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Ethiopia Programs and Projects

Education

Bethel Evangelical Secondary School, Dembi Dollo

Bethel Evangelical Secondary School was founded in 1963 and currently serves grades 7 through 12. The school’s mission is to “serve the whole person” and to “build the physical, spiritual and intellectual life of the learner.”

             
 

E862104         

  Goal: $80,000    
             
  Charles Haspels Bible School, Mizan Teferi

The good news of Jesus Christ was first brought to southwest Ethiopia in 1952. People responded and the church took root. Since then its growth has outpaced its ability to train leaders. In response, a Bible school was proposed in 1994. Construction began in April 1997 and classes in 1999.

 
             
  E047902    Goal: $100,000    
             
  Mekane Yesus Theological Seminary, Addis Ababa

A part of the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, Mekane Yesus Theological Seminary is a post-secondary institution offering a Diploma in Theology as well as a Bachelor’s of Theology degree. It has an enrollment of approximately 100 in the B.Th. program.

 
             
  E862751    Goal: $50,000    
             
 
 

Evangelism

Anuak Bible Translation

The Anuak Old Testament Bible Translation work has pushed forward but still has nine Old Testament books to translate, including Ezekiel and Job. The Anuak church in Ethiopia is growing and demands for Scripture have increased.

 
             
 

E863004

  Goal: $100,000    
             
  Frontier Mission

Afar. Work among the 1.1 million Afar people of northeast Ethiopia, who are 99.2 percent Muslim.

Eastern (Muslim) Oromo. Evangelists establishing congregations in the strongly Muslim region of Eastern Ethiopia .

Shekicho. Outreach among the Shekicho people of Ethiopia , which has resulted in 20,000 believers since 1991.

Surma, Deze. The establshment of an initial Christian community and plans for developments in water provision, agriculture, primary health work, literacy and Bible translation.

 
             
 

Surma Bible Translation in Ethiopia

This translation work is just in the beginning stages. The first 100 Surma people were baptized in just the past few years, and it is imperative to provide the new believers with Scriptures as they seek to establish a permanent, indigenous church.

 
             
 
 

Health

Community Health Programs, EECMY

The head office of the Western Synod of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is 510 km. west of Addis Ababa in the western Wollega Region. The population served by the Synod is about 1.5 to 2 million people. Most of them are subsistence farmers. The Aira Hospital, in the Western Synod, is the base of the community health care program.

 
             
  E862141   Goal: $10,000   http://www.pcusa.org/give/online/projectSelectAction.do?numberString=E862141  
             
  Suri Health Work

The Surma Comprehensive Rural Development Project grew out of problems caused by droughts in 1985 and 1988 in southwest Ethiopia, bordering on Sudan. The components of the project include agriculture, health, education, road building and water. A clinic was constructed in 1994 and a primary health program has been started.

 
             
  E862764   Goal: $20,000   http://www.pcusa.org/give/online/projectSelectAction.do?numberString=E862764  
             
 
 

Hunger

In 2007 the Presbyterian Hunger Program made the following grant:

Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Church Planting and Community Development of the Dali-Sadi Meshangir Community  $6,000
Support for agricultural development in poor communities around Dembi Dollo.

 
             
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