The Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church is a

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a movement within the broader Evangelical wing of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God in Christianity, God through Baptism with the Holy Spirit#Cl ...

Christian denomination A Christian denomination is a distinct Religion, religious body within Christianity that comprises all Church (congregation), church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadersh ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. The headquarters is in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...

History

The Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church has its origins in a prayer conference held at the

University of Addis Ababa Addis Ababa University (; AAU) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, and one is located in Bishoftu, about away. ...

in 1966. The church was officially founded in 1967. In 2015, it had 2,143 churches and 4.5 million members. The head and largest church is Ketana Hulet Local Church, Addis Ababa.

Beliefs

The denomination has a

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References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Pentecostal denominations in Africa Evangelicalism in Ethiopia 1967 establishments in Ethiopia