A demonstration of humility through footwashing in an Ethiopian peacebuilding training inspired one man to persuade more than 600 rebel fighters to turn from their violent ways.
A demonstration of humility through footwashing in an Ethiopian peacebuilding training inspired one man to persuade more than 600 rebel fighters to turn from their violent ways.
Pastor Tesfay Siyum, a founder of the Meserete Kristos Church in Eritrea and 1990 graduate of MK Seminary who served more than a decade in prison for his faith, was denied burial for two weeks in April because he did not belong to a state-recognized religion.
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.
