Iglesia Anglicana

What Iglesia Anglicana does

The Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal (I.E.R.E.), operating under the trade name Iglesia Anglicana, is a nonprofit Anglican church body headquartered in Madrid at the Catedral del Redentor and self-described as based in Segovia, Spain. Founded in 1868 in Gibraltar and admitted to full canonical standing within the Anglican Communion in 1980, the church sustains 15+ parishes and missions across major Spanish cities including Madrid, Sevilla, Salamanca, Barcelona, Sabadell, Valencia, Valladolid, and Santiago de Compostela. It provides Anglican/Reformed Episcopal worship services, sacraments, pastoral care, religious education, youth programs (Esfuerzo Cristiano), and distinctive Mozarabic liturgical practices, serving Spanish residents seeking Anglican Protestant worship, immigrant communities through its Misión Solidaridad program, and pilgrims via the Casa Anglicana del Peregrino in Santiago de Compostela.

The institution operates a hybrid physical-and-digital ministry stack: the official website anglicanos.es, Radio Anglicana (radioanglicana.es) for broadcast of services, the digital editorial platform El Escritorio Anglicano / 'La Luz' (escritorioanglicano.com) for theological publishing, and Facebook Live under 'Anglicanos.Spain' for live streaming of services. The weekly Hoja Dominical bulletin is distributed by email subscription. The church maintains ecumenical partnerships with the Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church USA (1961 Concordat), Old Catholic Churches of Europe (1965 Concordats), the Lusitanian Church of Portugal, and the Church of Ireland, and is GDPR- and LOPD-compliant in its data handling.

The revenue model is donation-based: voluntary contributions, tithes, and congregational donations fund operations, with no commercial pricing for worship services, sacraments, or pastoral care. The church is self-governing under its own Synod and Bishop, operates under the metropolitan authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury as a center of Anglican unity, and is supported historically by the Spanish and Portuguese Church Aid Society. No parent company, external investor, or commercial revenue stream is disclosed, and total revenue is not publicly reported.

Name

Iglesia Anglicana

Legal name

Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal

Website

https://anglicanos.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1868

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal (I.E.R.E., trade name Iglesia Anglicana) is a nonprofit Anglican church founded in 1868 in Spain, serving Spanish residents seeking Anglican/Reformed Episcopal worship, immigrant communities, and pilgrims through 15+ parishes across Spain plus digital broadcasts and a pilgrim house in Santiago de Compostela.

Ownership category

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Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAJAD

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYMPABALAC

Evangelical & Charismatic Broadcasting

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Broadcasting (TV & Radio)/Religious/Faith-Based Broadcasting

Keywords

• Religious services
• Anglican worship
• Pastoral care
• Parish churches
• Protestant community

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Voluntary Contributions and Tithes: As a religious institution, the IERE sustains itself primarily through voluntary contributions, tithes, and donations from its congregation members. The church also operates charitable programs such as Misión Solidaridad for immigrant populations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal (I.E.R.E.) is the Anglican Church in Spain, providing religious worship services, sacraments (baptism, communion, confirmation), pastoral care, and religious education across a network of parish churches. The organization also operates supplementary programs including Radio Anglicana (online broadcasts), Editorial Digital 'La Luz' (theological publishing), Casa Anglicana del Peregrino (pilgrim hospitality in Santiago de Compostela), and Misión Solidaridad (social support for immigrant populations).

Product overview

Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal (I.E.R.E.) operates as a unified religious organization offering a portfolio of interconnected digital and physical services. The core digital presence includes the main website (anglicanos.es) for parish information and community engagement, Radio Anglicana for live broadcasting of services, and the Editorial Digital 'La Luz' platform for religious publishing and theological resources. Physical services include the Catedral del Redentor in Madrid, Casa Anglicana del Peregrino for pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela, and the Misión Solidaridad social program for immigrants. The Hoja Dominical provides weekly bulletins to subscribers. These offerings are unified under the Anglican Communion and serve the spiritual and community needs of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Spain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Misión Anglicana 'Solidaridad': A diocesan program founded 9 years ago to respond to the growing needs of the immigrant population.
• Radio Anglicana
• Casa Anglicana del Peregrino
• Editorial Digital 'La Luz'

Products and services

• Sitio Web Anglicanos.es
• Radio Anglicana
• Editorial Digital 'La Luz' - El Escritorio Anglicano
• Casa Anglicana del Peregrino
• Misión Anglicana 'Solidaridad'
• Catedral del Redentor
• Hoja Dominical

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Anglican CommunioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 November 1980On November 2, 1980, the IERE was officially received as a full member of the Anglican Communion. The Archbishop of Canterbury, through representatives Bishop Ross Hook and Bishop John Howe, signed the Document of Full Integration, establishing the IERE under the metropolitan authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
• Iglesia Lusitana (Portuguese Episcopal Church)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe IERE maintains close fraternal ties with the Portuguese Lusitana Church, sharing the Anglican tradition in the Iberian Peninsula. Both churches collaborated in the Provisional Council of Bishops and have participated jointly in synods and ecumenical activities since the 19th century.
• Church of IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Church of Ireland, through Archbishops of Dublin (particularly Lord Plunket), played a foundational role in the consecration of IERE bishops and the establishment of the Provisional Council of Bishops. Archbishop McAnn of Armagh served as Primus of the Council.
• Spanish and Portuguese Church Aid SocietycoreOthersA charitable society based in Ireland and London that provided financial and material support for the IERE throughout its history, especially during difficult periods of persecution and after the Spanish Civil War.
• World Council of ChurchesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe IERE participated in the World Council of Churches assemblies and ecumenical conferences, including the V Assembly in Nairobi (1975), contributing to global Christian unity efforts.
• Old Catholic Churches (Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn September 1965, the IERE signed Concordats of Full Communion with Old Catholic Churches of Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, and their branches in the United States, recognizing mutual ministry and sacraments.
• Episcopal Church (United States)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe IERE signed a Concordat of Full Communion with the Episcopal Church (USA) in 1961, establishing formal ecumenical relations with American Anglican churches.
• Iglesia Evangélica EspañolaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated through the Spanish Evangelical Alliance (Alianza Evangélica Española) for religious freedom advocacy and joint evangelical initiatives in Spain.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Church of England: The founding church of the Anglican Communion, of which the I.E.R.E. is a full member since 1980. Comparable as a fellow Anglican body sharing liturgical tradition, canonical ties, and full communion, though vastly larger and operating primarily in England.
• Conferencia Episcopal Española (Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain): The governing body of the dominant Catholic Church in Spain. Comparable as the principal religious institutional actor in the same Spanish geography, against which the I.E.R.E. competes for congregants and ecumenical engagement.
• Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD): A major European Protestant umbrella body with full communion relationships across European Anglican and Reformed traditions. Comparable as a large established Protestant institution operating in a Europe-wide context that influences the ecclesial environment in which the I.E.R.E. operates.

Direct peers

• Igreja Lusitana (Portuguese Episcopal Church): The Portuguese counterpart of the I.E.R.E., sharing Anglican-Reformed Episcopal tradition in the Iberian Peninsula. Both churches co-participated in the Provisional Council of Bishops and maintain formal fraternal ties, making them structurally near-identical peers operating in adjacent markets.
• The Episcopal Church (USA): Signed a Concordat of Full Communion with the I.E.R.E. in 1961. As a fellow Anglican-Reformed Episcopal body with shared liturgical, doctrinal, and governance traditions, it is directly comparable as an English-speaking counterpart operating under similar polity.
• Church of Ireland: Played a foundational role in the I.E.R.E.'s episcopal consecration through Archbishop Lord Plunket of Dublin. Comparable as a fellow Anglican Communion member with historical ties that shaped I.E.R.E.'s canonical structure and continues to provide institutional support.
• Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands: Part of the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht with which the I.E.R.E. signed full communion concordats in 1965. Comparable as a small, historic European non-Roman Catholic body with full mutual recognition of ministry and sacraments.
• Iglesia Evangélica Española (Spanish Evangelical Church): The largest historic Protestant denomination in Spain, founded in 1871. Comparable as a non-Catholic Spanish Christian denomination competing for the same small Protestant constituency, with whom the I.E.R.E. collaborates through the Alianza Evangélica Española.

Regional players

• Federazione delle Chiese Evangeliche in Italia (Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy): Federation of Protestant churches in Italy, a southern European Catholic-majority country analogous to Spain. Comparable as a regional peer facing similar challenges of operating a Protestant denomination in a historically Catholic Mediterranean context.

Others

• World Council of Churches: Global ecumenical body of which the I.E.R.E. is a participating member. Comparable as the international ecumenical forum through which the I.E.R.E. engages with global Christian unity efforts and to which it reports its institutional activities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Anglicanos.Spain
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iglesia-anglicana

Compliance2 records

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