More than 200 people came to Christ in Tulubollo, Ethiopia, as the result of an AE mission in December 2009, which local church leaders agreed was the catalyst for a welcome 15 percent growth in church attendance.
Looking to capitalize on AE’s outreach, a local church leader said, “It is only the first fruit. A Gospel agenda has been opened to the people, and now everyone will talk and think about it. In the coming weeks, we expect many more to come to faith in Jesus.”
Located 80 km southwest of the capital city of Addis Ababa, at an elevation of over 6,800 feet, Tulubollo is a fast-growing satellite city strategically located in the Becho District, an agricultural region of 200,000 people, on the main central-southwest highway out of the capital. Sadly, the believers in Tulubollo have suffered significant persecution from practitioners of witchcraft, syncretism and spiritism, all of which have been deeply entrenched in the local culture. And, unfortunately, many Christian ministries have overlooked Tulubollo.
The members of the six evangelical Christian churches in Tulubollo account for less than 1 percent of the population. But this mission, which also reached the nearby communities of Busa, Bantu and Chulilie, offered the churches an opportunity to band together to take the Gospel to their community. One church leader was particularly enthusiastic: “The biggest outcome of this mission is the love we have for each other. Now we can show the people that we are disciples of Jesus Christ. Now we have a common cause to stand together in unity: preaching the Gospel!”
Looking to capitalize on AE’s outreach, a local church leader said, “It is only the first fruit. A Gospel agenda has been opened to the people, and now everyone will talk and think about it. In the coming weeks, we expect many more to come to faith in Jesus.”Located 80 km southwest of the capital city of Addis Ababa, at an elevation of over 6,800 feet, Tulubollo is a fast-growing satellite city strategically located in the Becho District, an agricultural region of 200,000 people, on the main central-southwest highway out of the capital. Sadly, the believers in Tulubollo have suffered significant persecution from practitioners of witchcraft, syncretism and spiritism, all of which have been deeply entrenched in the local culture. And, unfortunately, many Christian ministries have overlooked Tulubollo.
The members of the six evangelical Christian churches in Tulubollo account for less than 1 percent of the population. But this mission, which also reached the nearby communities of Busa, Bantu and Chulilie, offered the churches an opportunity to band together to take the Gospel to their community. One church leader was particularly enthusiastic: “The biggest outcome of this mission is the love we have for each other. Now we can show the people that we are disciples of Jesus Christ. Now we have a common cause to stand together in unity: preaching the Gospel!”