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Christianity in Ethiopia and Eritrea
{{Infobox Christian denomination|name=Christianity in Ethiopia and Eritrea|main_classification=[[Eastern Christianity]]|orientation=[[Oriental Orthodoxy]], [[Orthodox Tewahedo]], [[Protestantism]], [[Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism]], [[Evangelicalism]], [[Eastern Protestant Christianity]], [[Pentecostalism]], [[Lutheranism]], [[Baptists|Baptist]], [[Holiness Baptists]], [[Mennonite]]-[[Anabaptist]], [[Holiness movement]], [[Anglicanism|Anglican]], [[Methodism|Methodist]], [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]](contracted; show full)m|Evangelical Christians]] and other [[Eastern Protestant Christianity|Eastern/Oriental-oriented Protestants]] within [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]], and the [[Ethiopians|Ethiopian]] and [[Eritreans|Eritrean]] diaspora abroad.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|title=The peace-making Pentecostal|url=https://www.eternitynews.com.au/opinion/the-peace-making-pentecostal/,%20https://www.eternitynews.com.au/opinion/the-peace-making-pentecostal/|access-date=21 September 2020|website=www.eternitynews.com.au|
date=15 October 2019|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":33">{{Cite web|title=Ethiopian Culture – Religion|url=http://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/ethiopian-culture/ethiopian-culture-religion|access-date=2 December 2020|website=Cultural Atlas|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bryan|first=Jack|title=Ethiopia Grants Autonomy to Evangelical Heartland|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/december/sidama-referendum-ethiopia-evangelicals-hawassa-snnpr.html|access-date=2 December 2020|websi(contracted; show full)ence by American practices.<ref name=":22" /> In 1967, the [[Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church|Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers Church]] (Mulu Wengel) was founded.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Fantini|first=Emanuele|title=Go Pente! The Charismatic Renewal of the Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia|url=https://www.academia.edu/15028661|journal=In Ficquet E., Prunier G. (Eds), Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia,: Monarchy, Revolution and the Legacy of Meles Zenawi
|date=July 2015}}</ref> This church was the first independent Pentecostal church of Ethiopia and is still the largest Pentecostal group in Ethiopia.<ref name=":5" /> As churches were established, they relied on university students from [[Ethiopian Orthodox]] backgrounds to assume leadership roles within the Pentecostal churches.<ref name=":5" /> [[Methodism]],[[Holiness movement]], [[Presbyterianism]], and other denominational orientations have had some underlying influence on Ethiopi(contracted; show full)d Eritrean Catholic Churches follow the [[Alexandrian Rite]] used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]], and the [[Coptic Catholic Church]]. As its liturgical language it employs [[Ge'ez language|Ge'ez]], a [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] language that fell out of daily use several centuries ago.
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[[Category:Christianity by country|Ethiopia and Eritrea]]