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Article: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FOR CHRISTIAN WITNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
- Article from:
- International Review of Mission
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
- Author:
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AVEDIS BOYNERIAN [*]
1. The Origins
On 1 July 1846, thirty-seven men and three Armenian women established the first Armenian evangelical church in "mission chapel" at Pera, Istanbul (then Constantinople). Three groups of people were involved, directly or indirectly, in the rise and development of the Armenian evangelical church. These three were the reformists in the Armenian Apostolic Church, the American Protestant missionaries, and the Armenian patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul).
The first important group to play a decisive role in the rise of the Armenian evangelical church was the reformist or "spiritually-awakened" group in the ...