Annual Report of Marsovan Station, 1902-1903

Amerikan Bord Heyeti (American Board)

Primarily describes administrative matters of the misson, outstations, schools and hospital. Station and outstation administration primarily described as changes in personnel, especially ordained preachers. Also includes information on the orphanages. Also includes reports on the Anatolia College, the Girls' Boarding School, the Anatolia Hospital and the Theological Seminary.

Hospital report includes information on how it seees its role to help ease racial tensions by providing equal service to everyone. Page 4 has a thing glued onto it. "Mutual relations by his installation as pastor, but all united heartily in his ordination, and he has continued still to preach successfully in Marsovan. (paragraph break) A few weeks later, this newly ordained evangelist, and the pastor of the Church in Samsoun, with two of the missionaries, proceeded to the village of Ala Cham, near the Black Sea, for a similar ordination." Also page 5 has a glued on correction. Under which it reads, "About Easter time, just a year ago, the sturdy band of believers in Fasta, on the Black sea, east of Samsoun, were organized into a regular Church, and their preacher, Mr. Christos Papadopolos, was ordained their pastor."

1902
1903

English

Marsovan (Merzifon, Turkey)

Administration, Evangelistic work, Hospitals, Missions, Orphanages, Women missionaries, Schools

SALT Research

https://archives.saltresearch.org/handle/123456789/43911

Yıllık İstasyon Raporları

Rapor

12.3-20.3, 20-26.6 cm, Manuscript, Typescript

29

ABAASR000317

Open Access

United Church of Christ (UCC), American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT), SALT Research

On deposit at SALT Research from UCC and ARIT