hHave you always wanted to serve the Lord in Ethiopia? Check out this list of top 10 Christian ministries in Ethiopia and see which one you would like to join!
10. Beza International Ministries
- Beza International Ministries, based in Addis, is a non-denominational ministry that is committed to empowering people with God’s word in Ethiopia and beyond.
- Xenos Christian Fellowship, another of the top 10 Christian ministries in Ethiopia, started work in the mid 1990s. This ministry seeks to mobilize, equip and plant a network of home churches intended to multiply throughout the Tigray and Amhara regions of Ethiopia.
- This fellowship, led by Lou and his family, aims to remove the Amhara and Tigray people from the list of unreached people groups.
- World Serve Ministries equips churches around the world to be the hands and feet of Jesus in their communities.
- The outreaches in Ethiopia include leadership training, church planting, community health evangelism (including education for children) and Roofs for Churches, all done in partnership with believers and churches in Ethiopia.
7. International Coordinated Christian Ministries
- ICCM was founded by George and Dorothy Middleton in 1985.
- This ministry operates on the key principles of simplicity, faith, apprenticeship, spirituality and compassion.
- In Ethiopia, ICCM’s programs focus mainly on student extension, special needs, orphans, seniors and Emmanuel Youth Training.
- Youth for Christ is a worldwide Christian movement that works primarily with young people.
- These young people are guided into a successful and godly adult life through training on life skills, prayer tools and evangelism.
- Activities in Ethiopia take place mainly at a ministry centre in Addis Ababa.
- The ‘Hands Across the Sea’ mission of Crenshaw Church of Christ began its work in the early 1960s with a deaf school in Addis Ababa.
- This ministry is involved in distributing Bibles, training church leaders and preachers, preaching and teaching the Gospel of Christ, as well as educating young people in two church-sponsored schools in Ethiopia.
- SIM aims to see churches established among all the unreached peoples in Ethiopia, and to see individuals mentored and churches empowered for mission outreach.
- This organization partners with the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church (EKHC), focusing on church ministries in the South of Ethiopia.
- Harmony Outreach, another of the top 10 Christian Ministries in Ethiopia, has two primary objectives in Ethiopia – to bring Muslims to Christ, and to help the large number of orphans in the country (at the Hanna Orphans Home).
- This ministry also focuses on evangelizing, planting churches and discipling new believers, in partnership with the Word of Life Church in Wolaita Sodo.
2. Mission to the World (MTW) Ethiopia
- MTW missionaries in Ethiopia are currently working to serve the poor and vulnerable as well as plant churches.
- The Ethiopia ACT is partially staffed by MTW missionaries. Together with national partners, the MTW missionaries address the issues of nutrition, healthcare, housing, family care and education. This holistic approach aims to reduce the impact of poverty and see communities transformed by the power of the Gospel.
1. Christian Missionary Fellowship International
- In Ethiopia, Christian Missionary Fellowship (CMF) is directly involved in church planting efforts among the Berta, Oromo and Gumuz people.
- CMF also trains, disciples and strategizes with 8 Gumuz, Berta and Oromo evangelists.
- The CMF’s church planting work in Ethiopia is done in conjunction with their national partners, the Kristos Andinet Church, and its 150 branches all over the country.
The list above of top 10 Christian Ministries in Ethiopia is a great guide for missionaries, Christian workers and volunteers!