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Annual Report 2017/18 Celebrating a Century of Faith, Love and Service 1918 2018 Foreword ARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Ամերիկայի Հայ Աւետարանչական Ընկերակցութիւն ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF FAITH, LOVE AND SERVICE 1918 2018 FOREWORD I thank God for giving me the calling to serve Him through the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) and the privilege to present to you, our supporters, friends and prayer partners, the Annual Report of the Armenian Missionary Association of America for the fiscal year 2017-2018. Pursuant to our policy of full disclosure and accountability, we have provided the Statements of Financial Position of the AMAA as of July 31, 2018, and Statements of Income and Expenditures for the past fiscal year, as prepared by our Auditors, Sax LLP, Independent Certified Public Accountants. These reports and financial statements were reviewed and acted upon at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Association held on October 20, 2018 at the United Table of Contents Armenian Congregational Church in Los Angeles, CA. Based on the approval of the reports, we have prepared this Annual Report which is available to all AMAA members, friends and supporting agencies worldwide and accessible on the AMAA website at www.amaa.org. We are grateful to God for blessing our wonderful organization for another year. We uphold all those who in the past, through their passion, dedication, sacrifice and hard work, built the foundation of AMAA. We also would like to thank all those who supported our organization with their prayers, participation and financial support during this past year. We invite you to make every effort to support your organization with greater enthusiasm, and invite others to join us in our worldwide outreach to preach the Gospel and provide a glass of cold water in His name. Zaven Khanjian Executive Director/CEO December 2018 Table of Contents AMAA Board of Directors ........................................................4 President’s Message ................................................................5 Executive Director/CEO’s Report ..........................................7 Treasurer’s Report ..................................................................20 Director of Finance’s Report ................................................21 AMAA at a Glance ...................................................................24 Funding Priorities ...................................................................25 AMAA Ministries .....................................................................26 AMAA Around the World ......................................................28 Financial Reports ....................................................................31 Endowment Funds and Other Financial Info ..................47 Supporting Churches and Organizations .........................62 Historical Financial Data .......................................................64 Historical Data .........................................................................65 How to Give ..............................................................................66 How to Pray .............................................................................67 2017/18 4 AMAA Board of Directors OFFICERS President: Nazareth Darakjian, M.D. Vice President: Michael Voskian, D.M.D. Treasurer: Nurhan Helvacian, Ph.D. Co-Recording Secretaries: Mark Kassabian, Esq. and Thomas Momjian, Esq. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO Zaven Khanjian WEST COAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Levon Filian FIELD DIRECTOR/Pastor to Pastors in Armenia Rev. Mgrdich Melkonian DIRECTOR OF FINANCE David Aynejian BOARD OF DIRECTORS Class of 2018 Class of 2019 Class of 2020 Bryan Z. Agbabian H. Steven Aharonian, M.D. Edward Avedisian Rev. Berj Gulleyan Ara Apelian, M.D. Nazareth Darakjian, M.D. Nurhan Helvacian, Ph.D. Rafi Balabanian, D.D.S. Thomas Momjian, Esq. Mark Kassabian, Esq. Rev. Ara Guekguezian Jack Muncherian Kenneth Kevorkian Berjouhy Gulesserian Vahe Nalbandian, Ph.D. Seta Loshkajian Nalbandian Susan Jerian, M.D. Alan Philibosian, Esq. Heather Ohaneson, Ph.D. Hratch Sarkis Gary Phillips, Esq. Michele Simourian Joseph H. Stein, Jr. Ann Karagozian Sarafi an, Ph.D. Carlos Taraktzian Michael Voskian, D.M.D. Eileen Chopourian Stephey, Ed.D. EX-OFFICIO Rev. Berdj Djambazian (Minister to AEUNA) Mihran Jizmejian (AMA-Canada - President/CEO) Joyce Philibosian Stein (Stephen Philibosian Foundation) Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian (AEWC-Executive Director) Rev. Dr. Krikor Youmshajekian (AMA-Australia - President/CEO) PAST PRESIDENTS H. Steven Aharonian, M.D. George Bezirganian, M.D. Samuel Hekemian Andrew Torigian Joseph Zeronian, Ed.D. HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS Rev. Dr. Ara Chakerian (Moderator, AEU-North America) Rev. Megrditch Karagoezian (President, UAEC-Near East) Rev. Albert Paytyan (President, EC-Armenia) Rev. Dr. René Léonian (President (UAEC-Eurasia) Rev. Jacques Tchoghandjian (President, UAEC-France) 2017/18 President’s Message 5 By the grace of God, the AMAA Centennial year has arrived. The fi rst of the Centennial celebratory Banquets took place in New Jersey following our Annual Meeting in October 2017. It was a very joyous event and an appropriate fi rst of a salvo of many more such events to come. We also used this opportunity to honor our great donors the Avedisians and the Bilezikians. In March of 2018, the Lark Musical Society joined the AMAA to produce a Centennial Concert at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, where Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony “Ode to Joy” was performed together with Bruckner’s “Te Deum.” It was a very upbeat pro- Bgram very much in line with the mood of the Centennial celebrations. We then went around to Sydney, Australia for a weekend of Centennial Celebration events which were very expertly organized by Rev. Krikor Youmshajekian, President of AMA Australia. Invited guests included Arayik Harutyunyan, the State Minister of Artsakh, as well as pastors from the USA, Middle East, Armenia, France and South America. The Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian joined us for the Centennial Worship Service Sunday morning and congratulated the AMAA on the Centennial. The Banquet took place Sunday evening and it was well attended with many local community leaders participating. The month of May saw similar celebrations in Toronto and Montreal, Canada. We extend our words of gratitude to Mihran Jizmejian, President of AMA Canada, as well as Revs. Georges Dabbo and Hovhannes Svadjian and the cadres of volunteers who made these events truly memorable. Later in May we fl ew to Beirut for our Annual Meetings with the Near East Union as well as Haigazian University. The celebrations continued there with a Banquet at the Phoenicia Hotel on May 31st. This was a community-wide aff air with good representation at all levels. A Centennial thanksgiving service was also organized for Sunday afternoon at the First Church in Beirut with the participation of all the local churches. Our thanks to Rev. Megrditch Karageozian and Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian for making these events possible. A week later we were in Paris where we had a meeting with all the pastors of the French Union and the Armenian Evangelical Fellowship of Europe that includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Holland and Turkey. The Centennial Celebration Banquet took place Saturday evening with many local dignitaries present including the Mayor of Issy-Les-Moulineaux. The Sunday morning service was dedicated to the AMAA Centennial with the participation of many pastors from the French Union. It was an upbeat and joyful event with a very good turnout. Our thanks to Revs. Jacques Tchoghandjian, Gilbert Léonian and Joel Mikaélian and all those who contributed to the success of these events. As I write this report in early August, the Youth Conference in Armenia has started already with the ambitious pro- gram of bringing together Armenian Evangelical youth from all over the world. Our hope is that these types of activities will entrench in our youth the Christian faith of their ancestors and the love of our historic Homeland. Later in September the celebrations will continue in Armenia. While in Armenia we will dedicate the newly built church complex in Gyumri. This building will house the sanctuary, the children’s after school day center and the administrative offi ces that are an integral part of our mission in Gyumri. Finally, in October we will bring the celebrations back to Los Angeles where we kicked off the Centennial in October 2016. Our mission continues in Armenia as in the past and now that the construction of the Gyumri church complex is complete we would like to turn our attention to the South-West district of Yerevan where we have an active church that’s functioning in a very dilapidated building. Our dream is to fi nd an appropriate piece of land in the vicinity of the Avedisian School, where we can build a church complex that’s appropriate for the South-West district church. In Aleppo, life is almost back to normal although the war is still going on to the south of the city. Eff orts to rebuild the damaged buildings have started and that includes the roof of the Emmanuel Church. The AMAA is actively involved in raising the funds necessary to complete the work. In Lebanon, our High Schools as well as the Haigazian University are facing fi nancial diffi culties. The community there continues to shrink because of emigration and those who stay behind in general do not have the means to shoulder the scholastic tuition. The AMAA continues to work with the institutions there to help them become more effi cient and hope- fully self-suffi
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