Ramp pastors Samuel Bentley (left) and Micah Wood stand outside of Azerbaijan’s largest mosque, Heydar, in Baku.
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Ramp pastors Samuel Bentley and Micah Wood, both of Hamilton, were two of 12 U.S. evangelical pastors who traveled to the country of Azerbaijan as guests of its president.
Azerbaijan is a predominately Shi’ite Muslim country on the Caspian Sea, located north of Iran and south of Russia. It is one of the few Muslim nations to maintain cooperational ties with Israel.
The trip, which took place during March 3-8, was a proactive effort by the Azerbaijanian government to intentionally promote the religious freedoms of evangelicals in the country.
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