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Lebanese People (Protestant Christians)
Lebanese Protestant Christians ( ar, بروتستانت لبنان) refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of Protestantism in Lebanon and who are a Christian minority in an overwhelmingly Muslim (28% Shia, 28% Sunni), 5.5% Druze and Christian (24% Maronite, 5% other Catholic, 8% Eastern Orthodox and 3% Oriental Orthodox and 1% Protestant) country. Most Protestants in Lebanon were converted by missionaries, primarily English and American, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They are divided into a number of denominations, including Presbyterian, Congregational, and Anglican. They are perceived by some to number disproportionately highly among the professional middle class. The Lebanese Protestant Christians constitute less than 1 percent of the population and live primarily in Beirut (Greater Beirut). Under the terms of an unwritten agreement known as the National Pact between the various political and religious leaders of Lebanon, the Protestant community in Leb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Arabic
Lebanese Arabic ( ar, عَرَبِيّ لُبْنَانِيّ ; autonym: ), or simply Lebanese ( ar, لُبْنَانِيّ ; autonym: ), is a Varieties of Arabic, variety of North Levantine Arabic, indigenous to and spoken primarily in Lebanon, with significant linguistic influences borrowed from other Middle Eastern and European languages and is in some ways unique from other varieties of Arabic. Due to multilingualism and pervasive diglossia among Lebanese people (a majority of the Lebanese people are bilingual or trilingual), it is not uncommon for Lebanese people to code-switch between or mix Lebanese Arabic, English language, English, and French language, French in their daily speech. It is also spoken among the Lebanese diaspora. Lebanese Arabic is a descendant of the Old Arabic, Arabic dialects introduced to the Levant in the 7th century AD, which gradually supplanted various indigenous Northwest Semitic languages to become the regional lingua franca. As a result of thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butrus Al-Bustani
Butrus al-Bustani ( ar, بطرس البستاني, ; 1819–1883) was a writer and scholar from present day Lebanon. He was a major figure in the Nahda, which began in Egypt in the late 19th century and spread to the Middle East. He is considered to be the first Syrian nationalist, due to his publication of ''Nafir Suria'' which began following the 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war. In 1870, he founded ''Al-Jinan'', the first important example of the kind of literary and scientific periodicals which began to appear in the 1870s in Arabic alongside the independent political newspapers. Life Al-Bustani was born to a Lebanese Maronite Christian family in the village of Dibbiye in the Chouf region, in January 1819. He received primary education in the village school, where he attracted the attention of his teacher, Father Mikhail al-Bustani, because of his keen intelligence that he showed brilliantly. The latter recommended him to the Bishop of Sidon and Beiteddine, Abdullah al-Busta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near East School Of Theology
The Near East School of Theology (NEST), located in Beirut, Lebanon, is an interdenominational Reformed Protestant theological seminary serving Christian churches of the Middle East and North Africa, and also educates international students who have a special interest in Biblical and Islamic studies in a Middle Eastern context or those especially interested in the Ancient churches. History The Near East School of Theology, formed in 1932 by the merger of the School for Religious Workers in Beirut and the School of Religion in Athens, is built upon a history of evangelical theological education in the Near East which goes back to 1835. In that year, Rev. William Thompson, later the author of ''The Land and the Book'', founded in Beirut the first Protestant Seminary in the area. In 1843 the Seminary moved to Abey, in the mountain not far south of Beirut, under the leadership of Dr. Cornelius Van Dyck, translator of the Bible into Arabic. It offered classes in both theology and ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Protestant College
The National Protestant College is a Lebanese school that was established by the National Evangelical Union of Lebanon, the oldest indigenous Arabic-speaking Protestant congregation in the Middle East. Originally located in Dbayeh, the building moved to West Beirut, near Rue Hamra (Haigazian University) during the Lebanese Civil war. In 1997, NPC moved permanently to Kfarshima. The languages taught at NPC are Arabic, English, and French. There were another branch for boys in the 50s called The National Protestant secondary school in Beirut (first in sin al mraiseh then moved to kanrari opp. Al masherk hospital) headed by principal Kamel deer. See also * Protestantism in Lebanon Lebanese Protestant Christians ( ar, بروتستانت لبنان) refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of Protestantism in Lebanon and who are a Christian minority in an overwhelmingly Muslim (28% Shia, 28% Sunni), 5.5% Druze and Christi ... References * External links National Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Evangelical Church Union Of Lebanon
The National Evangelical Church Union of Lebanon was founded by Presbyterian and Congregational missionaries from the United States. It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. History The first reformed church was built in 1869. They have active Sunday school, and social cultural services. In the war in Lebanon in 1975 most of the churches were destroyed, in Beirut church was able to continue the services however. After the war the denomination rebuilt it structure. It has 9 congregations and 2,000 members. These congregations are in Beirut, Abeih, Aramoun, Khaldeh, Kafarshima, Hadath, Dbayyeth, Bhamdoun, Dhour El-Showeir. See also *Protestantism in Lebanon Lebanese Protestant Christians ( ar, بروتستانت لبنان) refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of Protestantism in Lebanon and who are a Christian minority in an overwhelmingly Muslim (28% Shia, 28% Sunni), 5.5% Druze and Christi ... References {{Demographics of Lebanon Reformed d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Evangelical Church Of Beirut
The National Evangelical Church of Beirut (NEC) is a reformed church in Beirut, member of the National Evangelical Church Union of Lebanon. History Established in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in 1848 by Congregational and Presbyterian American missionaries, the NEC is the oldest and the largest of nine congregations situated outside Beirut in the towns of Abeih, Aramoun, Khaldeh, Kafarshima, Hadath, Dbayyeh, Jdeideh and Dhour el-Shweir. The National Evangelical Church of Beirut is the headquarters and administrative centre of these nine churches which operate under the name of the National Evangelical Union of Lebanon (NEUL). In 1870, the first Evangelical Church was built to house the Arabic and English speaking congregations. During the next hundred years, the church was the centre for all the activities and celebrations of both communities. Then during the Lebanese civil war (1975–1990) it was totally destroyed except for the bell tower and its congregation consequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Baptist Convention
The Lebanese Baptist Evangelical Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination in Lebanon. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Beirut. History The Convention has its origins in the founding of the first Baptist church in Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ... in 1895 by the American pastor Said Jureidini. It was officially founded in 1955 by various churches. In 1960, it founded the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Mansourieh. According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 32 churches and 1,600 members.Baptist World AllianceMembers baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved December 5, 2020 References External linksOfficial Website Baptist denominations in Asia Evangelicalism in Lebanon Christian orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wadia Sabra
Wadia (Wadih) Sabra ( ar, وديع صبرا ; 23 February 1876 – 11 April 1952) was a Lebanese composer and founder of the Conservatoire Libanais. Life Wadia (Wadih) Sabra was born in 1876 in the village of Ain el Jdideh and died in Beirut in 1952. He married Adèle Misk in 1921 and had no children. He was buried in the Evangelical Cemetery in Sodeco Beirut. As a composer, his music is characterized as a blend of Western and Eastern musical languages, incorporating the strengths and charms of both traditions. He is best known today as the composer of the Lebanese National Anthem, popularly known as ''Kulluna lil Watan'' (words by Rashid Nakhle), which was officially adopted by the Lebanese Government through a presidential decree on 12 July 1927. He is considered the founding father of classical music in Lebanon. After studying at the American University of Beirut, he left for Paris in 1892, with a scholarship from the French Embassy to study at the Conservatoire de Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Sahyouni
Reverend Doctor Salim Sahyouni (in Arabic سليم صهيوني) is a Protestant Evangelical Reverend Minister and presently the head of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon (in المجمع الأعلى للطائفة الانجيلية في لبنان وسوريا) that joins various Arab Evangelical church denominations in Lebanon, Syria and the Near East. Right Reverend Sahyouni was married to Hind Naim Abou Asaly who died in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayoub Tabet
Ayoub Tabet ( ar, أيوب تابت) (1884 – 14 February 1947) was a Lebanese Protestant politician. page 262, chapter 7, remark 1 Career Tabet was the acting during the from 18 March to 22 July 1943 replacing President and Prime ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
Abraham Dimitri Rihbany known as Abraham Mitrie Rihbany ( ar, أبراهام متري الرحباني; sometimes spelled ''Rahbany'') was an American theologian, philologist and historian of Greek Orthodox Lebanese descent. "''In debt and nearly penniless on his arrival in New York, he went on to become a respected clergyman and nationally recognized community leader''." His best-known book, ''The Syrian Christ'' (1916), was highly influential in its time in explaining the cultural background to some situations and modes of expression to be found in the Gospels. It is still cited in both Biblical Studies and Sociolinguistics. Life and Works Rihbany was born in Shweir, Mount Lebanon, a part of Ottoman Syria that is now in modern-day Lebanon. At 9 years old he was apprenticed to a stone-cutter, but at the age of 17 he managed to attend the American Presbyterian School in Souk El Gharb, catching up on his secondary education in two years of study and briefly becoming a teacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Rahall
Nicholas Joseph Rahall II (born May 20, 1949) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2015. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia. He began his political service in the early 1970s working in the cloak room of the U.S. Senate, as a staff member in the Senate Office of the Majority Whip from 1971-1974, and as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1972 and 1976. He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 to represent the now-defunct 4th congressional district. He became the representative for the 3rd congressional district when reapportionment was completed following the 1990 census. He was re-elected for nineteen terms, serving from January 3, 1977-January 2, 2015. His district included the southern, coal-dominated portion of the state, including Huntington, Bluefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
