Tag: Ethiopia

Craig Fowler, Allison Fowler, Ethiopia, church planting, medical, clinic

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

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

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.

Five questions with Ethiopia team members Tyler and Katie Selby

Written by mikaela on October 10, 2019. Posted in Ethiopia, MC Impact.

Tyler and Katie Selby and their children Ruby and Joanna serve with CMF’s team in Ethiopia, where they live in a “village” of 200,000 people with minimal infrastructure. They visited our Indianapolis home office recently and shared some thoughts about their eventful first term of ministry.

Seven-year ministry brings amazing results in southwest Ethiopia

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

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, MC Impact.

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.

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Ethiopian evangelist: From animal sacrifice to Christianity

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

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.

Ethiopia, Travis, Weeks, church planters, Assosa

Ethiopian evangelist uses ethnicity to share gospel with unreached people

Written by mikaela on February 5, 2019. Posted in Ethiopia, MC Impact.

Born in an area often divided by violent ethnic clashes, Jaldu overcame an extremely difficult early life to become a Christian. Now his ethnic background has shifted from being a hardship to an asset as he serves as a church planter with the Kristos Andinet (Unity in Christ) Church, CMF’s partner in church planting in rural Ethiopia, in a community that is closed to other evangelists.

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Garry and Linda Brock: Reflections on 44 years of service

Written by mikaela on January 8, 2019. Posted in Asia, Ethiopia, Kenya, MC Impact.

In 1976, they were two kids from rural Oregon who wanted to serve God in Africa but didn’t have any idea how to set up and get started.

Fortunately for all, they connected with CMF as their support organization, and Garry and Linda Brock’s 44 years of ground-breaking mission work in Ethiopia, Kenya, the CMF office and Asia Marketplace Ministries took off.