Meserete Kristos Church baptized over 23,000 new believers last year, leader says
The Meserete Kristos Church called on all armed groups to refrain from killing people because it is a sin and a crime, in a Nov. 21 statement “regarding the breach of peace in different areas of Ethiopia.”
A severe water shortage could not stop the baptism of 120 people in August by Meserete Kristos Church pastors in southern Ethiopia.
Mennonite World Conference’s General Council is considering a proposal to change the global body’s name during July 1-4 meetings preceding the MWC assembly in Indonesia. The Executive Committee suggests shifting to “Anabaptist Mennonite World Communion.”
One of the focus areas of Meserete Kristos Church’s Prison Ministry addresses the basic needs of these children — some of the nation’s most vulnerable.
Dozens of people — including U.S. and Canadian Mennonite conference leaders, seminary staff and students — signed a letter of support for Anabaptists in Ethiopia in December.
As violence continues in some parts of northern Ethiopia, a delegation from Meserete Kristos Church was able to visit some congregations last month in the state of Tigray.
The Meserete Kristos Church in Ethiopia learned in mid-December how members of the Anabaptist conference in the country’s northern region were faring amid regional civil war. Most are safe, but one young minister was killed while preaching.
