Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church
Church in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church | |
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Classification | Evangelical Christianity |
Theology | Pentecostal |
Headquarters | Addis Ababa , Ethiopia |
Origin | 1967 |
Congregations | 2,143 |
Members | 4,5 million |
Official website |
etfullgospel
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The Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Ethiopia . The headquarters is in Addis Ababa .
History
The Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church has its origins in a prayer conference held at the University of Addis Ababa in 1966. [1] The church is officially founded in 1967. [2] In 2022, it had 3500 churches and 10 million members. [3]
Beliefs
The denomination has a Pentecostal confession of faith [4] (with some Mennonite influence).
References
- ↑ Gérard Prunier, Éloi Ficquet, Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia: Monarchy, Revolution and the Legacy of Meles Zenawi , Oxford University Press, UK, 2015, p. 127
- ↑ Vinson Synan, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu , Amos Yong , Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements: Past, Present and Future , Charisma Media, USA, 2016, p. 130
- ↑ Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church, Overview of EMWACDO , etfullgospel.org, Ethiopia, retrieved September 17, 2019
- ↑ Siegbert Uhlig, David Appleyard, Alessandro Bausi, Wolfgang Hahn, Steven Kaplan, Ethiopia: History, Culture and Challenges , LIT Verlag Münster, Allemagne, 2017, p. 248