Beyond Our PrayersAn Amazing Half Century of Church Growth in Ethiopia, 1948-1998 |
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"Breathtaking! In an age that casts doubt on everything spiritual, it is heartening to see spelled out in concrete, incontrovertable power of God manifest in a solid, rapidly growing community of transformed families." -- Ralph Winter, U.S. Center for World Missions
Here for the first time is the story of how the Meserete Kristos Church began in Ethiopia and, using cell groups, grew rapidly during seventeen years under Marxism.
Increasing 20 percent a year, MKC is more than a hundred thousand strong and has spread to every region of Ethiopia. This book witnesses to God at work among twentieth-century Anabaptists on two continents.
The author tells two stories: 1)the outreach of Lancaster Mennonite Conference into Ethiopia beginning in 1948, and 2) how the Meserete Kristos Church developed out of those mission efforts.
"The power of God's reign to overcome persecution is dramatically illustrated by Hege's record of the MKC. Church cells are a global activity of the Holy Spirit." --Ralph W. Neighbour Jr., in the Foreword
About the Author
Nathan B. Hege served with his family in Ethiopia from 1950-74, in teaching and church planting assignments. After Hege trained in literacy journalism at Syracuse University in 1963, he returned to Ethiopia and worked at producing Christian education materials in Amharic. Hege lives with his wife Arlene in Landsiville, Pennsylvania.