Supply biblical and theological teachers in Ethiopia
Werner and Joanne De Jong serve as Witness workers in Ethiopia at the Meserete Kristos Seminary, a school training current and emerging leaders in the Anabaptist tradition. Werner provides faculty support by teaching students in both the Bachelor and Masters programs. Joanne's focus is on relationship building and sharing community life through chapel services, prayer, tutoring, preaching, and hospitality. Werner and Joanne both enjoy participating in the spiritual formation of students while also growing and learning from the Ethiopian church.
Grow leaders in Ethiopia
Graduates from Meserete Kristos College.
Meserete Kristos Church is the fastest growing and largest Anabaptist/Mennonite denomination in Mennonite World Conference. For more than 15 years Mennonite Church Canada has supported the development of Meserete Kristos College, which serves as a significant leadership training centre.
Recently, Meserete Kristos Church and Mennonite Church Canada have formalized a sister-church relationship with a focus on mutual encouragement, prayer and support in areas of leadership development and church planting. Meserete Kristos College continues to grow and develop as a world-class theological institution. Through the sending of teachers for short-term assignments and supporting ongoing building projects at the College, Mennonite Church Canada seeks to continue to learn and grow together with Meserete Kristos Church.