The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia

Introduction

Part I: The Ethiopian Orthodox Church

1: From the Early Church to Early Modernity

2: The Challenge of Modernity and the Need for Reform

Part II: The Evangelical Church in Ethiopia

3: The First Three Centuries of Reformed Missions

4: The War Years and the Restoration (1936-1959)

5: Post-War Mission Impulses

6: Keys to Post-War Growth

Part III: The Pentecostal Church

7: The 1960s Rise of Pentecostalism

8: Independence and Persecution

Part IV: The Ethiopian Revolution (1974-1990)

9: The Political Seeds of Revolution

10: Early Church-State Relations under Communist Rule

11: Ecumenism and Flexibility

12: Underground "Free" Space and Lay Leadership

13: The Commitment Factor and the Role of Resistance in Church Growth

14: Evangelical Christianity and the Legacy of the Revolution

Conclusion

Informants

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index