Gospel
Outreach Activity Report
I started writing successive
spiritual articles since 2014 under the theme Tehadeso thought blog /Reformation
thought/. Below I am going to present a report on the deeds attained with
the will and help of God.
First of all, I thank my God for
putting this love for the primeval Ethiopian orthodox church and the people
under it. I thank those who have been of assistance to me in their prayers as
well as material support and I say God Bless you all.
Salvation is the main focus of this
blog and at times salvation related reformation messages are posted. Some of
the articles posted in the area of salvation, include: mystery of salvation,
pressing memorandum, dispatch from hell, and did you repent? There
are also articles released on Face Book to disseminate the message of the gospel
with acumen. Some of the topics include: for Visa seekers, Free Scholarship
opportunity, job vacancy, news Book, and wedding invitation.
Salvation related articles are also
posted relating to Christian holidays. Topics include: Easter, Christmas
messages, about the resurrection, the passion week of Christ and currently
preparations have already been made to post articles on upcoming holidays such
as thanks giving and the New Year. Many Ethiopians are strewn all over the
world and chances are most of them observe two holidays (using the western
calendar as well as the Ethiopian calendar). Most of the articles are
suited to serve this very purpose. Some are born overseas and they don’t speak
the local language and hence attempts are made to reach the group in English.
Articles such as urgent message, don’t delay, and Mystery of
salvation are among them. Plans to translate these articles in to oromigna
and Spanish languages are completed. America is home for many immigrants from
different parts of the world and a concerted effort will be made to reach these
people in their respective native languages in the future.
Moreover, articles are
posted for those who are already saved to encourage them in their spiritual
life. Some of the posts in this regard include: before getting too late, you
shall never wash my feet, the minister and his service, giving and taking away,
reign, God’s thought, and the four moons in relation to the end of the
age. Some efforts are also being made to educate and edify the Ethiopian
Orthodox Church followers and encouraging results are attained. Issues covered
in this area of ritual observances include: there are how many types of
bible?, the apocrypha books, intercession, the role of holy angels, Zeker
/commemoration of holy Angels and Martyrs/, and Yemut Teskar
/memorial for the dead/, and authority of the priest, etc…
Preparations to post successive
articles on Dogma and canon, the mystery of communion, and fasting are
completed. Until now, gospel messages as well as related teachings are
disseminated using face book, email, Google plus, phone, text, and viber.
Face book users data indicate that thousands have benefited from these posts.
People in 24 countries around the world viewed these articles and
the countries are stated below: USA, Ethiopia, Canada, England, Kuwait,
Bahrain, the Netherlands, Sudan, France, Poland, Ukraine, Egypt, Germany,
Switzerland, South Africa, Indonesia, Burundi, Yemen, Italy Eritrea, Norway,
Hungary, Kenya, Romania and Saudi Arabia. Your extended effort in
receiving and disseminating these messages into the different parts of the
world will not go without being appreciated and God bless you all for that!
The gospel of Matthew chapter 28 verses
18 through 20 instructs us to “go into the entire world….” and this blog is
part of that great commission. Among the 7 billion world population, around 2
billion people use the internet so it is a good method to disseminating the
Gospel. No one knows with absolute certainty how many of these users are saved.
However, unless we make a valiant effort to use these methods, others would
come and baptize these people with their own ideologies. (Please refer to the
appendix at the end of this report to view the potential gospel preachers can
have via the internet).
Under this ministry, there are 12 Face
book groups with diverse interest and focus. The following table shows the 12
groups with their number of attendees and their focused interest.
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In Addition, there are 9326 viewers on
Google plus and 29 followers. At least one article in regards to salvation is
posted on Google plus at least once a week both in English and in
Amharic. 51 different messages have been released on the Reformation
thought blog and were viewed by over 13068 people. The biggest volume of
viewers are from the USA (10,060) followed by Ethiopia (1129).
Furthermore, the blog presented some
video messages and teachings by priests who believed in Jesus Christ and
initially were ministers in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. When needed, some
article excerpts were presented from different ministers and this will continue
frequently.
Most of these messages are delivered
using texting on mobile phones. Currently, I hold more that 360 addresses and
recipients in my cell phone. 268 people receive messages using Viber. Among
these, over 60 of them are in groups that contain 19 to 25 members. Many of
these group members are trusted in sharing these messages to family members and
relatives. May the Lord bless your efforts and deliver your families and
relatives. There are also lots of email users. I have received complaints from
users who wish to receive our messages through email rather than on their cell
phones due to the fact that they were not able to view documents written in
Amharic.
For those without access to any of
these technologies, normal postal mailing system has been set up. This service
deals with sending salvation messages using physical address. Some have
sent these mails to their families, friends and bosses and played their
part. May God bless all of you!
By God’s grace, we came this far. Until
the whole world is saved or until the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, we will use whatever means to disseminate and preach the gospel. We
will strengthen and build on these platforms. In the near future, we plan
all Christians to witness the gospel to at least ten people for witnessing
purposes. We also plan to share our idea with those who have love for souls and
ask them to intercede to these souls at their homes. We believe witnessing the
gospel cannot be left for ministers alone and our plan is to make all
Christians to be witness of the gospel.
There are also grand plans that are not
listed in this report. We got to pray for the Lord to help us in all our
efforts to stand together for the gospel.
The God of heaven will make us prosper,
and we his servants will arise and build.Amen!
Your Servant in the Lord,
Beneyam Befikadu Aboye
Silver Spring
Maryland
