It is a free, evangelical and charismatic Church. Rivers of Life holds to the orthodox Christian faith. By the 1970s, churches had been established in Europe. The church in Quilmes now has approximately 1,000 members. Jorge Pradas was the main leader of the church at the time. When the church began, he opened up his workshop for church meetings to be held there. He fled the country after he had been a target in an attempted assassination. Oscar Mirón had moved to Argentina to flee the persecution of evangelical Christians in Spain under Francisco Franco. Rivers of Life was founded in 1967 in Quilmes, a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina by Jorge Pradas and Oscar Mirón both Spanish nationals along with others. The mayor expressed his solidarity with Rivers of Life and praised the church for staying faithful to the city even though the church had now spread around the world. in 1995 and now has churches, schools and orphanages in Africa and India including a Bible College in Kenya.Īs regards "Rivers of Life" there are currently Churches in the following countries: United Kingdom, Spain, France, Netherlands, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Cuba, Panama and the United States.Īs well as the churches previously mentioned, Rivers of Life has 4 Bible Colleges, 2 Children's Homes, a School with approximately 600 students and an FM radio station (FM Victoria) amongst other ministries set up to serve the churches purposes and in turn to benefit the local community.įor Rivers of Life's 40th anniversary, the mayor of Quilmes, Sergio Villordo visited the church in Quilmes the first Rivers of Life church. The name "Rivers of Life" should be distinguished from "River of Life" of which there are several other churches and organisations around the world using this title in their church or organisations' name - most notably "River of Life International" which was founded in the U.K. Rivers of Life (known as Ríos de Vida in Spanish) is a group of approximately eighty evangelical churches around the world.
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