PASTORAL STAFF
Rev. Ron Tovmassian
Senior Pastor
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 DevelopmentJason 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.
Pastor Razmig Minassian
Assistant Pastor of Christian EducationRazmig 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 Salibian
Director of the Women's & Children's MinistrySearan Salibian is a graduate of University of Washington (‘02), Boston University (’03) and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (’06). At UW, she doubled majored in Psychology and Sociology, received a Minor in Music and was also Track & Field athlete. She received a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from BU and a Masters of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell. She left her Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program in Seattle to respond to God’s call to go into full-time ministry. After receiving her Masters degree in Counseling, she enrolled at Gordon-Conwell a few months later. During her time studying in Massachusetts, she was the Youth Group Director at First Armenian Church of Belmont. Upon graduation, she moved back to the west coast, and became the AEUNA In-Care Pastoral Intern at UACC. She is now the Director of the Women’s and Children’s Ministries and helps develop and lead missions and outreach programs. Her passions include discipleship, developing ministries, encouraging ministry leaders and developing relationships through outreaches, locally and abroad. She enjoys playing piano and violin, playing and watching sports, traveling, camping and telling jokes. She is the daughter of Hrag Sam and Shoushan Salibian of Washington state. 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.
