Horn
of Africa Epicenter
Located
in Northeast Africa, the Horn of Africa is home to more
than 125 million people, with Ethiopia positioned in
its center. Since 1996, AIMS has partnered with the
Evangelical Churches Fellowship of Ethiopia (ECFE) to
train leaders and missionaries to create a national
missions movement within their country. As a result,
revival has spread throughout Ethiopia, including the
Rift Valley.
Although
Ethiopia has a strong Christian heritage, many of her
surrounding countries like Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti,
and Somalia contain more than 200 people groups with
no significant church presence. Members of the ECFE
believe that Ethiopia is strategically placed to reach
this vital region as well as Northern Africa and the
Middle East.
Force
of Evangelism in the Horn of Africa
The
Horn of Africa Epicenter will focus on the missions
force already in Ethiopia. Throughout the past decade,
the ECFE has raised up 542 cross-cultural missionaries
and more than 10,000 field workers already ministering
among unreached villages throughout the country. Some
missionaries are already working in Sudan, Somalia,
Eritrea, and Djibouti.
| Vision: |
Partner
with the missionary leadership of Ethiopia for
effective mobilization and deployment of Gospel
workers in the Horn of Africa in order to foster
church planting movements in the area and to the
Middle East and North Africa.
Our
goal is to help implement national missions movements
in the Horn of Africa resulting in church planting
movements in all of its unreached ethnic groups
and the deployment of national missionaries to
regions beyond the Horn of Africa. |
| Strategy: |
Equip key leaders within the Evangelical Church
Fellowship of Ethiopia (ECFE) with the knowledge
and materials they need to train other leaders
throughout Ethiopia in missions.
Develop a national mobilization tool which will
allow the national leaders to work with AIMS in
developing their own training materials that are
consistent with their culture.
Provide consultation and networking services to
help the ECFE develop their own Missionary Training
Schools to train their own missionary candidates.
Co-sponsor regional networking training for believers
in the surrounding countries of Eritrea, Sudan,
Somalia, and Djibouti.
Consult partners throughout the Horn of Africa
to help them effectively deploy national missionaries
to the region and beyond. |
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