General Assembly Mission Council

Children Of East & South Africa

We are called to support the various efforts of our partners in Africa as they engage in ministering to children in need. Programs reach out to orphans, street children and education and skills building opportunities.

ICARE (Illubabor Children Agape Response)

Tough economic times, the ravages of protracted civil wars, HIV/AIDS and the return of diseases once thought to be under control have placed unbearable burdens on the extended family adoption system. Shenandoah Presbytery is joining with its partner in Ethiopia-Illubabor Bethel Synod to respond to this growing need.

Bethel Evangelical Secondary School (BESS)

Bethel Evangelical Secondary School is a premier institution with a reputation for producing well-qualified graduates. With 335 students now attending, funds are needed for improvements, a new library, a laboratory and the replacement of underground water pipes. Gifts to this project may also assist with necessary related project expenses that are essential to the successful completion of this project, such as mission personnel, travel and administrative support.

Bethel Mekane Yesus School, Addis Ababa

This school enrolls about 800 girls (day students) and lives up to its name that means the Light of Life. Bible study and daily worship are a part of the everyday schedule. The academic standards are high and, in many ways, the school is a model for education in Ethiopia.

Charles Haspels Bible School

This newly completed Bible School has begun training lay leaders for the seven people groups within the Southwest Bethel Synod of the EECMY. Through their passion for evangelism, Christian believers have started over 25 new congregations in the last five years. Lay leaders are leading the movement but need more training, since most have no Bible training and many have only a

sixth grade education. The Bible School is their only opportunity for further education. Funding is needed for student scholarships, training conferences and the envisioned two-year Bible program.

Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Seminary

The EECMY has grown so rapidly that there is a serious shortage of pastors. Funds are needed to expand the seminary so that more pastors can be trained and to organize Theological Education by Extension programs for laypersons in various centers scattered throughout Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Graduate School Of Theology

The Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology is the only graduate-level theological training program in the Horn of Africa. Its ownership is shared by the Ethiopian Evangelical Mekane Yesus Church (PC(USA)'s partner in Ethiopia). The mission of EGST is to prepare Christ-like servants through post-graduate theological training who can equip churches, primarily of Ethiopia, for maturity, ministry and mission. EGST pursues this mission primarily by training those who will serve as professors and instructors in the theological training programs of Ethiopia's many churches.

Anuak Bible Translation (EECMY)

The Anuak Bible Translation work has pushed forward but still has some of the longer Old Testament books to translate, such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The Anuak church in Ethiopia is growing and the demand for scripture has increased. God has provided a well-qualified translation team. Your gift will help complete the translation of the Bible for a growing group of Christians among a largely unreached people group that extends into neighboring Sudan.

FM: Arssi Oromos

Our partner church in Ethiopia is reaching out to 8 million Arssi Oromo people who are folk Muslims. They are sending teams of teacher/evangelists to villages that want schools, to help with education and to plant churches. Funds will help build schools in villages.

(FM = Frontier Mission)

FM: Bible Translation For Unreached People Groups

Join a new effort to provide translations of the Bible for people who do not have a viable church presence in their culture. Your gifts can help bring God's word to people who have never had it in their own language at an annual cost of $4,000-$6,000.

(FM = Frontier Mission)