Eritrea

Eritrea
   Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993. Most of the population is divided equally between Islam and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
   As early as 1866, the Swedish Evangelical Mission opened work among the Kunama. They were later joined by the Swedish Mission of True Bible Friends; the two missions continue today as the Evangelical Church of Eritrea and the Lutheran Church of Eritrea, respectively. Ethiopia also received Lutheran missionaries from Germany, the other Scandinavian countries, and the United States. The scattered and competing efforts united in 1959 as the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. With approximately 15,000 members, the three Lutheran churches account for the bulk of Eritrea's Protestants.
   Further reading:
   ■ J. S. Trimingham, The Christian Church and Mission in Ethiopia (London: World Dominion Press, 1950).

Encyclopedia of Protestantism. . 2005.

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