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Turkey:• Distributing Christian literature.• Providing financial aid for the maintenance of church buildings.• Sponsoring visiting pastors’ ministry in Istanbul.• Facilitating the fellowship of the churches with other ArmenianEvangelical churches.• Special grant to subsidize the salary of a pastor.United States:• Financial support for the Armenian Evangelical Church of Hollywood,CA.• Financial assistance to St. Nareg Armenian Church of Montebello, CA.• Financial aid to the Armenian Evangelical Church of Glendale, CA.• Financial aid to the Merdinian Armenian Evangelical School of ShermanOaks, CA.• Financial aid to the Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian School, Pasadena,CA.• Printing and distribution of Bibles and devotional literature.• Financial aid to theological students and AEUNA interns.• Provision of scholarship grants and interest-free loans to 100 needy and college anduniversity students.• Financial aid to the Ararat Old Age Home in Los Angeles,CA.• Publication and distribution of books on Armenian history,culture and Christian heritage.• Organizing literary contests.• Management of a retirement pension fund for ArmenianEvangelical ministers.• Organizing and funding ministers’ conferences and leadershipenhancement programs.• Low interest loans for the expansion/relocation projectsof churches.• Cooperation with colleague agencies to respond to theemergency needs of victims of manmade or natural disastersin America or abroad.• Financial aid to Camp Arev (West Coast) and CampArevelk (East Coast).• Financial aid to the AEUNA’s Youth Ministry.• Financial aid to AEUNA’s publication.Uruguay:• Financial assistance towards the budget of the church.• Relief provisions to needy families.• Distribution of Bibles and Devotional literature.• Short-term pastors’ ministry.Emergency relief aid for thevictims of the war in IraqCamp Arevelk for the EastCoast (USA) childrenMISSION IN NON-ARMENIAN SETTINGSThe AMAA can exist and serve as a Christian missionary organization when itsprograms reach out not only to Armenians, but to all God’s creation (“Go into all theworld and preach the gospel to all creation”). These past few years, the AMAA hasbeen making a deliberate effort to support an increasing number of missionaryprograms that serve spiritual and physical needs in non-Armenian settings. RecentAMAA contributions to non-Armenian missionary endeavors have included: anorphanage in Inhaminga, Mozambique; a special school for the blind in Duala,Cameroon; the Ferraz de Vasconcellos mission center of the Armenian EvangelicalCentral Church of Sao Paulo, Brazil and emergency relief aid for the victims of thewar in Iraq.May God bless our efforts as we continue to walk in His way and work for His Kingdom.Child Evangelism inInhaminga, MozambiqueAMAA Annual Report 2003-2004 - Page 9