentecostal), and Bishop Eduardo Duran, representing the Chilean church. As part of the merger agreement, the First Methodist Pentecostal Church of Chile will have a permanent seat on the Global Leadership Council as an IPHC full member.<\/p>\n

The World Pentecostal Holiness Fellowship began under the leadership of Bishop James D. Leggett. It was a significant step in bringing together the global family for fellowship, prayer, vision casting, and interaction of how we can mutually serve one another to advance Christ\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n

All the members of the Global Leadership Council were present for the historic merger except for Bishop Tommy McGhee, Bishop Talmadge Gardner, and Rev. Teo Bulzan. Bulzan encountered flight disruptions and was unable to attend. Gardner\u2019s late mother\u2019s memorial service was this past Saturday, and McGhee was requested to represent the denominational leadership at this important service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[510,523,46,39,524,290],"class_list":{"0":"post-1922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-510","9":"tag-chile","10":"tag-doug-beacham","11":"tag-february","12":"tag-first-methodist-pentecostal-church-of-chile","13":"tag-iphc-general-superintendent","14":"entry"},"title_es":"Fusi\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica en Chile","content_es":"Por Doug Beacham<\/strong> \"\"<\/a> La noche del domingo 4 de febrero fue una tarde hist\u00f3rica en Santiago de Chile con la fusi\u00f3n oficial de la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal (IPHC) y la Primera Iglesia Metodista Pentecostal de Chile, junto con la iglesia madre, la Catedral Evang\u00e9lica (Iglesia Jotabeche ) Con varios cientos de miles de miembros principalmente en Chile, la membres\u00eda global de IPHC por primera vez es de m\u00e1s de 2 millones de miembros. La iglesia de Jotabeche, una de las m\u00e1s grandes del mundo con un estimado de cien mil miembros, es ahora la mayor congregaci\u00f3n de IPHC en el mundo. Esta denominaci\u00f3n y congregaci\u00f3n chilena es la base del pentecostalismo en Chile que comenz\u00f3 en 1909. Despu\u00e9s de 51 a\u00f1os de afiliaci\u00f3n que comenz\u00f3 en 1967, las dos denominaciones han experimentado excelentes relaciones que han mejorado mutuamente sus ministerios. El acuerdo de 1967 fue liderado por el Obispo JA Synan, el Dr. Vinson Synan, y el Dr. RO Corvin de los Estados Unidos, y el Obispo Vasquez de Chile. En 1967, varios estudiantes de Chile se matricularon en Emmanuel College, incluido el actual obispo de la FMPC, el obispo Eduardo Dur\u00e1n. En esa clase de primer a\u00f1o de 1967 tambi\u00e9n se encontraban ahora el superintendente general de IPHC Doug Beacham y ahora presidente de Emmanuel College, el Dr. Ron White. Desde 1967, los Superintendentes Generales de IPHC y otros a menudo han visitado a los l\u00edderes de la iglesia en Santiago. Los l\u00edderes chilenos han asistido a la Conferencia General de IPHC durante estos a\u00f1os. En los \u00faltimos seis a\u00f1os, los Ministerios de Misiones Mundiales de IPHC a trav\u00e9s de Rev. Max Barroso y The Awakening se han dedicado a desarrollar el enfoque creciente de j\u00f3venes y adultos j\u00f3venes de la iglesia chilena. Los estudiantes chilenos contin\u00faan asistiendo a las instituciones educativas de IPHC en los Estados Unidos. En marzo pasado, las dos denominaciones se reunieron en la Iglesia Jotabeche para conmemorar el 50 aniversario de la afiliaci\u00f3n. Junto con los miembros del Comit\u00e9 Ejecutivo de IPHC, el Obispo James Leggett y el Dr. Vinson Synan estuvieron presentes. Despu\u00e9s de esa reuni\u00f3n, las conversaciones comenzaron entre los obispos Dur\u00e1n y Beacham sobre la posibilidad de una fusi\u00f3n entre las dos denominaciones. Esas conversaciones continuaron durante la mayor parte de 2017 y se finalizaron a principios de 2018. El liderazgo de la denominaci\u00f3n chilena y la Iglesia Jotabeche acordaron la propuesta de fusi\u00f3n de la IPHC. El Comit\u00e9 Ejecutivo de IPHC y el Consejo de Obispos tambi\u00e9n estuvieron de acuerdo con la propuesta. Si bien la iglesia chilena conserva su propio nombre y gobierno y estructura internos, ahora se convierte en miembro de pleno derecho de la IPHC. Los ministerios de la IPHC en todo el mundo ser\u00e1n v\u00edas de asistencia y crecimiento mutuos, ya que los chilenos tendr\u00e1n mayores oportunidades de conectarse con la familia global de IPHC. Los chilenos son conocidos por su evangelismo callejero ungido y la m\u00fasica. Creemos que esto ser\u00e1 una fuente de aliento y preparaci\u00f3n para los diversos esfuerzos ministeriales de IPHC en todo el mundo. Nuestros esfuerzos educativos mutuos se expandir\u00e1n a trav\u00e9s del ministerio juvenil y la capacitaci\u00f3n de plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias. El Consejo Mundial de Liderazgo de IPHC celebr\u00f3 su reuni\u00f3n anual en Santiago en preparaci\u00f3n para la Sexta Asamblea Global de IPHC de 2019, del 20 al 22 de febrero, en la \"\"<\/a> Iglesia de Jotabeche. El Global Leadership Council es el grupo ejecutivo que dirige esa World Pentecostal Holiness Fellowship (WPHF). Est\u00e1 presidido por el Superintendente General de IPHC y est\u00e1 compuesto por los cuatro miembros del Comit\u00e9 Ejecutivo de IPHC y delegados de IPHC de Europa (Teo Bulzan), Asia (Donavan Ng), Am\u00e9rica Latina (Atilio Chavez), \u00c1frica (Joel Dibetsoe) y Canad\u00e1 (Gordon McDonald). Adem\u00e1s, nuestros dos afiliados sudamericanos anteriores han sido miembros del Consejo de Liderazgo Global: el Obispo Jamir Cavalho representando a la Iglesia Metodista Wesleyana de Brasil (Pentecostal), y el Obispo Eduardo Dur\u00e1n, representando a la iglesia chilena. Como parte del acuerdo de fusi\u00f3n, la Primera Iglesia Metodista Pentecostal de Chile tendr\u00e1 un asiento permanente en el Consejo Mundial de Liderazgo como miembro de pleno derecho de IPHC. La Comunidad Mundial de Santidad Pentecostal comenz\u00f3 bajo el liderazgo del Obispo James D. Leggett. Fue un paso significativo para reunir a la familia mundial para la comuni\u00f3n, la oraci\u00f3n, la visi\u00f3n y la interacci\u00f3n de c\u00f3mo podemos servirnos mutuamente para avanzar en el reino de Cristo. Todos los miembros del Consejo Global estuvieron presentes en la hist\u00f3rica fusi\u00f3n, excepto por el Obispo Tommy McGhee, el Obispo Talmadge Gardner y el Rev. Teo Bulzan. Bulzan encontr\u00f3 interrupciones en el vuelo y no pudo asistir. El servicio conmemorativo de la \u00faltima madre de Gardner fue el s\u00e1bado pasado, y se le pidi\u00f3 a McGhee que representara al liderazgo denominacional en este importante servicio.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/02\/IMG_0541-22-e1518044207658.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-v0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}