Dear Family and friends we greet you in the precious name of Our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ who called us to serve Him in this generation. It is our prayer that the Lord is keeping you safe and under His mercy. My family is enjoying the mercy and the continued grace of our lord Jesus Christ. Lydia our lovely daughter is growing healthy. God is mercifully with us Mesi reached 8month of her pregnancy healthy.

The ministry we involved is growing and expanding amazingly, in the last three month in the grace of God me and my team which the area I give leadership we could mobilized and trained as follows:-

1. 57 missionaries have been sent to North and East Ethiopia among Orthodox and Muslim dominant area respectively.
2.   411 people were trained on the issue of evangelism and discipleship one to two days range.
3. We have motivated more than 1280 people for the kingdom work through sharing our vision and preaching in the congregation and conferences.
4. In the children ministry effort we have also trained more than 384 children ministries from 158 churches (39 church in Harar East Ethiopian, 108 Amaro South Ethiopia, 11 in Hossana and 8 Addis Ababa Christian schools.)
5. From the end of January to second week of February I went in Amaro the place were I born which is 480 KM from Addis Ababa to train a children ministries and mobilize church leaders and youth for evangelism and disciples with a team from Hawssa and Addis Ababa. In those times 73 church leaders and pastors were trained specifically in the issue of leading by obeying the word of God, the training was based on the book of Romans. 87 youth leaders also trained in the issue how to be and make multiplying disciples using small group platform. 184 child ministries also trained Awana children ministry curriculum and techniques which is simply to implement.

In the above effort we could shared the gospel to more  11, 181 people in both (one to one 1731 and mass or Jesus Film 9450 people), among the exposure 574 people are interested and 319 people are accepted Christ as their personal savior and Lord. Praise the Lord.

Our church planting team are working hard in developing second generation leadership, the new multiplying groups or planted churches are growing in 49 centers which initiated by our church planting team in Addis Ababa are growing amazingly.

As I have been informing you in the impervious posts Addis Ababa City is one of the unreached cities of the world, even after a century of mission efforts only 7.8% evangelical Christians, compared to 74% Orthodox Tewahedo believers and around 16.2% Muslims according to the last national housing and population censes. The city also characterized by wide spread socio-economic problems, the place which I am giving leadership as a church ministry department.

In the last one year and two month effort we have seen that the ripe is ready to harvest as Jesus said “…I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” John 4:35-36.

The result which we have achieved in these months is live testimony, more than 43,462 people  are exposed in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, among them 5,431 people accepted Christ as their personal savior, in 59 place new groups or church planting movement have initiated, among them 49 are growing with a member of 1744 new believers while the 10 center scattered and joined the existed churches because of different reasons.

God also shaking the church and mission organization leaders to focus on the city, some denominations and mission organization are in progress to work with us in the city. Praise the Lord!

We are launching a 18month long evangelism momentum called “Addis Wave Evangelism Momentum” targeted to reach 1million people in the gospel within the city. I will update you in detail soon.

Praise and Prayer

We thank you all our partners for your prayers, financial and moral support.  Please continue stand with my family in the Great Commission Ministry-Ethiopia

The following are our praise and prayer items.

Praise

1. Praise God for the harvest or opened door
2. Praise for the new planted churches/  growth

Prayer Request

1. Pray may we grow  in Gods wisdom and knowledge
2. Pray for resources may the Lord provide all needs for the movement
3. Pray may the Lord raise people those who will support my family financially either regularly base or one time gift, so that we could stick in the ministry
4. At this time we have building small service house in the land which God has provided us . In God’s grace and provision the building is going well. It is now three week when we started building a house. Our project is first to build small service house to secure our house rent costs, the main house will be our secondary plan.  God is good, the service building is going amazingly. This time we have finished the foundation, colon and H.C.B work. We have invested 76,000 Birr around 3455 US dollar. We have got this support from five different individuals. Another amazing thing is the contractor who is building the house is non believer but He is working for us freely. We don’t know each other before when I approached Him for the first time in the place where he has been building G+2 house near to my land, after a while discussion he said I want to build your house freely. It’s amazing! I realized that non believer also God’s treasure.We have finished the finance, we are trusting in the Lord for the following our detail needs.
   1. For reinforcement grade beam = 7213.75birr
   2. For roofing = 19,250birr
   3. For door and Window= 27,850 birr
   4. For cornice  17,720birr
   5. For electrical= 14,030 birr
   6. For sanitation material and work= 11,951birr
   7. For wall fortification work = 25,275 birr (Cement= 92oo, Sand=4800, Sand 00=1400, Labor=9875)
   8. For ceramic and paint work (optional) =29,300 birr
   9. For kitchen Cabinets (Optional) = 35,763birr
   10. For Fence work= 9500 (traditional) or 28510birr (Modern)

   Total 216,862.75 birr or $9,858 US dollar

   This is the details we need to finish the house depending on actual costs of the contractor details.  Please pray many the Lord raise people who will support us in this critical time. It is our belief that you are the one whom the Lord raised to bless my family!

Thank you for Partnering with us!

Miktile, Lydia, Meseret

1. Addis Ababa City

Key Verse
“I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.” Josh 14:11-12
As I have been informed you in the pervious news letter me and my team we are focused on reaching Addis Ababa city with the gospel of Christ our Lord. Because of Addis Ababa City is one of the unreached cities of the world, even after a century of mission efforts. Only 7.8 evangelical Christians, compared to 74% Orthodox Tewahedo believers and around 16.2% Muslims according to the last national housing and population censes. The city also characterized by wide spread socio-economic problems. Research shows that 150,000 woman’s commit adulatory every night. Ironically, many evangelical churches seem satisfied with what they have achieved and have almost ceased their evangelistic efforts. Most Church planting efforts in the city are not focused on the more than 92% unreached residents of the city rather characterized by sheep stealing and internal competition. It is becoming common to see that new denominations grow almost every year without new vision or strategy, instantly booming but shrinking in a short while.
As a Great Commission Ministry we believe that God called us to stand on the front line to motivate churches and believers to give their life for the purpose that God created them, which is the Great Commission.
Now it is one year when we started implementing the church planting movement in Addis Ababa City by training and coaching 56 church planters from the area of 6 Killo, CMC, and Akaki Kaliti and it’s surrounding since November 2014. In addition to church planter we have organized Action Group Team with a member of 73 passionated believers from different local churches.

My team have been coaching, mentoring and training church planters in their foreseen church sites. currently we are coaching 29 faithful church planters, the rest were dropped from the movement in different reasons. In the last 12 month effort in the grace of God we could mobilized and trained more than 1,002 people for evangelism, exposed more than 32,281 people in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through one to one evangelism and film show, and 5,112 people accepted Christ as their personal savior and Lord. Most of the new believers were joined the existed local churches, some of them have been a means to plant new churches.
Finally, we have planted 53 new churches or follow up groups with a member of 1744 believers. Among the total 38 new churches are planted in Addis Ababa city and the rest planted around GerbeGuracha, Ginchi, Arsi Dabobesa. It is our prayer that these new churches or groups will grow and multiply rapidly.

2 North Synod Church Planting Movement

North Synod Church Planters

As I were mentioned in my pervious news letter I have been helping the North Synod of Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekaneyesus in church planting movement through training and follow up.
According 31 church planters report in the last 13 month they could plant 35 new churches or follow up groups with a members of 576 believers.

3. Children Ministry

As I updated you in my previous news letter since January 2014 I have been engaged in children ministry which God cares more with Awana Ministry. As written “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matt 18:6 &14 (NIV)

From January 2015 to November 2015 we have shared the importance of Children ministry for church pastors, and trained Children ministry techniques and curriculum for 494 selected key children ministers from more than 200 local churches and ministries. Through them many children ministries have been trained 3-2 days version training). In the church where this curriculum implemented children are excited to memorize verses every week, loved the program, growing spiritually, family are excited. In some place non believer children‘s are joining the program, some are decided to follow Christ. Praise Jesus!

Praise

• Praise God for the harvest or opened door
• Praise for the new started 88 churches/follow up groups growth
• God has provide us 216 sq.m land at Debereiet City freely, praise for His provision.

Prayer Request

• Pray may we grow in Gods wisdom and knowledge
• Pray for resources may the Lord provide all needs for the movement
• Pray may the Lord raise people those who will support my family financially either regularly base or one time gift, so that we could stick in the ministry and could able to build a house in the gifted land.

Thank you for your prayer and Support!

In His Love and Mercy!

Miktile, Lydia& Meseret

In the grace of God we could able to to the following within my leadership Circle with Addis Ababa Church Led Team(Addis Ababa)

1. Mobilization

a. We have shared our church planting movement vision for 124 church leaders around 6K, Frensay, Giorgis, CMC, Kotebe, Legetafo, Akaki and Kaliti
b. More than 1500 believers mobilized for the gospel
c. Prayer Team organized

2. Outreach
a. Exposure 23,073
b. Decision 5,037
c. Follow up 1,233
d. New church (fellowship) started 33
3. Training (Evangelism and Discipleship)
a. 646 gospel workers
b. Child Ministries 760
4. Dessie (EECMY North Synod)

a. Exposure 3,970
b. Decision 668
c. Follow up 589
d. Training 190
e. Prayer over 200
f. New Church (fellowship) 35

Ground Total
Exposure 27,043
Decision 5,705
Follow Up 1,822
Training 3,096
New Church (fellowship) 68

Introduction:
Great Commission Ministry Church ministry global developed new direction to participated in church planting movement directly, and developed a training and coaching curriculum called “Multiplying Churches and Community” MC2” It has four phases; each phase needs at least three month implementation period before go to the next phase.

1. Addis Ababa Church Movement
In half of 2014 our leadership team have understood the need and established a team who focuses on reaching Addis Ababa.
Let me share you some of the need why we should focus on reaching Addis Ababa City intentionally.
Addis Ababa is the Capital City Ethiopia, which has political and socio-economic impact for the country.
Addis Ababa City is one of the unreached cities of the world. Even after a century of mission efforts. According to the 2007 general census of Ethiopia there were only 7.8 Evangelical Christians, compared to 74% Orthodox Tewahedo believers and around 16.2% Muslims.
Addis Ababa is characterized by wide spread socio-economic problems. Research shows that 150,000 woman’s commit adulatory every night. Ironically, however, many evangelical churches seem satisfied with what they have achieved and have almost ceased their evangelistic efforts.
Most Church planting efforts in the city are not focused on the more than 92% unreached residents of the city rather characterized by sheep stealing and internal competition. It is becoming common to see that new denominations grow almost every year without new vision or strategy, instantly booming but shrinking in a short while.
For this reason from September 2014 I am coordinating Addis Ababa City Church Movement. It is a new department for our ministry, before we Great Commission Ministry Ethiopia have not focused working in Addis Ababa City as a missioned targeted area specially in the department of Church led movement, unless local church initiations.
For this year we have selected three sites (CMC, Akaki, Sdist Killo and surroundings); and assigned two staff in each site with a responsibility of coaching each church planters weekly base.
In the five month effort within Addis Ababa City in the grace and power of God we could mobilized and trained more than 212 people for evangelism and church planting, exposed more than 3225 people in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, and 389 people accepted Christ as their personal savior and Lord. In 11 place new follow up groups initiative has been taken which expected to grow multiplying church. In addition through our Action Group initiative we also shared the gospel for more than 5000 people and 2869 people come to Christ.

2. Children Ministry
As you I updated you in my pervious news letter since January 2014 I have been engaged in children ministry which God cares more. As written “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matt 18:6 &14 (NIV)
In September and January we had five days training called “Seed Planters Training” for key children ministry leaders Hwassa and Addis Ababa Bole city respectively. In both place more than 145 church leaders participated in the vision sharing program before the training held. In both place we have trained Children ministry techniques and curriculum for 258 selected key children ministers from 131 local churches and ministries. Through them and our team more than 410 children ministries have been trained 3-2 days version training). In the church where this curriculum implemented children are excited to memorize verses every week, loved the program, growing spiritually, family are excited. In some place non believer children’s are joining the program, some are decided to follow Christ. Praise Jesus!

3. Semen Synod Church Planting Movement
Since July 2014 I been personal working church planting movement with Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekaneyesus North Synod which covers the whole north part of the country and some part of Afar, Oromia regions. Our plan is planting multiplying churches and community movement among the North Synod targeted area regions.

For this reason the Synod leaders with local congregation leaders they selected 38 key church planters.
I met with them October 2-3 2014 for the first phase multiplying church movement training. According to the training each church planters planned four month activities which mainly focused on evangelizing abundantly using different techniques and forming follow up groups which is mandatory to participate in the next phase.
According 31 church planters report in the last four month they could trained more than 260 people for prayer and evangelism, more than 3882 people heard the good news of Jesus Christ, 597 people accepted Christ as their Savior and Lord.

Praise
Praise God for the harvest or opened door
Praise for the trained workers
Praise for those 12,107 people who heard the good news of Jesus Christ, and 3855 joined the kingdom
Praise for the new started follow up groups which will grow to multiplying churches
Prayer Request
Pray for more workers “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Luke 10:2-3
Pray for resources may the Lord provide all needs for the movement
Pray for my family financial support

Thank you for your prayer and Support!
In His Love and Mercy!

Miktile and Meseret

Dear Co-Worker in the kingdom of God, I have have shared  you some of my ministry updates highlights from September 2013 to August 2014 as follows:

September to December
Ali Mohammed:
Ali is from Ethiopian Somali born in Jijiga, he accepted Christ as his personal savior and Lord in Djibouti in the help of missionaries and came back to Ethiopia July 2013 to know about Christ more. That was the way we met, in the help of God I helped him spiritually through teaching the word of God and showing him my personal life. In the midst when he went to Jijiga to visit his family, he faced challenge from his family (mother, brothers, sister and uncles) because they were understood that he believed in Christ Jesus. Thus they arrested him for a days at home to protect him meeting with Christians and push him back to Islam. Through these challenges Ali continued confessing Christ as Lord, they offended by Ali’s strength and decided to kill him, but in the help of God Ali escaped at the mid night and back to Addis Ababa. Know he is growing and sharing Christ to others.

5 Killo Action Group:
From end of September to December I had trained Muslim Evangelism 25 to 30 members of Addis Ababa Institute of Technology students. In the mid of the training they went to Chanicho to practice what they trained in sharing the gospel to others for one day mission.. And the could able to share 730 people the gospel and 43 people came to Christ. Praise Jesus!
Danikara Mission:
Danikar founded in 50 KM far to south Addis Ababa between Debreziet and Mojo. The area is dominated by Ethiopian Orthodox and traditional believers, there are few evangelical believer’s not more than 150 as the leaders told within three denomination. I had got the opportunity to train the believers there and send them to mission. I have trained 53 believers basic evangelism and strategy called “PRAYER, CARE AND SHARE” in the initiative of Debreziet six college Christian student fellowship. After the training they continued evangelizing, in the first week they could able to share the gospel for more that 2000 people and 33 people came to Christ. Praise the Lord!

Katela Mission
With Addis Ababa University veterinary school and Kuriftu Kale Hiwot local church we could send one missionary to Katela in October, 2013 the place where there is no one believer there and I slept under tree to preach the gospel three years ago. As his three month report shows he could able to reach more than 600 people in the gospel and more than 75 people are interested.
Tanzania Staff Conference
In the first of December we South and East Africa Great Commission staff had conference at Dodoma, Tanzania for a week. Because of the conference we could imparted the vision which God has entrust to us with others and learned how God is working in each 24 countries differently.

January to April
My Local Church:

In the end of December 2013 I became Evangelism department committee, and started working strategically with the church full-timers and elders. We started from changing the way how it was been done. Previously almost evangelism work was becoming dying. Because of that there were no tangible way to reach the unreached. In these four month we could able to establish two new action team with 67 members through mobilizing the believers. We have also set outreach time every Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon, and training and prayer every Wednesday and Thursday. Because of that we could expose 2192, people in the gospel, 179 people come to Christ, and 45 were baptized.
May to August
Children Ministry: January 2014 I have been engaged in children ministry when Awana ministry launched first training in Ethiopia. Awana has a wonderful and applicable tools for children ministry. It clearly showed me children’s impact in the world mission while it is not valued that much in Ethiopian churches. So that, I have decided to work closely with children ministry. Awana program designed to be implemented within 2 hours in three segments, the first 40 minute game time, second 40 minute council time and the last 40 minute Team time. Game time is purposed to make happy the children and attract non believer children into the program, in council time teachers will teach them in different way using the teacher guide manual and in team time students will divided into 6-8 members according to their age to study Bible using student handbooks. From May 7-11 & June 2-6, 2014, we have trained 250 children ministers from 125 local churches from Lafto and Gulele sub city respectively. After the training many churches understood children ministry importance, some churches assigned fulltime staff, some churches started the program as it is. Because of that some no-believers children coming to the program and accepting Christ as their savior.

My Local Church
God has working amazingly in my local church. Both three action groups are working strongly even if some of them are being busy. One testimony I want to share you, fromJune 28-July 6 we were decided as an evangelism week and

New Believers with Bible

courage all Action Group team would participate all days. Most of them committed to take leave from their work place and spent the whole week sharing the gospel daily in group. Within a week in the power of God we could shared the gospel to more than 3500 and 143 people accepted Christ as their savior and Lord. Starting from that week people are accepting Christ in each weekly program. Generally. in these four months range we shared the gospel for more than 4000 people, 193 people came to Christ, 57 were baptized.
Garad:
Gara is the place I been started planting church in May 2013 with one of my ministry partner. The church is growing and expanding amazingly now more than 100 people attending in one church.

Debreziet & Adama Mission 

In May we had a mission campaign at Debereziet and Adama for a week with some missionary team from USA. We exposed 3164 people in the gospel and 66 accepted Christ as their savior and Lord through Jesus and Magdalena Film show and one to one evangelism.

Wora KaleHiwot
I had an opportunity to train 25 people from Woyira Kale Hiwot Church in the end of May and in this month also I mobilized the whole congregation on Sunday worship time to go out and share the gospel. Because of that we shared the gospel to 98 people and 2 were decided to follow Christ.
Dessie Mission
Ethiopian Evangelical Church MekaneYesus has designed a five year strategy to reach five million people in the gospel and made partnership with Great Commission ministry for the implementation. For this year implementation I was assigned Dessie and went there end of July to train the first voluntary missionaries. I have trained 30 voluntaries for three days. During the training we had an outreach time for 40 minutes, and shared the gospel for 55 people, from among them 10 people come to Christ. Finally they being send to different areas to continue the work.

Multiplying Churches and community training
We Great Commission ministry church led movement have been launched the multiplying churches and community strategy in target to plant 80,000 multiplying churches and fellowships in 2020. For the coming new Ethiopian year we have targeted 25 church planting sites. 30 multiplying churches and fellowship will be planted in each site. From August 18 to 21 we have trained first phase manual to 40 our staff sand key associate staffs. While I was one of the trainer. During the training for 40 minutes we went out to share the gospel, and in His grace we could able to share the gospel for 220 people and 33 people decided to follow Christ.
Praise
Thanks the Lord for he used me as means to reach those more than13059 people who heard the gospel and 559 people who accepted Christ
We have celebrated our child Lydia, first year anniversary in the last month praise for his Mercy and Love
She is lovely! May the Lord have mercy on her all the time
We Praise you Jesus for your precious gift!
Prayer
Pray for the new believers spiritual growth
Pray on the plan we have for the next year
Pray for our support

Thank you for your prayer and Support!

In His Mercy and Love!

Meseret , Lydia & Miktile!