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ETHIOPIA. GEOGRAPHY Ethiopia is twice the size of France. It shares borders with Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. It is landlocked. It is divided into nine ethnic-based regions plus the capital, Addis Ababa, and the city administration of Dire Dawa. Map of Ethiopia.
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ETHIOPIA • GEOGRAPHY • Ethiopia is twice the size of France. It shares borders with Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. It is landlocked. It is divided into nine ethnic-based regions plus the capital, Addis Ababa, and the city administration of Dire Dawa.
Uniqueness of the Country • Freedom: Ethiopia has never been colonized • Mentioned in the Bible; accept Christianity • Preserved Christianity • A country for human origin: Lucy, • Historical places, visited by many tourists (below)
Lucy • Lived ap. 3.2 million years
Culture • Rich in language and cultural diversity • Amharic is the national language • Major Holidays: Christian & Muslim holidays
Gender • Women’s role at home, men’s outside home • Modern time: a lot of change
Jimma • Formerly, a Muslim city • Later, become part of Ethiopia
Natural Sites • Abay, the Blue Nile River
Christianity • The Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Islam • Emerged early before it was spread anywhere • Early relations with Christianity was good
Protestants • Emerged in the second half of the 20th c. • Many denominations • EECMY a fast growing denomination
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus • Established in 1959 as a national church
EECMY’s Companionship • Evangelism or Mission (the DMT) • DAASC
Visions • A missionary church • Self-Reliant church • A church that keeps its unity
Similarities and Differences between Protestants and the EOC • Different Background • Doctrinal matters • Worship style
EECMY Institutions • Mekane Yesus Seminary