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Craig and Allison Fowler: Still preaching, teaching and transforming lives in Ethiopia

Written by mikaela on January 10, 2020. Posted in Ethiopia.

Veteran CMF missionaries Craig and Allison Fowler and their three children have been “all in” for serving God’s call on their lives since they arrived in Ethiopia in 2005. The couple has opened and managed a successful medical clinic in the bush, baptized hundreds, planted dozens of churches, and much more. On a recent stop-over at the CMF home office in Indianapolis they shared why they chose Ethiopia, what their ministry has been like, and what they’re excited about doing when they return in March 2020.

Turkana pastors take the lead in Discovery Bible Study trainings

Written by danl on October 31, 2019. Posted in Kenya.

Eric and Cait Pitts have been working for three years in Kenya to train Turkana Christians in leading Discovery Bible Studies (DBS), and are now seeing fruit from this focused effort.

Seven-year ministry brings amazing results in southwest Ethiopia

Written by mikaela on September 10, 2019. Posted in Ethiopia.

For the past seven years God has been working in the most remote part of southwest Ethiopia near the South Sudan border in incredible ways, according to CMF team members Ted and Jennifer Bertleson.

Many baptisms, new congregations fuel church growth in Ethiopia

Written by mikaela on August 5, 2019. Posted in Ethiopia.

Church planting and leadership training are the heartbeat of the ministry of Craig and Allison Fowler and the CMF team in Ethiopia, and the past several months have been full of steady growth in both of these areas.

Roy and Mary Meyer: ‘We’re going to Birmingham, England, with CMF!’

Written by mikaela on June 11, 2019. Posted in England.

Roy was an atheist who came to Christ through the witness of a friend and was then called to missions while a student at Boise Bible College. Mary went on a mission trip “just for fun,” but God used the experience to lead her to share the gospel with other nations.

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Ethiopian evangelist: From animal sacrifice to Christianity

Written by mikaela on March 8, 2019. Posted in Ethiopia.

Samwel Kozigore grew up with an animistic worldview in his remote Ethiopian village of Koma, near Yasow, sacrificing sheep and goats to the forest spirits, participating in religious dancing, and visiting the local witch doctor. But a series of dreams involving sheep and Jesus led him to a local Christian church and, eventually, his calling as a full-time evangelist with the Kristos Andinet (Unity in Christ) Church, CMF’s partner in church planting in rural Ethiopia.