Adana, Türkiye · Since 2009

The Church in Turkey is not alone.

We are a local church in southern Turkey, serving Turkish families and Syrian refugees with practical care and the hope of Jesus Christ.

Turkish Christian Fellowship is the name our friends around the world know us by. In Turkey, we are registered as Adana İncil Kilisesi.

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Our team with a refugee family in front of their tent near Adana

A new believer in the baptism pool, hands folded in prayer

A doctor holding a little girl during a health screening

Who we are

One church, known by two names, with one humanitarian partner.

In Turkey

Adana İncil Kilisesi

Adana Bible Church

Our officially registered church in Adana. Turkish believers gather here each week to worship, read Scripture together and care for one another.

Around the world

Turkish Christian Fellowship

The name churches and friends abroad know us by. Through TCF, we build long-term relationships between the Church in America and the Church in Turkey.

Humanitarian partner

Mercy Field

Our humanitarian work. Mercy Field provides food, hygiene and medical help to anyone in need, with no conditions, whatever their faith or background.

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2009
Began evangelism and local church ministry in Adana.
2011
Began serving Syrian refugees and displaced families.
15+ years
Walking with people in homes, tents and fields.

What we do

Serve. Share. Disciple.

We should never separate compassion from the Great Commission.

Serve

We meet practical needs through food, hygiene supplies, medical assistance and compassionate care.

Sharing coffee and conversation under a shelter

We build friendships over time and share the hope we have found in Jesus Christ.

Disciple

We walk with people as they grow in faith and connect them with the local church.

Members of a medical team caring for a little girl and her family in a classroom clinic

Serving refugees

Medical outreach

We organize general health screening projects for Syrian refugee families.

Doctors, nurses and volunteers serve alongside our church, giving children and parents care, time and attention, and a reminder that they have not been forgotten.

General health screenings
Medical teams and our church, side by side
For Syrian refugee families

New life

Baptism

When someone decides to follow Jesus, we celebrate their baptism together as a church family. It is a public step of faith, and a day of joy for the whole church.

“Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
Matthew 28:19

A woman being baptized in the church hall

The church family gathered for a baptism

Newly baptized believers with church leaders

Stories from Adana

Numbers have faces.

Behind every number there is a person. A mother. A father. A child. A name. A story.

Sevannah as a little girl, recovering after treatment (face blurred) — Then

Sevannah’s story

One girl. One family. A story God continued.

When we first met Sevannah, she was a little girl living with her family as a Syrian refugee in Turkey. After severe childhood burns, she needed medical care and surgery.

Through relationships, prayer and the generosity of believers, that help became possible. The story did not end there.

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One family became nine families reached with the Gospel.

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Leyla’s story

Through the love, mercy, and support she witnessed, her heart became open to the message of Christ.

Leyla is the mother of four children, and two of her daughters are suffering from serious kidney disease. The family lives under extremely challenging conditions and struggles daily just to meet their basic needs. Despite these hardships, during the past two months we have been able to provide small financial assistance and emotional support to help them continue forward.

As we spent time with Leyla and listened to her story, she openly shared the deep questions in her heart. She said that she often asked herself why it was Christians — and not even people from her own Muslim community — who were showing compassion, kindness, and genuine care toward her family during their suffering. Through the love, mercy, and support she witnessed, her heart became open to the message of Christ.

Leyla shared that she has now come to believe in the Messiah, Jesus Christ, and has chosen to place her trust fully in the Lord. However, this decision has brought painful consequences into her life. Some of her close relatives and neighbors have rejected her, looked down on her, and socially isolated her because of her faith in Jesus.

Please pray for Leyla, her daughters and her family.

What we believe

Our statement of faith

We stand with the historic Christian faith shared by evangelical churches around the world.

Scripture

The Bible, Old and New Testaments, is the inspired Word of God and our final authority for faith and life.
God

There is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ

Jesus is fully God and fully man. He lived without sin, died on the cross for our sins, rose bodily from the dead and will return in glory.
Salvation

Salvation is a gift of God’s grace, received through faith in Jesus Christ alone, not earned by works.
The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit gives new life, lives in every believer and empowers the Church to live and witness for Christ.
The Church

All believers form one Body in Christ, called to worship, make disciples of all nations and love their neighbors.

Be part of the story

How can you be part of what God is doing in Turkey?

Pray

For Turkey, for refugees, for Turkish believers and for the Gospel to go forward.

Encourage

Walk with us through prayer, friendship and regular connection.

Go

Come and see what God is doing in Turkey, as a visitor or with a church team.

Partner

Build a long-term relationship between your church and the Church in Turkey.

One Body.
One Gospel.
One Mission.

Give

Gifts that care for families in need are received by our humanitarian partner, Mercy Field.

Give through Mercy Field

Contact

Let’s talk.

If you would like to pray with us, visit Adana, or invite us to share at your church, we would love to hear from you.

Adana, Türkiye

Volkan Joshua Ozyildiz

Founder · Turkish Christian Fellowship

Email [email protected]

Phone +1 (571) 276-4332