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Turkey
Asia Minor, the area that is now Turkey, was a center of the Christian faith in the time of the apostle Paul. Upon the invitation of several institutions in Turkey, the PC(USA) has been active in providing specialized leadership support through education, development, health training, discipleship, and nurture.
The PC(USA), at the request of its partner the Turkish Protestant Alliance, has sent a few mission co-workers and volunteers. Some help in the preparation of a Turkish Bible dictionary, a companion to the new Turkish translation of Scripture. The PC(USA) also welcomes ecumenical engagement and cooperation with the Orthodox and Armenian Patriarchates, the Episcopal Church, and with other established Christian agencies such as the American Board (United Church of Christ), Union Church of Istanbul, the Jinishian Memorial Program, Hasat Ministries, and the Bible Society of Turkey.
Cyprus
The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), whose headquarters is in Beirut, Lebanon, has a liaison office in Limassol, Cyprus. The Fellowship of Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC) serves its member churches from Beirut and Limassol. Through this important PC(USA) regional partner, led by Mrs. RosangelaJarjour, general secretary, the member churches cooperate in fostering church unity and collaborating for leadership development and service. FMEEC and the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches are the four families of churches that make up the MECC for a shared ecumenical witness in the Middle East.
PC(USA) People in Mission
Mission Volunteers, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Rev. Arthur Beals, regional liaison, Albania, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the Balkans, Sonia Beals, team ministry
Partners/Ministries [Turkey]
Evangelical Alliance of Turkey
Besiktas Turkey Protestant Church: Engin Yilidrim, pastor
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students
Hasat Kilise Hizmetleri (Harvest Church Seminars)
Interparish Immigrant Ministry Program, Istanbul
Jinishian Memorial Program
Turkish Evangelical Church of Antalya (Antalya Bible Church)
Turkish Protestant Fellowship (Turkish Protestant Church)
Union Church of Istanbul: Rev. Benjamin van Rensburg, pastor
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Partners/Ministries [Cyprus]
Fellowship of Middle East Evangelical Churches: Mrs. Roseangela Jarjour, general secretary
The Episcopal Church, Diocese of Cyprus
PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
Teri Vinson, PPC
Mai Vuong, BOP
Dear God, thank you for the faithful work of partner organizations in this region. We ask that you bless and guide your work through national partners and personnel you have called to work side by side in service and witness. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Ps. 102, 148 Ps. 130, 16
Amos 5:1–17
Jude 1–16; Matt. 22:1–14
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