Where We Work
Shashemene, Ethiopia
A key crossroad city in southern Ethiopia, Shashemene has several churches but very few preach the true Gospel. A fledgling Bible College has two classrooms and a sparse library. The school’s president is now seeking faculty members. TLI’s non-formal program utilizes this school’s facilities to provide crucial training in Biblical interpretation and exposition, which local leaders lack. In so doing, we help stem the tide of the “prosperity gospel” heresy that predominates here.
POPULATION
122,046
LANGUAGES
Oromo and Amharic
RELIGION
30% Ethiopian Orthodox
28% Muslim
24% Ethnic
18% Evangelical