The material below is drawn from the research of Christ Church historian Kelvin Crombie.  It is a detailed chronology using archival material that highlights the religious motivation and diplomatic efforts that led to the building of Christ Church, the first Protestant Church in the Levant. It is made available here to point scholars and students to archival sources that will help them in their research and provide essential background to anyone studying nineteenth century Palestine, British–Turkish relations, Middle Eastern Church history and more.