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The
Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church has established a network of
theological and church educational ministries in different parts of
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Head of Department, Ato Woyita Woza |
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Theological Colleges
The
EKHC has one degree, four diploma and one certificate granting
theological institutions. Most of these institutions are
located out of Addis Ababa. The colleges have been producing
high-level leaders, pastors and ministers. |
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Bible Schools
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At present
the Church has 255 Bible
schools teaching in Amharic. These are spread all over
the country, with marked concentration in the South and
South-Western regions. Over 60,000 students have graduated from these schools since the
opening of the first school by SIM in Wolaita. Currently,
there are more than 600 full-time teachers and 5,000
students.
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Mission School
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The Ethiopian Kale Heywet School of Mission (EKSM) was founded
in 2001, and is the first of its kind in the country aimed
at preparing missionaries for service within the country and
beyond. The training program of the Mission School has the
following main objectives:
-Planting evangelical
churches in Ethiopia among different tribal groups
-Producing effective
missionaries, missionary trainers and tent makers inside
and outside the country
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-Mobilizing the entire evangelical church and
creating awareness as to the need for local,
national and worldwide evangelization
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| BTCP/BTCL
Bible Training
Centers for Pastors (BTCP) and Leaders (BTCL) provide a source
of continuing education and training. Participants attend
informal classes, conducted in English. This means that they
must have completed at least 12th Grade education to benefit
from the classes. An Amharic version of this program is
planned.
It takes an average
of 2 years to complete the material, which is divided into 10
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- Bible Study Methods and Rules of
Interpretation
- New Testament Survey
- Old Testament Survey
- Church History Survey
- Preaching
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- Bible Doctrine Survey
- Personal Spiritual Life
- Church Ministry, Administration
and Education
- Teaching Principles and Methods
- Missions, Evangelism and
Discipleship
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There are currently 334 students
studying in this program, and 189 have already graduated.
Study materials including NIV Study
Bibles are provided by donors, and the teachers give their time free
of charge.
| TEE
The
Theological Education by Extension program is aimed at training
people who are not able to study the Bible as regular students.
It is conducted in Amharic, although there are plans to start
a version of the program in English.
The TEE
program runs in 25 districts, and about 2,500 people are
enrolled in it. Students study the course materials in their own
time, meeting in groups of about 10 people to discuss each
week's lessons. Each course is assessed by an examination,
administered and marked by district leaders.
Students can take a Diploma
program, which lasts an average of
4 years, or a certificate program, which lasts an average of 3
years. There are a range of courses in Biblical Studies,
Ministry, Theology, Church History and Doctrine. The Diploma
consists of 26 courses, so it requires considerable discipline
to complete them all.
Local
church leaders can help by encouraging their students,
subsidizing the cost of the materials, and recognizing the value
of this kind of training, which has proved to be of great worth
at times in the past when Bible Schools were forced to close.
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