نشاط المجلس الأمريكي لمفوضي الإرساليات الخارجية في الدولة العثمانية 1819-1909 م

Abstract EN

The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was established in Boston in 1810.

It was one of the largest missionary organizations which practised missionary activities in the Ottoman State.

Levi Parsons and Pliny Fisk were the first two missionaries arrived Smyrna (Izmir ) in 1820.

At the time, missionary activities of the American Board were expanded where schools, hospitals, colleges were constructed, and Gospels as well as religious publications were printed.

This prompted the Ottoman State to proclaim its refusal of carrying out any missionary activities towards moslems, Therefore, the American missionaries focused on practicing mission towards Christian citizens in the Ottoman State particularly Armenians for converting them from being orthodox to protestant.

The Ottoman State had taken several measures to limit missionary activities in general.

However, missions were increasing day by day because of the privileges given by the ottoman State to the United States which for sometime threatened whith the use of military force for protecting the activities of the American Board.