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Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile)

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The Synod owns 4 schools in Egypt: Ramses College, New Ramses College, British Ramses College and Al Salam school in Assiut (formerly known as Presley Memorial Institute, founded by former American Evangelical missionaries). The sons and daughters of the Egyptian Evangelical community tend to attend
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Church of Egypt, also known as the Synod of the Nile. The Synod of the Nile has about 250 congregations worldwide, including a few worshiping groups without their own building. It helps with running hospitals, clinics, social service and employment agencies, retreat centers, day schools, and its own
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and several Protestant groups. However, a steady trickle of Orthodox and Catholic Copts are joining the Evangelicals because they are seen as (among other things) less laden with heavy ritual, more generous with welfare and more flexible over marriage and divorce.
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in the late nineteenth century. The Evangelical Church of Egypt became autonomous in 1957 and officially independent in 1958. It has eight presbyteries, 314 congregations, and about 250,000 members.
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Evangelical Christians belonging to this group form a tight-knit community where everybody knows everybody and share common rituals like serving as "Beit Feel" in
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Lage- und Tätigkeitsbericht des Gustav-Adolf-Werkes für das Jahr 2013/14 Diasporawerk der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (GAW yearly report, in German)
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seminary. The Evangelical Presbyterian Church founded the nation's first primary school for girls.
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Evangelicals of the Arab world (mainly Egypt and Lebanon) air most of their content on
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agency actively supports persecuted Protestant Christians in Egypt with aid projects.
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To train pastors the denomination maintains the Evangelical Presbyterian Seminary in
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Emile Zaki is a pastor and also the general secretary of the Evangelical
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Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile) (in Arabic)
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The church currently claims to own property held by the
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