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The RPCNA has been active in the Middle East since the nineteenth century. From Wikipedia:
The present congregation on Cyprus is Trinity Christian Community Fellowship.
• Missionaries were first sent to Syria in 1856. After a short exploratory period, several mission stations were organized in Latakia and the surrounding area. This mission was continued until the late 1950s, when Syrian governmental policies forced the RPCNA to cut its ties with the churches there.
• Work was begun in the area around Mersin, in Asia Minor, around 1882 and continued until around 1932.
• In 1888, work was begun in Cyprus, and congregations were established in Larnaca and Nicosia. Mission work continued until the 1970s. Today, a single congregation in Larnaca is affiliated with the RPCNA and is pastored by an RPCNA missionary, but is not related to the previous mission.
The present congregation on Cyprus is Trinity Christian Community Fellowship.