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Joel Veldkamp - Armenia’s Prayer Breakfast and the Crackdown on the Church | Ep 490, Nov 27, 2025

Joel Veldkamp - Armenia’s Prayer Breakfast and the Crackdown on the Church | Ep 490, Nov 27, 2025

Update: 2025-11-27
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Conversations on Groong - November 27, 2025

Topics:

  •  Clergy Arrests in Armenia
  •  Church Under Pressure
  •  Prayer Breakfast Controversy
  •  Western Silence on Repression
  •  CSI’s Findings in Yerevan

Guest: Joel Veldkamp

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Episode 490 | Recorded: November 25, 2025

SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/490

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/BGnt2feIXMs

#ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #ChristianSolidarityInternational #HumanRightsInArmenia


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Joel Veldkamp - Armenia’s Prayer Breakfast and the Crackdown on the Church | Ep 490, Nov 27, 2025

Joel Veldkamp - Armenia’s Prayer Breakfast and the Crackdown on the Church | Ep 490, Nov 27, 2025

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