"For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the
Law of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel."
– Ezra 7:10

A Shared Vision: Ethiopians Evangelizing Ethiopians

The Latest News

ERM- USA Team In Ethiopia - Team Members Attend Graduation Ceremonies in Ethiopia

ERM Now Member of ECFE - ERM Has Been Accepted into the Evangelical Churches Fellowship of Ethiopia

Principles of "Tentmaking" - Seventy-five Christians Learn the Principles of "Tentmaking"

Women's Health Education Continues - Students Attend Women's Health Seminar in Butajira

Prairie Bible Church Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of ERM - Prairie Bible Church Celebrates With Preaching, Prayer, and Party Food

Thirty-Two Come to Christ at Conference - At Annual Conference ERM Celebrates Five Years and Leads Thirty-two Ethiopians to Christ

Ezra Rural Ministry Celebrates Christmas - Ezra Rural Ministry Gives a Gift to the Needy

Women's Health Education Seminar a Success - Twenty Students Attended WHE Seminar in December

Women's Health Education Addressed - Women's Health Education Being Addressed by Ezra Rural Ministry

2008 ERM Graduation - Ezra Rural Ministry Graduates 210 Students in June.

First Female Evangelist - First Female Evangelist to Be Adopted Through Program

2008 Evangelists' Conference - 2008 Evangelists' Conference Topics - "Tent-making" and Ethics

Ezra Rural Ministry was born out of the shared vision of an impoverished evangelist in Ethiopia and a missionary pastor in the United States. The vision was simple- train Ethiopian evangelists, pastors, and teachers how to evangelize fellow Ethiopians in their own rural villages. Christians in the United States could share in the work by financially supporting Ezra Rural Ministry Training Center, its staff, and the most worthy of graduating students and their families. In 2005, this vision became a reality.

Many of the Ethiopian students who have since received training at Ezra Rural Ministry Training Center had already proven their worth as ministers of the gospel by making the decision to forsake more lucrative work in the larger urban areas and to start churches in their own villages amongst the poorest of the poor. This decision has meant that they must make sacrifices as they struggle to adequately provide for their own families. Some have turned from the Orthodox and Muslim religions to embrace Christ, facing persecution by parents and siblings, and losing the traditional Ethiopian support of the family structure.

To assist Ezra Rural Ministry Training Center in its work and to provide some relief to individual students, Christians in the United States are working together to provide the financial support that rural Ethiopian churches are, simply, not able to give.

Now, you are being invited to join in this ministry to financially support Ezra Rural Ministry so that Ethiopians may continue evangelizing Ethiopians.

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