Assyrians are Christians. They belong to three main Assyrian churches: 1) The Assyrian Church of the East ("Nestorian"), established in 33 A.D. by Theodos, Thomas, and Bartholomew; 2) the Syriac ...

and American missionaries competed for new church members from historic Christian traditions. In 1974, the newly formed Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) brought together Eastern Orthodox ...