Parishes & International Churches in Lima

The Good Shepherd is the Cathedral Church of the Anglican Diocese of Perú. They have been serving the English-speaking community of Lima for over 160 years with services in English and Spanish. In 1849, the first Anglican Chaplain, the Reverend John G. Pearson arrived in Lima after 5 years of negotiations with the British Government with the reluctant approval of Peruvian authorities. The Church Of The Good Shepherd started a few years earlier in 1844. It did not have a permanent home, and moved from place to place until settling down in its current location in 1949.

The Union Church of Lima is an International, English-speaking and Interdenominational Christian Fellowship in Lima. Their mission is to build a caring, Christian Community that worships, fellowships, witnesses and grows in faith. The Union Church was started by Scottish Missionaries, North Americans and others. Most of their members are people from North America who live in Peru permanently or expatriates who spend just a few years or months. Among those attending Union Church are business people, students, diplomats, housewives, and missionaries, whose faith backgrounds are Protestant and Catholic, liturgical and non-liturgical. The church offers Associate Membership for those who are in Lima on short-term assignments as well as membership for those in Lima permanently. This way, new members do not need to give up their home church affiliation.

The church of Santa Maria is located on the Ovalo Gutierrez (Gutierrez roundabout) just between the districts San Isidro and Miraflores. It is highly in demand for weddings and well known for its beautiful architecture.

In October of 2010 Flamingo Road Church changed it's name to Potential Church and new service times were added to accomodate the growing congregation in Lima. Potential Church in Lima is a lively, diverse, contemporary Christian church in English and Spanish. Services are held in the Cinema 6 & 8 on the 4th floor of the Cineplanet Alcazar. Potential Church Lima features a live band and contemporary worship music. There is also an exciting children's and teenage ministry in English.

The parish “Nuestra Señora de la Reconciliación” was created in 1989 by the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Landazuri Ricketts. Its territory extends over two districts of Lima: La Molina and Santiago de Surco.

In the spring of 1820, Joseph Smith Jr. retired to the woods near his home in Palmyra, New York, and offered a simple prayer. This humble prayer set into motion a series of events that brought forth The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from its obscure beginnings in upstate New York to a worldwide church. In Lima the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a temple located in the district of La Molina.

The community of San José is one of more than 160 German speaking Catholic parishes abroad. Their formation is based on the idea of offering worship services, pastoral care in the German language and promoting integration. The main aim of the church is focused on permitting Catholics from German speaking countries a membership to the Catholic Church while residing or visiting Lima.

The German speaking Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Lima was founded 1898 by German emigrants. Its first pastor, Heinrich Bünger worked until 1924. There are contractual ties with the EKD (Evangelical Church in Germany). Since 1954 the community celebrates Sunday services at the Church in San Isidro. In majority their members are German, Peruvian, Austrian / Swiss Reformed, Lutheran and United denomination. According to their web page: The church is open to everyone…

Even if the Arabic influence in Lima can be seen everywhere, you won’t find a proper mosque. For information about the Islamic community and the meetings of Peruvian Moslems get in contact with the Asociación Islámica del Perú.

For more information please contact the Rabbi.

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For more information please contact the Rabbi Enrique Huaman.

(rabbi.e.huaman @ iamcs.org)

The only Buddhism temple in the region of Lima is the Templo Jionji in Cañete, around 140km from Lima. This temple was opened in 1977. Its origins date back to the first Japanese immigrants in the beginning of the 20th century. Most visitors come to the Buddhism temple during the celebrations of ‘Ohigan and Obon’, a Buddhist ritual to honor the memory of ancestors.