National Evangelical Church of Beirut

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The Evangelical Church of Beirut National or National Evangelical Church of Beirut ( in Arabic الكنيسة الإنجيلية الوطنية في بيروت, English National Evangelical Church of Beirut , short NECB , French Église Nationale Évangélique de Beyrouth , short ENE) is a historic Protestant church from the middle of the 19th century in the Lebanese capital Beirut . The sandstone and limestone structure is the first native church building by Arab Protestants in the Middle East . The front facade faces north.

The church is part of the Evangelical National Union of Lebanon, which was founded in 1848 in the then Ottoman Empire by Congregationalists and Presbyterians , which is also represented in Dhour El Choueir . The national church, of which it is the administrative seat, was established in 1869 for both the Arabic and English-speaking congregations and was consecrated in 1870. During the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990 the building was destroyed except for the church tower. Since its rebuilding from 1993 to 1998, the church has been led by Pastor Habib Badr.

Today the Evangelical National Church runs two schools in Beirut and a Johann Ludwig Schneller school in the West Bekaa district . She participates in ecumenism and theological education of the Middle East School of Technology . She is also active in looking after Sudanese refugees. The national church works closely with the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity (EMS) founded in Stuttgart in 1972 .

In the disaster of the explosion in Beirut in 2020, all stained glass and windows in the church were broken.

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  1. ↑ Jens Holger Schjørring, Norman A. Hjelm: History of global Christianity. Part 2: 19th century. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2017. Chapter 2.2. The Protestant Church in Lebanon.
  2. ^ National Evangelical Church of Beirut. Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, accessed on May 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Johann Ludwig Schneller School. In: www.jlss.org. Retrieved June 10, 2016 .
  4. ↑ International EMS Fellowship: EMS. In: ems-online.org. Retrieved June 10, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Beirut blast prompts prayer from Messianic believers. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .

Coordinates: 33 ° 53 ′ 41 ″  N , 35 ° 30 ′ 5.3 ″  E