{"id":20,"date":"2017-07-06T12:15:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T11:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elimspain.elimfamilyfellowship.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:31:04","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elimfamilyfellowship.com\/elimspain\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Elim Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n\n.prisna-gwt-align-left {\n\ttext-align: left !important;\n}\n.prisna-gwt-align-right {\n\ttext-align: right !important;\n}\n\n\n\nbody {\n\ttop: 0 !important;\n}\n.goog-te-banner-frame {\n\tdisplay: none !important;\n\tvisibility: hidden !important;\n}\n\n#goog-gt-tt,\n.goog-tooltip,\n.goog-tooltip:hover {\n\tdisplay: none !important;\n}\n.goog-text-highlight {\n\tbackground-color: transparent !important;\n\tborder: none !important;\n\tbox-shadow: none !important;\n}\n.translated-rtl font,\n.translated-ltr font {\n\tbackground-color: transparent !important;\n\tbox-shadow: none !important;\n\tbox-sizing: border-box !important;\n\t-webkit-box-sizing: border-box !important;\n\t-moz-box-sizing: border-box !important;\n}\n\n-->\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"google_translate_element\" class=\"prisna-gwt-align-left\"><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*<![CDATA[*\/\nfunction initializeGoogleTranslateElement() {\n\tnew google.translate.TranslateElement({\n\t\tpageLanguage: \"en\",\n\t\tlayout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.HORIZONTAL,\n\t\tincludedLanguages: \"ca,en,es\"\n\t}, \"google_translate_element\");\n}\n\/*]]>*\/\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/translate.google.com\/translate_a\/element.js?cb=initializeGoogleTranslateElement\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/elimfamilyfellowship.com\/elimspain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/FEP-consejo-2025-1110x601.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elimfamilyfellowship.com\/elimspain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/FEP-consejo-2025-1110x601.jpeg 1110w, https:\/\/elimfamilyfellowship.com\/elimspain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/FEP-consejo-2025-554x300.jpeg 554w, https:\/\/elimfamilyfellowship.com\/elimspain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/FEP-consejo-2025-768x416.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/elimfamilyfellowship.com\/elimspain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/FEP-consejo-2025.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NATIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM \/ ELIM CONSEJO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elim Espa\u00f1a was formed in 1995 and officially registered in February 2009 as Federaci\u00f3n Elim Pentecostal.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor George Thomas started the Elim work in the 1930s but he had to leave at the start of the Spanish Civil War. It was in the 1980s that Elim started reaching into Spain again with Elim Missionaries Andy and Yolanda Smith going to Figueres in the Province of Girona, located in the North East of Spain. Through evangelism, home groups and prison work a church was founded.<\/p>\n<p>The first short term Euroteam visited in 1982 when young people went to encourage and support the work through evangelism.<\/p>\n<p>John &amp; Valerie Knox came to Spain as Elim missionaries in July 1995 when the denomination of Elim Espa\u00f1a was formed. In 2000 they took the role of pastors the Girona Church which was planted by the Figueres church in the early 1990s. As President of Elim Espa\u00f1a, John officially registered &#8220;Federaci\u00f3n Elim Pentecostal&#8221; in February 2009. John and Val retired to the UK at the end of 2015.<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16.200001px;\"><br \/>Howard Coley, an Elim UK ordained minister, came to Spain in 1990, planting two churches in Andalucia and as a member of the National leadership team, helped establish the Federation Elim Pentecostal and took on the role of the president in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1iqa07vtzudBfbOcOodqTkkO3EiTZtbGq&#038;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM \/ ELIM CONSEJO Elim Espa\u00f1a was formed in 1995 and officially registered in February 2009 as Federaci\u00f3n Elim Pentecostal. Pastor George Thomas started the Elim work in the 1930s but he had to leave at the start of the Spanish Civil War. 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