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Evangelical Faith Movement in Ethiopia
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Origins and Development of the Ethiopian Evangelica Church Mekane Ysus
Ezekiel Gebissa
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This is an account of evangelical Ethiopian Christianity. It recounts the fervor of the indigenous evangelists who, with the full cooperation and support of expatriate Protestant missionaries, initiated in the early twentieth century a grassroots evangelical movement, which spread the gospel in the western and southern part of the country using a “chain-reaction evangelism” strategy. The present Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is firmly rooted in this grassroots evangelical movement.
The book establishes a connection between the coming of European Lutheran missionaries to Ethiopia in the nineteenth century and the rise of evangelical communities and congregations in southern and western Ethiopia that ultimately resulted in the establishment of the EECMY. The collective biography of indigenous evangelists gives an amazing texture to the narrative of the expansion of evangelical Christianity.
A history of a national church is inevitably intertwined with the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the nation. This book highlights the context in which evangelical Christianity was planted and developed by providing sufficiently detailed, but eminently dispassionate, accounts of the political economy of the country as well as the religious activities of the various faith communities.
Ezekiel B. Gebissa is an Associate Professor of History at Kettering University, Flint, Michigan. He has both a M.A. and a Ph.D. in History from Michigan State University. He has served as editor or translator of other books and has contributed chapters to many more.
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ISBN:
1-932688-39-0
298
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6 x 9
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Perfectbound
Publisher:
Lutheran University Press
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