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Armenian Evangelical Articles

Armenian Evangelical Identity:  Historical and Theological Perspectives - Rev. Barkev Darakjian

Being Obedient to The Heavenly Vision - Rev. Dr. Movses B. Janbazian

Considerations For The Future of The Armenian Reformation in North America - Pastor Stephen D. Muncherian

Evangelism in The Early Armenian Evangelical Church - Rev. Barkev Darakjian

Evangelism or Proselytism? - Rev. Barkev Darakjian

Fundamental Armenian Evangelical Teachings - Rev. Giragos H. Chopourian, Ph.D.

Mary:  Mother of God or Mother of Christ - Rev. Barkev Darakjian

Missions, Our Mission - Dr. Gilbert G. Bilezikian, Th.D.

Reflections on The 1700th Anniversary of Christianity - Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, Ph.D.

The Armenian Evangelical Church and The Armenian People - Rev. Hagop A. Chakmakjian, Th.D.

The Armenian Evangelical Church 1846-1996:  An Historical Overview - Rev. Karl V. Avakian

The Armenian Evangelical Witness to The Armenian People - Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian

The Blessed Nation - Rev. Edward S. Tovmassian

The Contributions of The Armenian Evangelical Church to The Armenian People - Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian

The Evangelical Dimension in The Armenian Church - Dr. Mihran Agbabian

The Rise of The Evangelical Movement Among Armenians - Rev. Antranig A. Bedikian

The Role of The Layperson in The Armenian Evangelical Church - Rev. L. Nishan Bakalian

The Significance of Being Evangelical Armenians - Rev. Aren Balabanian

Transport Me From The Past to The Future - Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian, Ph.D.

Booklet

The Gospel Among The Bedouin - First hand missionary account from 1913 to 1932 by Friedrich Heinrici

Writings

2015

12.27.15

Have you ever noticed that whenever "stewardship" is mentioned immediately...   read more...

11.08.15

As I have been processing recent events globally and here in Merced...   read more...

09.06.15

As someone has said, "The only constant in life is change."  How many of us have...   read more...

08.30.15

"If you don't know where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else!"   read more...   

08.23.15

Jesus spoke concerning love saying, "This is my commandment, that you love one another...   read more... 

08.16.15

A wise man once said, "The best way you can give your children is...   read more...

08.09.15

"We who are strong have an obligation to bear the failings of the weak, and not to...   read more...

07.05.15

At some point, each of us struggles with the question of adequacy.   read more...

06.21.15

Do people really listen?  One of life's greatest frustrations occurs while speaking with...   read more... 

06.14.15

The apocalypse has become big business.  Certainly, California...   read more,,,

06.07.15

At home, we have bottles in toilet tanks, flow restrictors on the shower, and dying plants...   read more...

2012

07.01.12

One of the great joys of my life is engaging in discussions with my children about our faith in Jesus.   read more...

04.01.12

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God...   read more...

02.01.12

Jesus, while walking by the Sea of Galilee saw the two brothers Simon and Andrew fishing.   read more...

2011

12.01.11

Those who keep track of such things tell us that, in our lifetime, we will spend...   read more...

10.01.11

The economics of God's kingdom are vastly different than the economics of this world.   read more...

08.01.11

Jesus prayed for His disciples (which includes those who would believe the testimony of...   read more...

06.01.11

In his essay, "Meditation In A Toolshed," C.S. Lewis describes the difference between...   read more...

04.01.11

There was a Roman Catholic Priest and a Baptist Pastor who were good friends and...   read more...

02.01.11

How much are you worth?  Well... that depends.   read more...

2010

12.01.10

God spoke through the prophet Isaiah, "Therefore, the Lord Himself will...   read more...

10.01.10

On August 24, 2001 Air Transat flight 236 with 306 people on board took off from Toronto...   read more...

08.01.10

There are more slaves today than at any other point in history.  A significant number of these slaves...   read more...

06.01.10

Over the past several years God has been taking me through a process of transformation that...   read more...

04.01.10

The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity.  He is a person, not just a force or...   read more...

02.01.10

There's a story about a man driving a U-Haul truck down the road.  Every time he came to a stop...   read more...

2009

12.01.09

A young businessman had just started his own firm.  He had just rented a beautiful office...   read more...

10.01.09

America is a land of rugged individualists.  "Going it alone" is seen as a virtue.  But not...   read more...  

08.01.09

How important is family?  Paul writes in Ephesians 2:19:  "So then you are no longer...   read more...

06.01.09

Dodie Gadient, a school teacher for 13 years decided to travel across America and...   read more...

04.01.09

We know that the Romans and Jews took tremendous security precautions to protect...   read more...

02.01.09

"God is love.  By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only...   read more...

2008

12.01.08

"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel...   read more...

10.01.08

Football fans are different.  70,000 rabid uninhibited fans jumping out of their seats...   read more...

08.01.08

Re-new-al, n. revival; restoration; regeneration.  There are times when we are...   read more...  

06.01.08

Last summer our family drove east from Bakersfield, through the Mojave desert, and...   read more...

04.01.08

There is an old story of a father who took his young son out and stood him on the...   read more...

02.01.08

A professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him.  When the...   read more...

2007

12.01.07

A vagrant lives near the Fulton Fish Market on the lower east side of Manhattan.  The...   read more...

10.01.07

Imagine your child standing in the middle of Bear Creek.  Upstream they let out a massive...   read more...

08.01.07

As a passenger boarded the Los Angeles-to-New York plane, he told the flight...   read more...

06.01.07

For safety's sake...  Do NOT ride in automobiles:  they cause 20% of all fatal accidents...   read more...

04.01.07

John Newton spent the early years of his life as the captain of a slave ship, capturing...   read more...

02.01.07

The prize for the most useless weapon of all time goes to the Russians.  During...   read more...

2006

12.01.06

"Lo, I am with you always"  (Matthew 28:20b).   A businessman rushed onto a...   read more...

10.01.06

Someone has said that there is a fine line between fishing and standing on the...   read more...

08.01.06

For many, September is a time of beginnings.  Summer has past and ahead lies...   read more...

06.01.06

A women apparently frustrated by slow traffic on Santiago Canyon Road...   read more...

04.01.06

Abdul Rahman became a follower of Jesus Christ while working as a medical...   read more...

02.01.06

Forty feet below the surface my guide stopped his descent.  All around the waters of...   read more... 

2005

12.01.05

It has been said that there are three ages of man.  First, when we believe in Santa Clause...   read more...

10.01.05

First there was Katrina.  What we saw was unbelievable devastation and suffering.  Over...   read more...

08.01.05

August!!!!  If you are like me, you are sitting in dazed amazement wondering what happened...   read more...

06.01.05

When elderly Adele Gaboury turned up missing, concerned neighbors...   read more...

04.01.05

Take a deep breath.  As you inhale, say to yourself, "God gives life..."  As you exhale, say...   read more...

02.01.05

At 7:58 a.m. on December 26, 2004, 18.6 miles beneath the Indian Ocean, the earth...   read more...

2004

12.01.04

A man from the back mountains of Tennessee found himself one day in a large city...   read more...

10.01.04

The first thought that goes through my mind when I'm stopped at a red traffic light is...   read more...

08.01.04

"How could this happen to such good people?"  "Where is our loving God in the midst of all this?"   read more...

06.01.04

In a few weeks our congregation will have the privilege of participating in Merced's city-wide...   read more...

04.01.04

Several years ago a person shared and observation with me that has stuck in my mind.  He said...   read more...

02.01.04

According to a story I recently read by Jim Thomson, some scientists decided to...  read more...

2003

12.01.03

Two of my favorite restaurants in Merced are the China Grand Buffet and the HomeTown Buffet...   read more...

11.01.03

A businessman traveling by plane from San Francisco to Denver happened to sit next to a nun...   read more...

10.01.03

It's the championship game.  The series is tied at three games each.  The score is tied...   read more...

09.01.03

Imagine it is 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning and suddenly you're awake.  You've overslept...   read more...

07.01.03

Remember what it was like before personal computers?  Remember when long distance meant...   read more...

06.01.03

Recently, I read about a celebration which took place at a New Orleans municipal pool...  read more...

05.01.03

There is a story about a pastor who went to see a man who didn't attend church very faithfully...   read more...

04.01.03

Little Philip, born with Down's syndrome, attended a third-grade Sunday School class with...   read more...

03.01.03

As we are moving from celebrating Jesus' incarnation towards the celebration of...   read more...