The Igreja Unida was born by the merging of the following churches: Igreja Cristã Pentecostal Evangelização e Cura Divina “Maravilhas de Jesus”; Igreja Evangélica do Povo end Igreja Cristã Evangélica Unida, in the opposite way of current trend of evangelical churches segmentation in Brazil.
By the time of its foundation, it was named Igreja Evangélica Pentecostal Unida, changed later due to legal requirements. Igreja Unida is governed by its Convention, named Convenção Unida Brasileira, headquartered in São Paulo, legally constituted and defined by statutory laws, with Board of Directors, Counsels and Departments.