Flad, Simone (2013) Bulgarische Evangelische Gesellschaft, 1875-1958: die Geschichte der ersten organisierten evangelistischen Eigeninitiative bulgarischer evangelischer Christen [The Bulgarian Evangelical Society (1875-1958): The history of the first organized evangelistic initiative of Bulgarian evangelical Christians]. Doctoral thesis, Unisa.
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The Bulgarian Evangelical Society (BES) was the first organized initiative by Bulgarian evangelical Christians to evangelize Bulgarian people. In addition to publishing Christian literature and providing financial help for preachers and pastors, one of its major activities was to work towards unity among evangelical Christians. This was mostly realized at the annual meetings of the membership of the BES, which provided an important platform for the society's different ministries. Founded in 1875 in a very insecure time for the Bulgarian people, the BES managed to survive several wars and various internal problems until it was dissolved in 1958 by the Communist Regime, along with other non-governmental organizations. The history of the BES to a large extent reflects the development of the Bulgarian evangelical movement as a whole in its qualities and characteristics, its successes and in its internal and external challenges. As an interdenominational organisation and because it had the broad support of a large part of the evangelical leaders as well as many church members, the BES played an important role in the development of Protestantism in Bulgaria. In the past, the early Protestant history of Bulgaria frequently has been portrayed as the missionary work of American missionaries. With the newly rediscovered annual reports of the BES and other primary sources it has now become possible to uncover the significant role of this almost forgotten initiative of the early Bulgarian evangelical movement. In doing so, this study contributes both to history of missions and to the history of the Protestant Church in Bulgaria.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | evangelical societies, mission associations, Protestant churches of Bulgaria, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, interdenominational, literature, evangelism, revival meetings, church history, history of missions, Andrej S. Canov, Dimităr N. Furnadžiev, Evangelical Alliance, Zornica |
| Subjects: | A Church/mission history G Christian traditions/Denominations > Evangelical |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries > Bulgaria |
| Depositing User: | Users 3 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2018 13:56 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2024 06:22 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/269 |
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