It was in 2000 that our former Global Outreach Pastor Ray Glinski first traveled to the Armenia to explore opportunities for Grace Church to join the mission work taking place in what used to be the USSR. It was on this trip that they were introduced to Asatur Nahapetyan. Asatur is the Executive Director of the Armenian Baptist Union as well as its Seminary. Asatur has since been our primary contact in Armenia, and has connected us with local church planters in the region.

In addition to church planting, Grace Church of DuPage has sponsored a dozen annual Pastors Conferences hosting over 100 pastors, and providing teachers for seminary instruction. Grace Church of DuPage staff regularly travels to Armenia to be a part of these vital ministries. The seminary, operating since 2000, has graduated about 75 men.