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Marks of a New Testament Church

God loves Ethiopia, and so do we. Since the fall of 2004 Becky and I have made several trips to the land of Becky's youth as self-supporting missionaries. Many people have expressed an interest in this ministry, and it is primarily for them that we have written the following reports. We pray that all who read them will be blessed and challenged by what our Lord is doing in the Horn of Africa, just as we have been.

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Ethiopia Vignette 5: Tesfaye and Zemete (Apr. 19, 2012)

Ethiopia Vignette 4: Aki and Tiblett (Apr. 13, 2012)

Ethiopia Vignette 3: Olka (Mar. 7, 2012)

Ethiopia Vignette 2: The Evangelists of Gondar (Mar. 7, 2012)

Financial Support for Evangelists (Mar. 5, 2012)

Adopting an Ethiopian Evangelist (Mar. 2, 2012)

Doing Church Planting Cooperatively (Feb. 20, 2012)

Ethiopia Vignette 1: Desta and Beki (Feb. 18, 2012)

Open Letter to My Ethiopian Family (Feb. 10, 2012)

Top Ten Misconceptions about Missions (Nov. 17, 2011)

It's That Time Again! (Nov. 15, 2011)

Current Needs in the Ethiopian Church (Oct. 10, 2011)

I Believe in the Indigenous Church (Oct. 8, 2011)

Missions As a Lifestyle of Worship (Sep. 15, 2011)

Urgent Need in Zobechame, Ethiopia (Feb. 25, 2011)

So We've Studied Acts. What Now? (Feb. 19, 2011)

Ethiopia Update: Sabers and Wordaya Village (Feb. 14, 2011)

On Being a Missionary (Feb. 12, 2011)

2011 Ethiopia Focus Points (Jan. 24, 2011)

Life Is a Mission Trip. Take It! (May 22, 2010) 

Which Part of the Ethiopia Team Are You? (May 18, 2010) 

Roots: Ethiopia Church Version (Apr. 29, 2010) 

A Home for Melesse (Apr. 17, 2010) 

Show-Casing the Sovereignty of Our God (Apr. 15, 2010) 

Medical Intervention for the Gospel's Sake (Apr. 8, 2010) 

The Thessalonian Road to Self-Support (Apr. 8, 2010) 

News about our July 2010 trip:

July 2010 Prayer Itinerary (June 28, 2010)

News about our March 2010 trip:

Back Home Again (Apr. 4, 2010) 

Prayer Itinerary (Mar. 17, 2010) 

Back to Ethiopia (Mar. 15, 2010) 

Rabies (Mar. 11, 2010) 

The Great Commission (Mar. 6, 2010) 

Pray for the Work in Ethiopia (Mar. 4, 2010) 

Who Does God Use? (Feb. 27, 2010) 

Missions As Partnership (Feb. 25, 2010) 

Assisting the Work in Ethiopia (Nov. 13, 2009) 

News about our May-June 2009 trip:

Shopping List for the Galana Clinic (July 27, 2009) 

Team Work at the Burji Clinic (July 14, 2009) 

Clinic Work in Burji (July 3, 2009) 

Ethiopia Prayer Itinerary, May-June 2009 (Feb. 12, 2009) 

 

News about our November-December 2008 trip:

Report on the Galana Clinic: Part 2 (Feb. 12, 2009) 

Report on the Galana Clinic: Part 1 (Feb. 6, 2009) 

Ethiopia Prayer Itinerary, Nov-Dec 2008 (Nov. 20, 2008) 

Are You Going to Ethiopia Again? (Nov. 20, 2008) 

What's Happening in Ethiopia? (Oct. 13, 2008) 

Needs for Our Ethiopia Trip (Nov. 2008) (Sept. 26, 2008) 

Needs for the Galana Clinic (Sept. 19, 2008) 

Current Needs for the Burji Ministry in Ethiopia (Aug. 19, 2008) 

Thinking of Christmas? (July 22, 2008) 

 

News about Dave's summer 2008 trip:

Dave's Prayer Itinerary (May 24, 2008) 

Ethiopia Wish List (Apr. 25, 2008)   

 

News about Becky's Jan. - Mar. 2008 trip to assist Aberesh with her baby:

Putting Sacrifice in Perspective (May 11, 2008)   

A Message from Aberash and Tilahun (May 1, 2008)   

Just a Servant (Apr. 20, 2008)   

Sleepless in Addis Ababa (Apr. 17, 2008)   

Riding a Blue Donkey (Jan. 18, 2008)   

Aberesh of Alaba, My Sister (Jan. 7, 2008)   

 

Other Essays:

Understanding the Great Commission (Jan. 5, 2008)   

The Role of Humanitarian Aid (Jan. 2, 2008)   

Christmas and Prisoners (Dec. 8, 2007)   

2008 Projects to Help the Church in Ethiopia (Dec. 1, 2007)   

 

News about our June 2007 trip:

Shewalem (July 28, 2007)   

Is Your Knee Bent? (July 14, 2007)   

Handicapped? Serve the Lord Anyway! (July 11, 2007)   

Kura (July 7, 2007)   

How We Do Missions (July 5, 2007)   

We're Back! (June 30, 2007)   

Prayer Guide for Our Ethiopia Team (May 28, 2007)   

 

News about our December 2006 - January 2007 trip:

Smelling Ethiopia (Mar. 5, 2007)   

Our Goals for 2007 (Feb. 19, 2007)   

Taking Care of Each Other (Part 2) (Feb. 13, 2007)   

Taking Care of Each Other (Feb. 6, 2007)   

Erecting Buildings (Part 2) (Jan. 29, 2007)   

Emails from Alaba (Jan. 22, 2007)   

Erecting Buildings (Jan. 18, 2007)   

A Definition of "Ministry" (Jan. 13, 2007)   

Surprises from Heaven (Jan. 11, 2007)   

Miracle in Alaba (Jan. 8, 2007)   

Back to Africa (Dec. 14, 2006)   

 

News and Prayer Requests:

Building in Bedene (Dec. 3, 2006) 

Ethiopia Update (Nov. 26, 2006)   

Recent Communications from Ethiopia (Sept. 25, 2006)

Financial Needs of Our Ethiopian Family (Sept. 25, 2006)

Current Prayer Requests (Sept. 25, 2006)

 

News about Our May 2006 Trip:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5 

 

 

News about Our December 2005 - January 2006 Trip:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5a

Part 5b

Part 6