The Role of Pentecostalism and Persecution in Early Ecumenical Movements of Ethiopian Protestant Christianity

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2013 in the subject Theology - Historic Theology Ecclesiastical History grade: 1.0 University of Göttingen (Theology) course: Intercultural Theology language: English abstract: The purpose of this paper is not to discuss how and in what ways the contemporary ecumenical movement could revitalize the values and missions of the early church though this is not an alien subject at all. This paper attempts to pinpoint the role of Pentecostalism in the Ethiopian protestant Christianity ecumenical movement that results eliminating the borders of denominationalism.