A convention of combined services by Ethiopian evangelical churches based in Vienna and Budapest was held on February 21-23 at Marek Yosef Youth Hostel in Budapest 14 district MOGYORODI UT 59.
Organised by the Ethiopian
Church Budapest, the three-day conference was attended by Ethiopians in Vienna
and Budapest and guests that included Hungarians and other nationalities. See pictures after the cut
The aim of the
conference, according to one of the founders, is to acknowledge God’s
revelation in Christ; to confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and
Saviour according to the Scriptures and, in obedience to God’s will and in the
power of the Holy Spirit.
Though the sermon was
done in Amharic – Ethiopian official language – it seems there was no confusion
for Hungarian audience as Tadesse Eyassu (Dr.), one of the founders of Budapest
region of the church, did the translation.
The guest pastor, Berhanu
Chernet, presented a sermon titled, “Christ has set us free for freedom: Therefore,
stand firm and don’t submit to the bondage of slavery again.”
Pastor Chemet who
came all the way from Italy said that the evangelical mission has been growing
rapidly for the past fifteen years with about twenty million followers out of
the ninety four million population of Ethiopia.
The first of such
conference was held in September 2010 at the then African Centre, Wesselényi
Street 51 where Mr. Ashenafi Yohannes from Austria officially opened the
branch.
Obviously attendees have doubled from a score who
attended the 2010 conference.
Notable personalities at the conference include but not
limited to Rediet Ashenafi, the keyboarder who is the daughter of the Pastor in
Austria; Gedion Timothewos, a PHD law student at CEU who is to replace the
former pastor, Getachew Abichu (Dr) who has since finished his studies and left
for Ethiopia.
Mr. Timothewos is expected to lead the Church until
August this summer when he too will have completed his studies.
Reported by Archie Bonka
Edited by Hakeem Babalola
Edited by Hakeem Babalola
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| Congregation |
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| Rediet Ashenafi |
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| Pastor Getachew Abichu (Dr) & Tadesse Eyassu (Dr.), |
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| Eyassu & Pastor Chernet |
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| Gedion Timothewos |
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| Guest pastor, Berhanu Chernet |
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