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Ijevan, Dilijan, Armavir, Goris, Talin, Mara-
lik, Hrazdan, Alaverdi, and later in other
locations in Armenia until 2006.

The Present Evangelical Church
of Armenia
Currently the ECA has 23 local church-
es in almost all regions of Armenia and
Artsakh. These churches include the central
one at 18 Baghramyan Street in Yerevan, and
the House of Hope in Yerevan, Shengavit
district, the Southwest District of Yerevan,
Stepanakert, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Stepanavan,
Alaverdi, Spirakamut, Tumanyan, Spitak,
Ijevan, Dilijan, Berd, Noyemberyan, Arma-
vir, Artashat, Ayntap, Abovyan, Vardenis,
Goris, Sisian and Kapan.
Since 2012, the ECA Senior Pastor is Children at Camp Sheen Shoghig in Hankavan, Armenia - August 2021.
Rev. Mgrdich Melkonian. The ECA has 13
ordained pastors and 15 licensed preachers mittees. The ECA has its own Constitution The result is to change the quality of our
and assistant pastors. In recent years, the and internal Bylaws, according to which the individual, national and collective life. In
ECA has been paying great attention to church and community life is organized and addition to serving the spiritual awakening
deepening the higher theological education regulated. ECA is in effective interchurch and growth of our people, the purpose of the
of pastors and raising their academic level. relations and cooperation with the Armenian ECA mission and service is also the general
Rev. Melkonian has made a great contribu- Apostolic and Catholic Churches and jointly enlightenment, intellectual, educational and
tion to this very important mission and for leads the Bible Society of Armenia, the cultural development and rise of our people.
this purpose the ECA has established close Jinishian Foundation, the Armenian Round The ECA also considers social and charitable
cooperation with the well-known Near East Table Foundation of the World Council of service as an integral part of its mission. q
School of Theology (NEST) in Beirut. The Churches, and the ECLOF.
cooperation with the seminary is through the The ECA, being an integral part of the
Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches Armenian Church, realizes its historical, * Pastor Aram
of the Near East. Two ECA pastors have traditional and unique role and mission in Babajanyan is
already received their education at NEST Armenia and among the Armenian people. the Pastor of the
and are serving in Armenia. Two more Being faithful to its own mission, the foun- Evangelical Church
ECA students are currently studying at the dation and the basis of the ECA’s present of Armenia in
Seminary. and especially future ministry is first the Gyumri.
The supreme body of ECA is its Coun- preaching of the Gospel of Christ. This ....................................................................
cil, which governs the church through its means to embody and translate the mes- AMAA NEWS will in successive issues
11-member ECA Spiritual Council or central sage of the Gospel and its content to all publish the history of the remaining
body. The Council has seven auxiliary com- spheres of the life of the Armenian people. Armenian Evangelical Unions worldwide.

ECA Annual Meeting July 2021.

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