Lebanese Protestant Christians () refers to

Lebanese people The Lebanese people ( / Romanization of Arabic, ALA-LC: ', ) are the people inhabiting or originating from Lebanon. The term may also include those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains prior to the creation of the mod ...

who are adherents of

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Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

. They are a

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minority in the country. In 2020, studies showed that while 34.28% of the population followed Christianity; in total 1.2% of Lebanon's population were Protestant (approximately 48,000 people). Most Protestants in Lebanon were converted by missionaries, primarily English and American, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They are divided into a number of denominations, including

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, and

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. They are perceived by some to number disproportionately highly among the professional middle class. The Lebanese Protestant Christians live primarily in

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

(

Greater Beirut Greater Beirut () is the urban agglomeration comprising the city of Beirut (Beirut Governorate) and the adjacent municipalities over the Mount Lebanon Governorate. It does not constitute a single administrative unit. Greater Beirut geographicall ...

). Under the terms of an unwritten agreement known as the

National Pact The National Pact () is an unwritten agreement that laid the foundation of Lebanon as a multiconfessional state following negotiations between the Shia, Sunni, Maronite, and Druze leaderships. Enacted in the summer of 1943, the National Pact wa ...

between the various political and religious leaders of Lebanon, the Protestant community in Lebanon has one reserved seat in the Parliament of Lebanon. (see Politics of Lebanon#Legislative branch)

Notable people

Butrus al-Bustani Butrus al-Bustani (, ; 1819–1883) was a Lebanese writer and scholar. He was a major figure in the Nahda, the Arab renaissance which began in Ottoman Egypt and had spread to all Arab-populated regions of the Ottoman Empire by the end of the ...

, writer and scholar * Mikhail Mishaqa, historian *

Kamal Salibi Kamal Suleiman Salibi () (2 May 19291 September 2011)Zachariah Anani, militia fighter *

Joseph Farah Joseph Francis Farah (born July 6, 1954) is an American author, journalist, and editor-in-chief of the far-right website ''WorldNetDaily'' ''(WND)''. Farah gained prominence for promoting conspiracy theories surrounding the suicide of Vince Fo ...

, writer *

Nick Rahall Nicholas Joseph Rahall II ( ; born May 20, 1949) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2015. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States ...

, American politician * Abraham Mitrie Rihbany, theologian, philologist and historian * Ayoub Tabet, former prime minister of Lebanon * Salim Sahyouni, Protestant minister * Wadia Sabra, composer

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{{Lebanese people by religious background

Protestantism in Lebanon Lebanese Protestant Christians () refers to Lebanese people who are adherents of Protestantism in Lebanon. They are a Christian minority in the country. In 2020, studies showed that while 34.28% of the population followed Christianity; in tota ...

Lebanese Protestants Lebanese Baptists

Notable people

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