Protestantism in Greece
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Protestants in Greece, including the Greek Evangelical Church and Free Evangelical Churches, stand at about 30,000.[1] Assemblies of God, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and other Pentecostal churches of the Greek Synod of Apostolic Church has 12,000 members.[2]
The independent Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost is the biggest Protestant denomination in Greece with 120 churches.[3]
Protestant/Evangelical missionaries were active in Greece since 1819, one of the first being Jonas King. Today there is a sizeable Evangelical community in the city of Katerini.
Notable Greek Protestants
- Iacob Heraclid, soldier
- Michail Kalapothakis, theologian
- Martha Hooper Blackler Kalopothakes, missionary