Carl E. Hansen

Growing a Seminary in Ethiopia: (eBook, ePUB)

A Triumph of Faith in an Uneasy Odyssey, 1994-2024

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What does it take to build a seminary in a nation recovering from war, dictatorship, and spiritual oppression?

Growing a Seminary in Ethiopia: A Triumph of Faith in an Uneasy Odyssey is the powerful missionary memoir of Carl E. Hansen, chronicling a remarkable thirty-year journey alongside the Meserete Kristos Church. At the church's invitation, Hansen and his wife leave their roles in Nairobi to help launch a Christian liberal arts college in Ethiopia. They arrive in a country reeling from Marxist misrule, extreme poverty, and cultural upheaval.

With candor and conviction, Hansen recounts the seminary's evolution from a humble Bible institute in 1994 to a thriving theological education center serving thousands of students. Along the way are cross-cultural challenges, leadership struggles, shifting visions, and the quiet work of faith, prayer, and forgiveness. This is not only a Christian seminary story, but also a deeply human journey of growth, conflict, and perseverance.

Set against the backdrop of Addis Ababa and Bishoftu, this memoir offers a rare inside view of global Anabaptism, cross-cultural ministry, and the development of theological education in Africa. For readers interested in missionary memoirs, faith-based leadership, and church history in Ethiopia, this book provides a compelling narrative of purpose and persistence.

Join the journey. Witness a vision unfold. Discover how faith builds more than buildings-it builds a legacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: WestBow Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798385038626
• Artikelnr.: 73233855

Autorenporträt

Carl Edward Hansen was born and raised in rural Alberta and Ontario, Canada. He holds a BA degree (1965) from Eastern Mennonite College and graduate degrees from Goshen Biblical Seminary (M. Div., 1971) and Fuller Theological Seminary (Th.M., 1985). He was united in marriage with Vera Dorothy King in 1964. Together they raised a family of four daughters while serving as missionaries in Eastern Africa for more than thirty-two years. Carl served, first as a high school teacher at the Nazareth Bible Academy from 1967 to 1970, and then as director of a development project in Ethiopia from 1972 to 1975. Between 1975 and 1984, he served as a pastor in Tofield, Alberta. Carl and Vera returned to Africa in 1985, giving direction to a rural community development project in western Kenya, then teaching at the Daystar University in Nairobi until 1995. In January 1996, Carl and Vera returned to Ethiopia to assist the Meserete Kristos Church in establishing its Meserete Kristos College, now Seminary. They retired to Harrisonburg, Virginia in 2011. In retirement, Carl and Vera continue raising support for the seminary in Ethiopia while enjoying their grandchildren and great grandchildren.