Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Brian L. Fargher -- Preface / Brian L. Fargher -- Abbreviations / Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter One Ethiopia’s National Church / Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Two S.I.M. Church Planters / Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Three Church, Priests and Expatriate Evangelists / Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Four Converts, Sacraments and A New Community / Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Five Missionaries, But no Mission / Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Six Needed: A New Beginning— 1943–1945 / Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Seven A Synopsis: 1946 – 1996 / Brian L. Fargher -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Brian L. Fargher -- Index / Brian L. Fargher -- Studies of Religion in Africa / Brian L. Fargher.

This study describes the beginnings of a movement which has created another face for Ethiopian Christianity. The expatriate missionary-evangelists, who in 1927 were encouraged by Emperor Haile Selassie to work in southern Ethiopia, intentionally by-passed the Orthodox model and made a fresh start. Three of the many facets of the movement comprise the body of the book. There is the religious backdrop of Orthodox Christianity and the expatriates' fundamentalist traditions; then the praxis and polity of their work; finally the post-Occupation outcome which confirmed their choices. Since its beginning in 1932 the New Churches Movement has impacted every part of Ethiopian society: religious, political and socio-economic. It demonstrates that a fresh start can be complementary rather than competitive. The movement's success encourages missionary-evangelists to continue making new beginnings.

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