I said “yes” in the quiet glow of my phone screen. It wasn’t a loud, public announcement, but a direct
Hasset Shimeles Hailu
Hasset Shimeles Hailu, originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is a graduate student at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, pursuing a master’s degree in theology and peace studies.
In a nation fractured by war, where women’s bodies have become battlegrounds and bulldozers have destroyed houses in the name of “development,” Ethiopia’s Meserete Kristos Church faces a reckoning.