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History and ministry
Gimbi is the administrative center of West Wellega Zone of Oromia Region.
Early History
From Arén, Envoys:
“[p. 211] At Gimbi he [Rev. Dahlberg] and his three companions […] visited Ato Fayissa Alabé [in 1925], an evangelist trained by Onesimos and married to Onesimos’ daughter Demie. Dahlberg found [p. 212] Fayissa to be a gentle and humble man who faithfully pursued the evangelistic ministry he had commenced in 1921, although he had not seen much fruit of his work.”
From Magaarsaa Guutaa, Humble Beginning:
“[p. 24] When the Swedish missionaries returned to Ethiopia in 1946, they realized that the number of evangelical Christians had grown because of a strong revival that had taken place in the congregations of Gimbii District under some influential lay preachers, such as Hunde Gutama from Mandi. This gave rise to more congregations than could be shepherded by Rev. Manfred Lundgren and Rev. Dafaa Jammoo.”
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Gimbi Mekane Yesus “A” Choir
Singers connected to this choir
Q: Was Rahel Tefera a member of Gimbi Mekane Yesus Choir?
Albums
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Audio
Albums/collection
vol. 1 (?):
vol. 2:
Songs
Video
published in 2024:
Interview
On EECMY in Gimbi (2022):
Picture
[Q: Were these persons at the 100th anniversary of the Oromo Bible translation members of Gimbi Mekane Yesus Choir?
Further reading
Arén, Gustav. Envoys of the Gospel in Ethiopia: In the Steps of the Evangelical Pioneers 1898-1936. Stockholm: EFS förlaget; Addis Ababa: [Ethiopian] Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, 1999. [View online]
Fekadu Gurmessa. Evangelical Faith Movement in Ethiopia: Origins and Establishment of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Translated and edited by Ezekiel Gebissa. Minneapolis, MN: Lutheran University Press, 2009.
Magaarsaa Guutaa. From a Humble Beginning to Advanced Standing: A History of the Mekane Yesus Seminary [1960-2010]. Addis Ababa: Mekane Yesus Seminary, 2011. [View online at Concordia Sem.]
Mengesha Aga. “Evangelism and Charismatic Movement in Ghimbi District Western Synod EECMY 1914-1999.” BTh thesis. Addis Ababa: Mekane Yesus Seminary, 2000.
Online resource on local history
“Gimbi” in Local History of Ethiopia, compiled by Bernhard Lindahl, 2005 (published on the website of The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala).