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P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez: ጴንጤ P̣enṭe) is an originally Amharic–Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal Christians.Today, the term refers to all Evangelical Protestant denominations and organisations in Ethiopian and Eritrean societies.
Yonatan Aklilu Anjulo (Amharic: ዮናታን አክሊሉ አንጁሎ; born 15 June 1985) is an Ethiopian Pentecostal pastor. He is known for his project called Melkam Wetat/Excellent Youth.
The Church has its origins in an American mission of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference in the 1940s. [1] The first church was founded in 1951 in Addis Ababa.Meserete Kristos Church (meaning "Christ is the foundation Church", based on I Cor. 3:11) was officially founded in 1959.
Protestant Church in Indonesia – 3.1 million [154] United Church in Zambia – 3.0 million [155] Evangelical Church of Cameroon – 2.5 million [156] Christian Evangelical Church in Timor – 2.0 million [157] Protestant Church of Switzerland – 1.9 million [158] Protestant Church in the Netherlands – 1.4 million [159]
Protestant music also plays a dominant role since booming its distribution via CDs in 2000s, and recently it evolves from digital downloads. Some Ethiopian religious music has an ancient Christian element, traced to Yared , who lived during the reign of Emperor Gebre Meskel (Son of Kaleb of Aksumite Empire ) in the 6th century.
The word "Free" was suggested and adopted because the new church was to be an anti-slavery church (slavery was an issue in those days), because pews in the churches were to be free to all rather than sold or rented (as was common), and because the new church hoped for the freedom of the Holy Spirit in the services rather than a stifling formality.
Gereja Kristen Protestan Simalungun (GKPS - Simalungun Protestant Christian Church) is an Evangelical Lutheran church formally founded to spread Christianity among the Simalungun people, a tribe living in Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia. It has a baptized membership of 211,383.
Muluken Melesse (Amharic: ሙሉቀን መለሰ, 1954 – 9 April 2024) was an Ethiopian singer and drummer. He later abandoned his music career to involve himself in the Pentecostal Church . [ 1 ]