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IS THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH FINANCED BY THE PEOPLE?
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/08/02/97185/
August 2, 2012 16:28
Today Levon Filyan, the CEO of the Armenian Evangelical Association,
stated that the Armenian Evangelical Association aimed at being
useful to all Armenians, "We have schools, universities, nursing
homes, kindergartens in 24 countries around the world. We use 50%
of our budget, every element for the work that is done in Armenia. A
big school equipped with the latest technology is being built at
the moment."
Reverend Mkrtich Melkonyan, the newly-appointed chief pastor of
the Evangelical Church of Armenia, said that they differed from the
Armenian Apostolic Church in rites, "However, learning the Gospel
underlies it, therefore, we are not considered a sect, we accept the
Armenian Apostolic Church as the mother church. We are not engaged
in a hunt for souls, because our aim is to serve the people." Levon
Filyan added that the Evangelical Church cooperated with the Armenian
Apostolic Church. In response to a journalist's question who financed
the Evangelical Church of Armenia, the newly-appointed pastor said,
"The people." www.aravot.am connected with Alexander Amaryan, the head
of the Center for Help and Rehabilitation to Victims of Destructive
Cults, who said in response to the above-mentioned question, "The
Evangelical Church is financed mainly by people from the US. As for the
people, members of the organization pay 10 percent of their salaries
every month. The Evangelical Church carries out sect-like activities,
engaging in a hunt for souls."
We talked also with Father Shmavon Ghevondyan, a priest of the St.
Hovhannes Church, who said, "The Armenian Apostolic Church doesn't
consider the Evangelical Church a sect, since the latter also has a
contribution to our people's history. However, the Armenian Evangelical
Church often operates like a sect and is not recognized by the Armenian
Apostolic Church as a sister church. They say so based on the words
of late Garegin the First that the Evangelical Church is our sister
church. However, it was a statement of a person, not the official
position of the church." The clergyman added that the Apostolic Church
didn't cooperate with the Evangelical Church in any project.
Father Shmavon also stated that there had always been cases of
a hunt for souls organized by the Evangelists, "A few years ago,
they handed out gift boxes, in which there was their literature,
which is forbidden. The teachers told children to necessarily pass
the booklets to their mothers."
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/08/02/97185/
August 2, 2012 16:28
Today Levon Filyan, the CEO of the Armenian Evangelical Association,
stated that the Armenian Evangelical Association aimed at being
useful to all Armenians, "We have schools, universities, nursing
homes, kindergartens in 24 countries around the world. We use 50%
of our budget, every element for the work that is done in Armenia. A
big school equipped with the latest technology is being built at
the moment."
Reverend Mkrtich Melkonyan, the newly-appointed chief pastor of
the Evangelical Church of Armenia, said that they differed from the
Armenian Apostolic Church in rites, "However, learning the Gospel
underlies it, therefore, we are not considered a sect, we accept the
Armenian Apostolic Church as the mother church. We are not engaged
in a hunt for souls, because our aim is to serve the people." Levon
Filyan added that the Evangelical Church cooperated with the Armenian
Apostolic Church. In response to a journalist's question who financed
the Evangelical Church of Armenia, the newly-appointed pastor said,
"The people." www.aravot.am connected with Alexander Amaryan, the head
of the Center for Help and Rehabilitation to Victims of Destructive
Cults, who said in response to the above-mentioned question, "The
Evangelical Church is financed mainly by people from the US. As for the
people, members of the organization pay 10 percent of their salaries
every month. The Evangelical Church carries out sect-like activities,
engaging in a hunt for souls."
We talked also with Father Shmavon Ghevondyan, a priest of the St.
Hovhannes Church, who said, "The Armenian Apostolic Church doesn't
consider the Evangelical Church a sect, since the latter also has a
contribution to our people's history. However, the Armenian Evangelical
Church often operates like a sect and is not recognized by the Armenian
Apostolic Church as a sister church. They say so based on the words
of late Garegin the First that the Evangelical Church is our sister
church. However, it was a statement of a person, not the official
position of the church." The clergyman added that the Apostolic Church
didn't cooperate with the Evangelical Church in any project.
Father Shmavon also stated that there had always been cases of
a hunt for souls organized by the Evangelists, "A few years ago,
they handed out gift boxes, in which there was their literature,
which is forbidden. The teachers told children to necessarily pass
the booklets to their mothers."