Our Amazing Trip to Armenia

November 24th, 2025

I want to say a deeply heartfelt “thank you” to all of you who responded to meeting the financial need to travel to Armenia. I am so grateful for you all. “Thank you” seems so inadequate, but be assured, we so honor you for being part of the Well Versed team. You are a blessing!

When you have been traveling for 28 hours, and you arrive at an airport in a foreign land, this is a welcome site.

Republic of Armenia Prayer Breakfast in Yerevan, Armenia

Governor Stepan Sargsyan, a very close friend, was the organizer of the Republic of Armenia National Prayer Breakfast, for which I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker along with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Hear my 22 minute message at the Prayer Breakfast here.

I am so grateful to those who translated, edited, typed, and printed my book REVERSED: FROM CULTURALLY WOKE TO BIBLICALLY AWAKE (Armenian title is slightly different). It was handed out to all the government and faith leaders in attendance.

This man was not only my interpreter in Armenia, but he was the one who translated my book into Armenian. He is very skilled.

I had the joy of giving the first copy to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Presenting my book to Zhanna Andreasyan, the Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports.

With Minister of Education Andreasyan and
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave an excellent speech on the biblical foundations for government. He ended by quoting Psalms 31 by memory. He had quoted Psalms 29 by memory in a talk the night before. Read the English texts as you watch the videos of the Prime Minister quoting the two Psalms in Armenian.

Psalms 29 Video. Read the English text here.

Psalms 31 Video. Read the English text here.

This is a picture of the Armenians who planned the event, in addition to our delegation from the Uinted States.

I had the wonderful privilege of sharing a sermon on “The Blood Covenant” at the Word of Life Church in Hrazdan, Armenia.

(The Blood Covenant book is available here)

We were with our good friend Armen Lusyan, Senior Pastor at Word of Life, with some 8,000 attendees, and Overseer of Word of Life Churches throughout Armenia.

I spoke a year ago at the main campus in Yerevan, Armenia, and this year at the campus in Hrazdan, Armenia.

With Armenian friends

After speaking at the governmental event, I had the privilege of sharing with pastors in Armenia, thanks to Craig Simonian, our Well Versed Representative in Armenia.

A group of us met with the Catholicos, the leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, which is the official state church of Armenia. Although similar to, it is not affiliated with either the Roman Catholic Church or Eastern Orthodox Church. (We were not allowed to take photos in our meeting with him).

Christianity was founded in Armenia by two of the original disciples of Jesus: Thaddeus and Bartholomew. Two other disciples made it to, or through, Armenia: Thomas and Simon the Zealot. That means one-third of the original followers of Jesus were in this country.

In 301 AD, King Tiridates III declared Armenia to be an official Christian country after Gregory the Illuminator (who the King had thrown in a pit for 14 years) was brought up from the prison-pit, prayed for the King, and he was instantly healed. (For more information on this, click here)

It was a joy to have Kurt and Janice Fuqua as traveling companions. They are from Chicago, and serve on our Well Versed Board.

Traveling to Armenia also were Congressman Louie Gohmert, Matias Perttula of Save Armenia, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (although she is the chairman of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom [USCIRF], she was traveling there in a personal capacity, not representing any organization), Dede Laugesen, President of Save the Persecuted Christians, and Suzanne Grishman of Mercury One.

The National Gallery (left) and the Parliament (right) in
Republic Square in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

Once again, I am immensely grateful to all of you who helped make this trip possible, praying for us, and financially partnering with us.

In seeking the Lord’s direction and processing together before the trip, Rosemary and I had a conversation that included, “Well, this is a very long way to go to speak for a few minutes. Are we really supposed to go?” Yet we felt we were to go.

We went. On the way home, we commented to each other, “We are so glad we went. It was a profoundly spiritually productive trip.”

Thank you for making it possible.