St Peter & St Paul The Parish Church of Saltwood Kent  
St Peter & St Paul
Saltwood school children attend our church Pedlinge Chapel Saltwood Castle Hotel saltwood Village hall Saltwood Village Green Nearby Hythe Beach
EXPERIENCE THE WEEKLY LIFE OF OUR CHURCH
Diocese of Canterbury
Child drinking unclean water
.
WELCOME
.
CALENDAR
.
CHURCHYARD FRIENDS
.
EVENTS PHOTO GALLERY
.
GROUPS PHOTO GALLERY
MISSION NEWS
 
MISSION - St Matthews Anglican church, Addis Ababa
 
 
St Peter and St Paul Saltwood has just begun supporting the St Matthews Anglican church, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Project 334

Andrew Proud is chaplain of this 1st ever Anglican church. He is also responsible for 34 churches in the western region of Ethiopia and for visiting small, isolated communities elsewhere in the Horn of Africa. on behalf of the Bishop of Egypt.



Andrew & Janice Proud
Andrew and Janice Proud
 
Students in Addis Ababa
Students in Addis Ababa
Find out more about
our work in Lesotho

USPG - Emerging vision.
We've been doing some visioning recently and after much prayer and discussion, we believe we've come up with some exciting stuff.
For example, by 2011 we expect to see our work expand in Ethiopia.
We want to see strong churches reaching out to their surrounding villages.




MISSION UPDATE APRIL 2007
 
 

Andrew and Janice are based at St Matthew's Church in Addis Ababa, where they have developed the church's outreach programmes, which recently saw them helping to repatriate many Sudanese refugees.

USPG has been in partnership with the Anglican Church in Ethiopia for many years. St Matthew's is the original and main Anglican Church. It has a congregation of over 200, with 20 or more different nationalities represented within it, only 20 per cent of whom are cradle Anglicans.

In addition to developing their ministry among the Christian community in Addis, the Prouds have helped change the lives of families in the Kabele (urban villages) by supplying school materials, uniforms and fees for children. They have also planted several churches. Over the next few years, Andrew and Janice plan to train leaders and encourage them to further develop the church's outreach work that they have begun, with a particular emphasis on work with AIDS orphans.

   
 
USPG
In the western region of Ethiopia, they have established a TEE programme (theological education by extension), which is run by 14 trained tutors, currently benefiting 250 people in 24 locations and impacting many more. They have been building churches and houses for clergy; supporting the introductory workshop for the leaders of all tribal groups, to teach about natural medicines. They are currently working on a leader selection and training programme and aim to set up the Mothers Union Literacy scheme very soon. In the past, Andrew and Janice have worked extensively with Sudanese refugees, however, their work in refugee camps is coming to an end because of the peace accord in southern Sudan, which is leading to the repatriation of all refugees within the next two years.


ETHIOPIA FACTS
Population:
74,777,981
Land Area:
1,119,127 sq km
Capital City:
Addis Ababa
Languages:
Amharic,Tigrinya,Oromigna,
Somali, Arabic, English.
Religions:
Muslim 45% Ethiopian Orthodox 40% Other 15%
Government:
Federal Republic
Constitution:
Dec 1994 effective Aug 1995
GDP:
$62.88 billion (2005 est.)
   

 
Back to top