Nazareth Semay Birhan group (History)

Below are excerpts on the history and legacy of the Sämay Bǝrhan group in Nazareth (i.e. Adama).

(1) Adapted from Nathan B. Hege, Beyond Our Prayers: Anabaptist Church Growth in Ethiopia, 19481998 (Scottdale and Waterloo: Herald Press, 1998), p. 147 ff:
(2) Adapted from Tibebe Eshete, The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia: Resistance and Resilience (Waco, TX: Baylor Univ. Press, 2009), p. 117‒23, 156 f:
(3) Adapted from Jörg Haustein, Writing Religious History: The Historiography of Ethiopian Pentecostalism (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2011), p. 108-18:

Cross-references

Hymn books:

  • Mahletä Ǝgziʼabǝher [ማሕሌተ እግዚአብሔር, Praises to God], 1963/64
  • Kälǝb ǝnəzämǝr [ከልብ እንዘምር, Let us sing from the heart]. Vol. 1. 1972 (file not yet available)

Profiles and vignettes: