Protestantism in Turkey
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Protestants and also Anglicans comprise far less than one tenth of one percent of the population of Turkey
.
The constitution of Turkey
recognizes freedom of religion for individuals. The Armenian Protestants own three Istanbul Churches from the 19th century.
On 4th of November 2006, a Protestant place of worship was attacked with six Molotov cocktail
s.
Turkish media have criticized Christian missionary activity intensely.
There is an Alliance of Protestant Churches in Turkey.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
.
The constitution of Turkey
Constitution of Turkey
This article relates to a current event. See also the Turkish constitutional referendum, 2010The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government and sets out the principles and rules of the state's conduct along with its...
recognizes freedom of religion for individuals. The Armenian Protestants own three Istanbul Churches from the 19th century.
On 4th of November 2006, a Protestant place of worship was attacked with six Molotov cocktail
Molotov cocktail
The Molotov cocktail, also known as the petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, Molotov bomb, fire bottle, fire bomb, or simply Molotov, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons...
s.
Turkish media have criticized Christian missionary activity intensely.
There is an Alliance of Protestant Churches in Turkey.
Protestant
- Baptist church
- Bulgarian Congregational Church
- Evangelical Alliance Church
- German Protestant Church
- Greek Evangelical ChurchGreek Evangelical ChurchThe Greek Evangelical Church is a Presbyterian Reformed denomination in Greece...
- Religious Society of FriendsReligious Society of FriendsThe Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
- Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
- Union Church of Istanbul
- Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in Near East
Anglican
- Church of EnglandChurch of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
- It separatedSchism (religion)A schism , from Greek σχίσμα, skhísma , is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization or movement religious denomination. The word is most frequently applied to a break of communion between two sections of Christianity that were previously a single body, or to a division within...
from the Roman Catholic ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
in 1534 with the Act of Supremacy and understands itself to be both CatholicFour Marks of the ChurchThe Four Marks of the Church is a term describing four specific adjectives—one, holy, catholic and apostolic—indicating four major distinctive marks or distinguishing characteristics of the Christian Church...
and ReformedEnglish ReformationThe English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....
(Protestant)