Greek Evangelical Church

The Greek Evangelical Church (Greek: Ελληνική

Greek Evangelical Church
Ευαγγελική Εκκλησία, Elliniki Evangeliki Ekklisia) is a
Presbyterian denomination in Greece. It was the first Classification Protestant
Protestant church established in the country. Orientation Evangelical/Presbyterian
Polity Presbyterian with
History Congregational
elements
Greek Evangelical Church dates back to 1858 when the
Associations World Communion of
first Greek Evangelical, Michail Kalapothakis started
publishing the magazine Astir tis Anatolis (Star of the East) Reformed Churches,
which is still published today. He gathered a group of World Council of
followers thus forming the first Greek Evangelical Churches
community and organized Sunday School for children as Region Greece
well as issuing the Efimeris ton Paidon (Newspaper of the
Origin 1858
Children) in 1868. The first Greek Evangelical Church was
built in 1871 in the center of Athens, which was demolished Athens, Greece
and rebuilt in 1956 due to the increasing number of Congregations 30
followers. Greek Evangelicalism spread also through the Members 5,000-6,000
Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, the first Greek Evangelical
community in Asia Minor was founded in 1867. Today Official website Gec.gr (http://www.gec.g
there are 30 Greek Evangelical Churches in Greece, 3 in r/)
Cyprus and 5 in the Greek diaspora.

Theology
The Greek Evangelical Church is theologically Calvinist. Core beliefs are typical of most traditional
Protestant denominations: they consider the Bible the highest and only binding authority on matters of
doctrine and practice (sola scriptura) and recognize two sacraments (baptism and holy communion). Their
Confession of Faith[1] closely follows the Puritan Westminster Confession and consists of 28 articles.

Affiliations
The Greek Evangelical Church is affiliated with the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the
World Council of Churches.

See also
Protestantism in Greece
 Religion in Greece

References
1. "The Confession of Faith of the G.e.c." (https://web.archive.org/web/20070708111007/http://
www.gec.gr/gec_faith.htm) Archived from the original (http://www.gec.gr/gec_faith.htm) on
2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-09-16.

External links
Greek Evangelical Church (https://web.archive.org/web/20080109185014/http://www.gec.g
r/)
Greek Evangelical Church of Los Angeles (https://web.archive.org/web/20080827211431/htt
p://www.gecla.org/)
Greek Evangelical Church of New York (http://www.gecny.org/)
Greek Evangelical Church of Boston (http://www.gecb.org/)
Greek Gospel Church of Toronto (http://ggct.ca/)
Greek Evangelicals in Australia (https://web.archive.org/web/20070831082234/http://acctv.c
om.au/church_view.asp?intid=3156)
Evangelical churches in Cyprus (https://web.archive.org/web/20070916093145/http://www.p
cficyprus.org/cypruschurches.htm)
Greek Helsinki Monitor on the Greek Evangelical Church (https://web.archive.org/web/2007
0925031130/http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/greek/reports/evangel-Artos-Zois.html)

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