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She is what Abiy Ahmed said:

"My intention is to expand the kingdom of God /The Kingdom of Prosperity Gospel /" Abiy Ahmed

"In 2019, Abiy launched his Ethiopian Evangelical Council. This new umbrella organization was spearheaded by a group of 15 Christian influencers. The group includes famous psychiatrist Mehret Debebe, Evangelical elders like Negussie Bulcha and Betta Mengistu, and young government celebrity Yonas Zewde.

When Abiy pitched his premeditated vision to 400 Christian leaders at the Palace, he told a captive audience: “The constitution says church and state should be separated, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t work together.” (This alludes to the powerful theological idea of “symphony” between church and state mentioned above with Emperor Ezana.) The council’s founding document then dictated in its first article that its leaders were directly accountable to Abiy himself. When questioned about this, one of the council’s architects said, “We are going to prescribe; anyone can subscribe or get left behind.”

Presented as a unification of splintered factions, the Ethiopian Evangelical Council not so subtly meant that Ethiopia’s Evangelical church leaders were now beholden to Abiy—or disloyal and therefore to be “left behind.” Behind the scenes, membership in this group has accrued lucrative business deals, land grants, and appointments to political power. When Abiy was asked about his intentions for the council, Abiy laughed and answered: “That is a very difficult question to answer. You want a strong institution. But my intention is to expand the kingdom of God.” ..... Read more

https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/18/et ... tionalism/

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