Meet Our Ministry Staff
Rev. Ron Tovmassian
Senior Pastor
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Rev. Ron Tovmassian is a graduate of Biola University and received his Master of Divinity Degree from Fuller Seminary in 1983. He and his wife Renee live in Valencia, with their three children, Jeremy, Stephen and Lara. After seminary, Rev. Tovmassian served for 13 years as the Pastor of the Armenian Memorial Church in Watertown, Massachusetts before accepting the call to serve as Senior Pastor at UACC in 1996. A former Board Member, Ministry Committee Chairperson and Moderator of the AEUNA he has also served on the Board of Directors of the AMAA. Rev. Tovmassian has a long history of service within our Armenian Evangelical community and is the son of the late Rev. Edward S. Tovmassian and Arousiag (Tovmassian) Missirlian. His interests include theater, sports, music, gardening and stamp collecting. He remains in active service throughout the community and prayerfully seeks the Lord's guidance for His direction and vision for future ministries.
Rev. Jason Matossian
Pastor of Parish Development
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Jason Matossian is Pastor of Parish Development at United Armenian Congregational Church in Los Angeles, CA. He married Nora Chavdarian in August 2005 and lives in Van Nuys, CA. He received his BA in Political Science in 1999 from UCLA, M.Div. from Talbot School of Theology in May 2003, and TH.M, in New Testament from Talbot School of Theology in 2008. Jason loves to teach God's Word and to encourage others to love God with all their hearts. He is possionate about Christ-centered, Biblical preaching and teaching and believes that the Gospel is the power of God to change lives. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the AEUNA as chair of the Church Planting and Evangelism Committee, is on the AEUNA's Ministry Committee and is a member of the Merdinian Armenian Evangelical School Board. Jason is the son of Rev. Joseph and Suzie Matossian.
Rev. Razmig Minassian
Assistant Pastor of Christian Education
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Razmig Minassian graduated from San Jose State University with a BA in History in 2003. Throughout his years of undergraduate studies he felt a calling from God to full time ministry. After several years and prayer, seeking the council of Christ and other believers, Razmig felt the call to attend seminary. In May 2006 Razmig graduated with Masters in Divinity from Talbot School of Theology. Razmig Finished his Pastoral internship at the First Armenian Church of Belmont and in October of 2007 was hired by UACC to be the Pastor of Christian Education. He and his wife Jennifer live in Van Nuys. His passions include preaching and teaching the Holy Scriptures, evangelism among the Armenian community, discipleship, building a community of believers among the young and the old and leading people to a passionate worship of their Lord and Master through song and music. His hobbies include, soccer, basketball, outdoor activities such as camping/hiking as well as playing guitar, reading and spending time with family and friends. His desire is to see people come to know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior and worship him in Spirit and Truth. Razmig is the son of the late Garabed Minassian and Alice Minassian.
Searan Kiledjian
Director of Women's & Children's Ministry
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Searan Kiledjian (née Salibian) is a graduate of Univ. of Washington (‘02), Boston Univ. (’03) and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (’06). At UW she doubled majored in Psychology and Sociology, received a Minor in Music and was also a Track & Field athlete. She received a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from BU and a Masters of Divinity Degree from GCTS. She was admitted into a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program in Seattle, but left the program as she sensed God calling her to full-time ministry. She then moved to MA, where she went to GCTS and was Youth Group Director at First Armenian Church. Upon graduation, she became the AEUNA In-Care Pastoral Intern at UACC. She is now the Director of the Women’s and Children’s Ministries. Her passions include discipleship, developing ministries and building godly relationships. It is her heart’s desire to continually respond to God’s gracious gifts by serving Him and leading others to grow in their relationship with the Lord. Searan recently married the love of her life, Mr Paul Kiledjian and they live in Toluca Lake. She enjoys playing and writing music, reading and writing, photographing windows and doors, traveling, and telling jokes. She is the daughter of Hrag Sam and Shoushan of Washington State, and has two sisters, Talin and Datev.
Rev. Haig DarakjianThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Haig Darakjian grew up attending Sunday school at UACC. When he was in high school, he gave his life to Christ and became very active in the UACC youth group. When he graduated from high school, he continued his education at UC San Diego. Although he loved San Diego, he came home every weekend to continue attending UACC and serving as worship leader and high school leader. During his first year in college, God called him to ministry and the Church confirmed his calling. So, after graduating from UC San Diego, Haig went on to complete his Master of Divinity at Talbot School of Theology in 2010.
Haig is married to his wonderful wife, Nora. He is the son of Drs. Nazareth and Ani Darakjian, and the grandson of Rev. Barkev Darakjian. He has a brother, Ara.
Haig has greatly enjoyed his ministry to the youth at UACC ever since he started as a volunteer leader in 2005. So, he is now very excited to be on staff at UACC as the full time pastor of youth. Haig likes computers and gadgets, and he loves books and music.
