It was in 2000 that our former Global Outreach Pastor Ray Glinski first traveled to the Armenia to explore opportunities for Grace Church to join the mission work taking place in what used to be the USSR. It was on this trip that they were introduced to Asatur Nahapetyan. Asatur is the Executive Director of the Armenian Baptist Union as well as its Seminary. Asatur has since been our primary contact in Armenia, and has connected us with local church planters in the region.
In addition to church planting, Grace Church of DuPage has sponsored a dozen annual Pastors Conferences hosting over 100 pastors, and providing teachers for seminary instruction. Grace Church of DuPage staff regularly travels to Armenia to be a part of these vital ministries. The seminary, operating since 2000, has graduated about 75 men.
Updates & Prayer Requests
Pastor Ray returned from his trip to Armenia this week. It was a wonderful time together! He had the opportunity to preach twice on Sunday June 16th on the passage from Hebrews 4:11-16 at Central Baptist and Maranata Baptist.
There are many factors that can make it difficult for us to feel connected to our global partners overseas. It has been a goal of the Global Outreach Team to address some of those challenges through regular prayer updates, quarterly corporate prayer meetings, and opportunities to meet with our global partners when they are visiting.
Pastor Ray is off to Armenia for a few weeks. He left October 5th and will arrive back home on the 21st. He will be preaching two of the Sundays that he is there. He will also be spending a large amount of his time at the Theological Seminary of Armenia.