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[[File:Portugal_map.gif|300px|thumb|right|''Portugal. World Factbook, 2006'']]       [[File:Portugal1.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Location_Portugal_EU_Europe.png Wikipedia Commons]'']]   [[File:Portugal2.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Location_Portugal_EU_Europe.png Wikipedia Commons]'']]    <h3>1990 Article</h3> Mennonite presence in Portugal began spontaneously when a young Mozambican student in Lisbon, Miguel Anelo Jardim, happened upon David Augsburger's book, <em>Free to Forgive. </em>This book gripped Jardim to the point that he sought more information about Mennonites. He began corresponding with the London Mennonite Centre and Mennonites in [[Brazil|Brazil]]. Jardim visited the Mennonites in Brazil and was baptized by Theo Penner in 1985.
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== Introduction ==
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The Portuguese Republic is located in South-Western Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, and it is the westernmost country of mainland [[Europe]], being bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by [[Spain]] to the north and east. The total area of the country is 92,212 km<sup>2</sup> (35,603 square miles) and in 2012 Portugal had an estimated population of 10,487,289.
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Portugal established itself as an independent kingdom in 1139. In the 15<sup>th</sup> and 16<sup>th</sup> centuries, Portuguese sailors helped establish the first global empire and the country became one of the world's major economic, political and military powers. In the 20th century Portugal experienced political and economic turmoil along with the decolonization of its overseas territories.
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Portugal is a very homogenous country in terms of ethnicity and religion. In 2011, the religious affiliation of the Portuguese population was as follows: [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], 81%; Other Christian, 3.3%; Other Religions, 0.6%; No Religion, 6.8%; and Undeclared, 8.3%.
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== 1990 Article ==
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Mennonite presence in Portugal began spontaneously when a young Mozambican student in Lisbon, Miguel Anelo Jardim, happened upon David Augsburger's book, <em>Free to Forgive. </em>This book gripped Jardim to the point that he sought more information about Mennonites. He began corresponding with the London Mennonite Centre and Mennonites in [[Brazil|Brazil]]. Jardim visited the Mennonites in Brazil and was baptized by Theo Penner in 1985.
  
 
Back in Portugal, Jardim began gathering a small group of like-minded people and this became the core of the new Mennonite church. The first official worship service was held on 31 August 1986, and a short time later the first three people were baptized.
 
Back in Portugal, Jardim began gathering a small group of like-minded people and this became the core of the new Mennonite church. The first official worship service was held on 31 August 1986, and a short time later the first three people were baptized.
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The [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] decided in January 1986 to begin church planting in Loures, a suburb of Lisbon. The [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]] ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), in the spring of 1987, investigated the possibility of mission work in the country. Efforts by IMO to coordinate the work of various conferences and agencies began in 1986.
 
The [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] decided in January 1986 to begin church planting in Loures, a suburb of Lisbon. The [[Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Board of Missions]] ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]), in the spring of 1987, investigated the possibility of mission work in the country. Efforts by IMO to coordinate the work of various conferences and agencies began in 1986.
  
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<h3>2010 Update</h3> Between 2000 and 2009 the following Anabaptist group was active in Portugal:
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Mennonite World Conference. "World Directory: Europe." Web. 13 June 2010. <span class="link-external"><span class="link-external"><span class="link-external">[http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members2009/EuropeSummary.doc http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members2009/EuropeSummary.doc]</span></span></span>.
 
Mennonite World Conference. "World Directory: Europe." Web. 13 June 2010. <span class="link-external"><span class="link-external"><span class="link-external">[http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members2009/EuropeSummary.doc http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members2009/EuropeSummary.doc]</span></span></span>.
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Revision as of 18:11, 19 May 2014

Portugal. World Factbook, 2006
Source: Wikipedia Commons

Introduction

The Portuguese Republic is located in South-Western Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, and it is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, being bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The total area of the country is 92,212 km2 (35,603 square miles) and in 2012 Portugal had an estimated population of 10,487,289.

Portugal established itself as an independent kingdom in 1139. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese sailors helped establish the first global empire and the country became one of the world's major economic, political and military powers. In the 20th century Portugal experienced political and economic turmoil along with the decolonization of its overseas territories.

Portugal is a very homogenous country in terms of ethnicity and religion. In 2011, the religious affiliation of the Portuguese population was as follows: Roman Catholic, 81%; Other Christian, 3.3%; Other Religions, 0.6%; No Religion, 6.8%; and Undeclared, 8.3%.

1990 Article

Mennonite presence in Portugal began spontaneously when a young Mozambican student in Lisbon, Miguel Anelo Jardim, happened upon David Augsburger's book, Free to Forgive. This book gripped Jardim to the point that he sought more information about Mennonites. He began corresponding with the London Mennonite Centre and Mennonites in Brazil. Jardim visited the Mennonites in Brazil and was baptized by Theo Penner in 1985.

Back in Portugal, Jardim began gathering a small group of like-minded people and this became the core of the new Mennonite church. The first official worship service was held on 31 August 1986, and a short time later the first three people were baptized.

There were over a million refugees in Portugal (1986) from former Portuguese colonies in Africa. In November 1985 Greet Lodder from The Netherlands (sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee and the International Mennonite Organization [IMO]) began working with African refugees at Amadora near Lisbon. Her work received spiritual assistance from the new Mennonite church. In July 1986 IMO and MCC began making plans to expand the project at Amadora to include small agricultural developments for the refugees. A West German television program telling the story of the church and the refugee work of Greet Lodder aired 4 April 1987.

The Mennonite Brethren decided in January 1986 to begin church planting in Loures, a suburb of Lisbon. The Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church), in the spring of 1987, investigated the possibility of mission work in the country. Efforts by IMO to coordinate the work of various conferences and agencies began in 1986.

2014 Update

Between 2000 and 2012 the following Anabaptist group was active in Portugal:

Denomination Congregations
in 2000 		Membership
in 2000 		Congregations
in 2003 		Membership
in 2003 		Congregations
in 2006 		Membership
in 2006 		Congregations
in 2009 		Membership
in 2009 		Congregations
in 2012 		Membership
in 2012
Associação dos Irmãos Menonitas de Portugal 2 35 2 55 5 100 5 150 5 150

Bibliography

Brücke (October 1986): 151.

Mennonite Reporter (11 May 1987): 2.

Mennonite World Conference. "2000 Europe Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Web. 27 February 2011. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/Directory/2000europe.html.

Mennonite World Conference. "2003 Europe Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches." Web. 27 February 2011. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/Directory/2003europe.html.

Mennonite World Conference. "Europe." Web. 27 February 2011. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/Directory/2006europe.pdf.

Mennonite World Conference. "World Directory: Europe." Web. 13 June 2010. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/files/Members2009/EuropeSummary.doc.

Mennonite World Conference. World Directory = Directorio mundial = Répertoire mondial 2012: Mennonite, Brethren in Christ and Related Churches = Iglesias Menonitas, de los Hermanos en Cristo y afines = Églises Mennonites, Frères en Christ et Apparentées. Kitchener, ON: Mennonite World Conference, 2012: 15.

Wikipedia. "Portugal." 18 May 2014. Web. 19 May 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal.


Author(s) Reynold Sawatzky
Date Published May 2014

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Sawatzky, Reynold. "Portugal." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. May 2014. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Portugal&oldid=122199.

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Sawatzky, Reynold. (May 2014). Portugal. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Portugal&oldid=122199.



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