Archive for October, 2008
A Morning Choir
Posted on 16. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
The day is gloriously alive as I rise in urban Addis Ababa, nothing like the Inner Harbor of urban Baltimore. Here, the morning welcomes me with a symphony of bass and tenor dogs barking, soprano and alto birds chirping, one regal rooster crowing for the sun and soaring melismatic calls to Islamic prayer.
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The Church that Development Built
Posted on 13. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
Why has this Lutheran-affiliated church body, Mekane Yesus, grown from 20 000 members in 1959 to nearly 6 million now? 6 percent growth would be a normal year. I asked the church body president Pastor Iteffa Gobena. He quickly cited three factors: (1) strong lay ministry; (2) spiritual revival; and, (3) service to the whole [...]
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An Impromptu Sunday
Posted on 13. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
Photo from left to right: John, Rev. Jira Dufera, Central Ethiopia Synod Diakonia Coordinator, Demissie Legesse Karorsa The assembly was electric in receiving us, and even more in receiving the Gospel teaching from Demissie Legesse Karorsa. When he’s not being a lay preacher, Demissie, according to his business card, is a project manager for USAID [...]
