Story number 5 for 4 Jun 2002

(Ethiopia)–And, SIM and local church leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, are focusing on a new trend in foreign missions. National believers are working in partnership with missionaries to spread the Gospel throughout their country. Specifically, the Kale Heywet Church is actively evangelizing, and now has more than 4,000 congregations and two million baptized believers in Ethiopia. SIM and the church are partnering now to reach out to tribal groups, Muslims and others.