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- ↑ www.mtw.org/Pages/LOC_Bolivia.aspx
- ↑ www.iglesiareformada.com
- ↑ "Adressdatenbank reformierter Kirchen und Einrichtungen".
- ↑ "Iglesias".
- ↑ "The World Reformed Fellowship - Membership List". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2013-02-15.