The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE) is an autonomous body of churches comprising 25 s throughout Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Iran Iraqand Australia.

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  • The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE) is an autonomous body of churches comprising 25 s throughout Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Iran Iraqand Australia. Beginning in the second decade of the 19th century as an indigenous reform movement within the Armenian Apostolic Church, it developed into an independent community in 1846 in Istanbul to become known as the Armenian Evangelical Church and in subsequent decades registered a membership of 60,000 throughout the Ottoman Empire. After the First World War, when the Armenian population was devastated and the remnant deported from its historic homeland in what is now called Turkey, the Union was reorganized in Syria and Lebanon. The Union is composed of autonomous congregations. Its organizational pattern is a kind of modified congregationalism. The annual convention of the Union is the highest authority, presided by Rev. Megerdich Karageozian. The central committee of 12 members, elected at the convention, acts as an administrative body supervising and coordinating the activities of the member churches and church related institutions. From its inception, the Armenian Evangelical Church has stressed the importance of education. It now operates 23 schools and four high schools and owns the only university in the diaspora: Haigazian University, member of the Association of International Colleges and Universities-Europe Inc. , with an enrolment of 650 students. It operates four conference centers in Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Turkey. Together with the Arabic-speaking Evangelical churches, the Union owns and operates a secondary school in Aleppo and the Near East School of Theology in Beirut (the latter also supported by foreign missionary agencies). With the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Catholic Catholicossates it operates the old people's homes in Aleppo and Beirut, and a sanatorium in Azounieh, Lebanon. It has developed ecumenical ties with several churches and fraternal relations with the Armenian Evangelical Union of North America, the Armenian Evangelical Union of France and the Armenian Evangelical Union of Armenia. In spite of grave problems of emigrations and persecution, the Union continues to function with a growing awareness of its mission in its territories.
  • L'Union des Églises évangéliques arméniennes du Proche-Orient est une union d'Églises protestantes organisées dans les communautés arméniennes présentes au Proche-Orient ainsi qu'en Australie. Elle est issue du mouvement missionnaire qui donna naissance à l'Église évangélique arménienne au XIX siècle. Elle est membre de l'Alliance réformée mondiale ainsi que du Conseil des Églises du Moyen-Orient.
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  • The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE) is an autonomous body of churches comprising 25 s throughout Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Iran Iraqand Australia.
  • L'Union des Églises évangéliques arméniennes du Proche-Orient est une union d'Églises protestantes organisées dans les communautés arméniennes présentes au Proche-Orient ainsi qu'en Australie. Elle est issue du mouvement missionnaire qui donna naissance à l'Église évangélique arménienne au XIX siècle. Elle est membre de l'Alliance réformée mondiale ainsi que du Conseil des Églises du Moyen-Orient.
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  • Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
  • Union des Églises évangéliques arméniennes du Proche-Orient
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