We Met Noah's Other Children
For years our congregation had done short-term missions projects. Then the Afar of Africa expanded our vision.
By Roberta Hestenes | posted 8/7/00 | posted 8/07/2000 12:00AM

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Roberta Hestenes
is senior pastor of Solana Beach Presbyterian Church and a member of the board of World Vision.
Related Elsewhere
Other Christianity Today stories about Ethiopia include:International Community Has No Excuses in Ethiopia, Says Aid Official
| Starvation not widespread, but growing rapidly. (Jan. 18, 2000)
Guardians of the Lost Ark
| Ethiopia's Christians stake their identity on being heirs of Solomon and keepers of his treasure. (June 14, 1999)
Ethiopia Focus on Evangelism
| Southern Baptists train for outreach in Addis Abbaba. (Feb. 8, 1999)
Centuries-old Treasures Pilfered
| Priceless Artifacts are disappearing from Ethiopia's churches and monasteries. (November 16, 1998)Roberta Hestenes's church,
Solana Beach Presbyterian
, has a its own Web site. For in-depth information about the
secular and religious history of Ethiopia
, visit africana.com.
Ethiopian church tradition
about the birth of Christianity in that nation includes this tale of two shipwrecked Syrian slaves and the young prince whom they served.
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