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Buca Protestant Baptist Church

Buca Protestant Baptist Church

Izmir, Turkey

RELIGIONS Protestant

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE

DESCRIPTION
The Buca Protestant Baptist Church was built in 1834 and was renovated with the fief of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz in 1865
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
Buca (Boudjah) was only one community in which the westerners lived, side by side with the varied communities that comprised the Ottoman people mix. Over time the nature, composition, distributions and fortunas of various communities varied. Levantines were only a portion of this dynamic mosaic
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
The church has become the new focus of Biblical tourism encompassing Izmir. By being situated in the city mentioned in the Bible (Smyrna) as the location of one of the seven churches, tourist parties have visited the church and conducted services.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
The church had 7 consecutive ministers between 1839-1925 and after this date it became the second church of Izmir (Alsancak – St. John).
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