American Presbyterians in Brazil

151 Years (and counting) of Missionary Involvement

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Ashbel Green Simonton - 1859
The First Presbyterian Missionary to Brazil

Brazil became the newest mission field for the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) when the ship carrying the pioneer missionary Ashbel Green Simonton docked in Rio de Janeiro in 1859.

 

The first Presbyterian church in Brazil, organized in Rio de Janeiro in 1862 (Presbiterianismo no Brasil, 5)

    

Ashbel Green Simonton, first Presbyterian missionary to Brazil and his wife Helen Murdock Simonton, n.d. (RG 360, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia).

(photos and text from Frank Arnold)

 

 

 

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