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A $100 Million Strategy to Reclaim the Soul of the Armenian Diaspora Church

 Monday, July 14 2025 18:08
A $100 Million Strategy to Reclaim the Soul of the Armenian Diaspora Church

ArmInfo. The soul of a people is often shaped in the silence between Sunday prayers, in the teachings passed from one generation to the next.  But in the Armenian Church in America, that silence has grown louder.  Churches are emptier, generations are absent, and scripture is neglected.  Enter Khachkar Studios, whose $100 million transformation plan seeks to restore the Church not through nostalgia—but through systems change.




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