Association of Baptist Churches in Israel

Association of Baptist Churches in Israel

The Association of Baptist Churches in Israel (ABCI) is a Baptist association of churches in Israel.

Shukri Musa, who was baptized by
George Truett at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, was the first known modern Baptist to enter Israel (then the British Mandate of Palestine). He arrived in 1911, with the support of the "Illinois Baptist State Association", and began in Zefat, where he baptized his first convert. He later founded a church in Nazareth. The Southern Baptist Convention sent missionaries in 1923. A congregation was established in Jerusalem in 1925, and another in Haifa in 1936. In 2001, the "Association of Baptist Churches" established a "twinning" agreement with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, which is promoted by the organizations as "a means to support each other in prayer, developing ministry, mutual benefit from the experience of the other, fellowship and encouragement."¹

The churches of the ABC are conservative in their theology. They oppose the practice of women pastors. Due to their circumstances, individual churches often emphasize their positions on the Old and New Covenants. The Jerusalem Church, having suffered the original body adopting charismatic practices, emphasize their stand on spiritual gifts. Premillennialism is the predominant eschatological belief, though some younger more educated believers are adopting Amillennialism.

In 2004, the ABCI had 19 congregations with about 2000 members. The congregations are ethnically and linguistically diverse, with 13 Arabic-speaking, two Hebrew-speaking, two Spanish, one Filipino, and one Russian. The majority of Baptist believers live in Galilee. Chairman of ABC board is Mr. Fuad Haddad. Treasurer from Association is Bader Mansour, the owner and general manager from Nazareth Data Quest a technology provider corporation.In June 2006,the ABC elected a new chairman:Mr. Monther Naum,a nutrition engineer from Shefa-Amr.A "K-12" school (founded 1949), which is housed near the Evangelical Baptist Church at Nazareth, is related to the organization .The Nazareth Baptist school was rated lately as the 7th school nationally in the percentage of excellent students in the matriculation exam.The general director of the school is Botrus Mansour, and the principal is Dr.Ousama Moalem.see www.nbs.org.il.The leading Baptist church is the local Baptist church-Nazareth. The "Association of Baptist Churches" is a member of the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. In addition to the churches of the ABCI, there were two churches in Israel affiliated with the American Baptist Association (1 each in Jerusalem and Ramallah) and one Reformed Baptist church near Tel Aviv. Christians make up about 2% of the religious affiliation in Israel, and Baptists are only a small part of that. Yet, the "Association of Baptist Churches in Israel" is the largest individual evangelical body in Israel. The majority religion is Jewish - about 80%.In 2006, ABC initiated the establishment of the Nazareth Centre for Christian studies and asked Dr.James Bryson Arthur from Scotland to lead it. A majority of Israel's Baptists live in the Galilee.

Literature

* Albert William Wardin, Junior: Baptists Around the World.
* American Baptist Association (Hrsg.): Yearbook 2004.

External links

* [http://www.baptist.org.il/ ABCI Official Web Site]
* [http://www.centralba.org.uk/Twinning/ Baptist Twinning with Israel]
* [http://www.jerusalembaptistchurch.org/ Jerusalem Baptist Church]
* [http://www.lbc-nazareth.org/ The Local Baptist Church - Nazareth] http://www.comeandsee.com/toran.php

References

*"Baptists Around the World", by Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
*"Yearbook", American Baptist Association

Footnote

#"Twinning" started in the Bedfordshire Association (which is now part of Central Association) circa 1999, then the entire Baptist Union later adopted the idea.


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