A Global Campaign to Protect the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churchዓለም አቀፍ ጉባኤ — የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን እንታደግ

His Eminence Abune Petros

Keynote Address

በቃ! A Call to Prayer and a Theologically Grounded Doctrine of Peaceful Resistance for Survival

On confronting the existential threat facing the Church with clarity and sobriety; on Isaiah’s command to seek justice and Peter’s exhortation not to fear; and on the Books of Meqabyan as witness that faithfulness to God does not require submission to persecution. The response must be neither vengeance nor surrender, but peaceful resistance rooted in prayer, truth, and courage.

Brother Binyam Shitaye

The Role of Government-Affiliated Muslim and Protestant Leaders in the Anti-Orthodox Campaign

Drawing on years within Protestant leadership, an examination of the Prime Minister’s briefing to approximately 400 Protestant leaders concerning his government’s approach toward the Orthodox Church, the role of Prosperity Party activists in fostering internal divisions, and the promotion of Sheikh Haji Ibrahim Tufa to the presidency of the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council.

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Presentation

A Leaked Audio Presentation

A leaked recording attributed to Ahmedin Jabel, presented as a confidential training session for Islamic media personnel. It describes a strategy of attacking, dividing, isolating, humiliating and frightening Christians, with the stated objective of compelling submission and conversion.

Yonas Biru, PhD

Case for the Global Campaign: Strategy, Organizational Framework, and Operational Structure

The strategy and operational structure of a global campaign to mobilize religious institutions, governments, parliamentarians, civil society, humanitarian agencies, international human-rights institutions and the diaspora — to protect the Church and its faithful, document abuses, and promote peaceful coexistence. The objective is not to internationalize a religious conflict, but to prevent one from emerging.

Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate

Mobilizing European Church and Government Support for the Campaign

A coordinated European effort to mobilize churches, governments, Members of the European Parliament, national parliamentarians and faith-based humanitarian organizations — presented as a call to protect human life, religious freedom and human rights, not as a conflict between religions.

Gregory Simpkins

Mobilizing United States Church and Government Support for the Campaign

A strategic advocacy effort to build a coordinated network of congressional, faith-community, Ethiopian-American and media stakeholders, seeking congressional engagement through public statements, bipartisan letters to relevant U.S. officials, and a broad, credible U.S. religious coalition.

Mesfin Tegenu

Mobilizing Ethiopian Americans to Engage U.S. Policymakers in the Campaign for Religious Freedom

On the enduring bonds between the United States and Ethiopia, and the U.S. strategic interest in an Ethiopia where human rights, religious freedom and the rule of law are respected — bringing documented concerns to officials, Members of Congress, NGOs, religious-freedom advocates and the American public.

Aster Dawit Gebru

Organizing an International Day of Prayer and Mourning for Burned Churches and Perished Believers

There are 45 EOTC congregations in the Washington, Maryland and Virginia area alone. How churches and church leaders in the diaspora can move beyond expressions of concern to mobilization, advocacy, fundraising and international outreach — including a common Sunday of prayer and remembrance, with congregants invited to wear black as a visible expression of mourning.

Youm Fesseha

Building Institutional Capacity and a Sustainable Funding Base

Because the attack on the Church has been systemic and sustained, the response must be equally so: a secretariat, an EOTC International Documentation Center, an international communications ecosystem, and sustainable partnerships with Christian associations, human rights organizations and Muslim and Jewish interfaith organizations.

His Eminence Abune Petros

Closing Remarks

A final appeal for unity

The charge to individuals and institutions to carry the work forward.