Armenia: A Church Scattered, a Faith Unshaken

Encouraging, Strengthening, And Planting Churches

Armenia, a historically Christian country surrounded by several Muslim countries, is a crossroads of east and west. Situated on the borders of Europe and Asia, Armenia is a strategic country for reaching Central Asia with the Gospel. Years of devastating war with neighboring Azerbaijan has taken a toll on Armenia but a wave of revival is sweeping the country. The Armenian Baptist Union had only one church after the fall of the Soviet Union and now it has more than 100 groups meeting throughout the country withseveral more starting every year.

Pastor Garnik led a church in the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region when the Azeri invaded and seized the region in 2023. More than 100,000 people fled Nagorno Karabakh in just one week and are now refugees in Armenia. Garnik’s church members, who lived in Stepanakert, are now scattered across all Armenia have started a new churchon the outskirts of Yerevan, the capital city. Grigor, a young deacon in the church who left everything when he fled Stepanakert, reflected on the commitment the first disciples made when they followed Jesus and compared it to his own experience:

“Their sacrifice is so inspirational and challenging. Jesus asked them to leave homes, families, possessions…everything. There were no role models to imitate. Jesus was a new teacher whose history they did not know. He called them to follow and they voluntarily walked away from everything they had known. Our sacrifice cannot be compared to the sacrifice of the early disciples. We were forced to leave Stepanakert and would have died if we’d chosen to stay. We also had role models whose steps we could follow. We want to be as faithful as the first disciples were and leave an example for those who come behind us.”

Your team can work with church leaders like Grigor when you lead Pastor’s Conferences, Women’s Conferences, conduct sports camps or VBS, help with construction of a new church, assist pastors and church planters, or teach at the Seminary. In 2026 we are planning to build another church in central Armenia in a town with no church. You can fan the flames of revival by volunteering or donating to the Armenia Partnership.

Contact Paul Langston to learn more about serving in this country at the crossroads between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

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