Bir Misyoner Rüyası: Mihaliç’de Protestan Rüzgârı

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Bu makalenin amacı 19. yüzyılın en etkili ve nüfuzlu misyonerlik teşkilatlarından birisi olan Amerikan Board Örgütü tarafından Bursa’nın en temel ve önemli kasabalarından birisinde gerçekleştirilen Protestan misyonerliği faaliyetlerini açığa çıkarmak ve ortaya koymaktır. Öncelikle örgüt mensuplarının bu bölgeye nasıl yerleştikleri ve yerli nüfusu hangi yönleriyle etkilemeye çalıştıkları araştırılmıştır. Ardından ne tür vasıtalar kullanarak bölgede var olma mücadelesi verdikleri konu edilmiştir. Bu maksada ulaşabilmek için temelde ve esas olarak birincil kaynaklar bir başka deyişle bahsi geçen komitenin arşiv kayıtları kullanılmıştır. İlk olarak bu belgeler derlenip toparlanmış sonrasında ise önem ve etkilerine göre sınıflandırılmışlardır. Bununla birlikte Katoliklerin nüfuzuna rağmen Amerikan Board Örgütü mensupları, Mihaliç’de (Karacabey) Protestan bir cemaat teşkil etmek için mücadele vermişlerdir. Onlar esas itibariyle Ermeni cemaatine odaklanmış kısmen Rumlarla da ilgilenmişlerdir. Netice itibariyle bu çekişmenin kazananı Protestanlar olmamıştır. Zira onlar, Mihaliç’de Protestanları zafere götürecek en önemli kurumlar olan kilise ve okulu tesis etme konusunda başarı elde edememişlerdir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Mihaliç,Amerikan Board,Protestan,Misyoner

A MISSIONARY DREAM: THE WIND OF PROTESTANT IN MIHALIC

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The aim of this article is trying to reveal and expose the Protestant missionary activities that were carried out by one of the most influential and ascendant missionary organization, American Board in one basic and important town of Bursa in 19th century. Primarily how the members of this organization settled to this region and in which respects they tried to effect the natives of this area were searched. Then, what kind of means they used to strive to survive in the region was discussed. To reach this purpose, basically and mainly the first hand sources in other means the archive records of aforementioned committee were used. At the first place these documents were compiled and then classified according to the importance and effectiveness. On the other hand despite the influence of Catholics, the members of American Board Organization struggled to form a Protestant congregation in Mihalic (Karacabey). They were mainly focused on Armenian community and partially Greeks. However in the end the winner of this conflict was not the Protestants. Because they were not successful in establishing the church and school, which were the most important institutions in Mihalic that would lead the Protestants to victory.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Mihalic,American Board,Protestant,Missionary

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