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Andrew Brunson | |
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 Brunson in October 2019 | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Andrew Craig Brunson January 3, 1968 |
| Religion | Protestant Christian Presbyterian |
| Spouse | Norine Brunson |
| Children | 3 |
| Denomination | Evangelical Presbyterian Church[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College (bachelors, 1988);[1] Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A., 1991);[2] Erskine Theological Seminary M.Div.; University of Aberdeen (PhD, 2001) |
| Organization | |
| Church | Founder: Izmir Resurrection Church; Home church: Christ Community Church in Montreat, N.C. |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Former: Izmir, Turkey |
| Post | Pastor |
| Website | epc |
Andrew Craig Brunson (born January 3, 1968) is an American pastor and a teaching elder of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Brunson was an evangelical pastor of the Izmir Resurrection Church, a small Protestant church with about 24 congregants.[3][4] German news service T-Online describes the church as having been held in a room in a tenement. Brunson was arrested in October 2016 in Turkey, where he had lived since the mid-1990s, for being associated with the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) and the PKK as well as espionage,[5] during the purges following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt against the democratically elected government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (along with the arrests of tens of thousands of Gulenist Turkish military personnel, civil servants, educators, academics, dissidents, and journalists).[6][7] In 2019, Brunson published a memoir about his ordeal.[8]
On September 28, 2017, Erdoğan unsuccessfully proposed exchanging Brunson for Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic preacher accused of supporting the coup attempt from his exile in the United States.[9] On August 1, 2018, the United States Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on two top Turkish government officials who were involved in the detention of Brunson, Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.[10][11] On August 9, U.S. President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Turkish products. Erdogan followed with tariffs on U.S. products.
On October 12, 2018, Brunson was convicted, by Turkish authorities, on the charge of aiding terrorism, but sentenced to time served.[12] He was released from Turkish custody and immediately returned to the United States.[13][14]
- ^ Stapleton, Ally (January 12, 2017). "Wheaton Grad Missionary Detained in Turkey". The Wheaton Record. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Calls intensify for release of TEDS alumnus Andrew Brunson in Turkey". Trinity International University. April 24, 2017. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
- ^ Ciara Nugent. (October 12, 2018). "Who is Andrew Brunson, the Evangelical Pastor Freed in Turkey?". Time. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ BBC. (July 26, 2018). "Trump threatens Turkey sanctions over pastor Andrew Brunson". BBC website Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Brunson, US pastor linked to terrorist groups, released". Daily Sabah. July 25, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Turkey elections: Six arrested for 'insulting Erdogan' on social media ahead of major national polls". The Independent. June 24, 2018. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022.
- ^ "Turkey orders detention of 132 people in coup probe: agency". Reuters.com. June 26, 2018.
- ^ "Andrew Brunson Expected Persecution. Not Feeling Abandoned by God". September 20, 2019.
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autogenerated1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "US sanctions Turkey over Pastor Brunson detention". The National. August 1, 2018.
- ^ "Treasury targets Turkish officials with sanctions over detained US pastor", thehill.com, August 1, 2018.
- ^ Keating, Joshua (October 12, 2018). "Pastor's Release Could Lead to a U.S.-Turkey Reset". Slate.
- ^ Gould, Joe (October 12, 2018). "Pastor freed in US-Turkey row that snared F-35 program". Defense News. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ Agencies (October 12, 2018). "Freed pastor to return to US from Turkey". Gulf News. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
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