Baptists ask for prayer for Ethiopian unrest

Baptists ask for prayer for Ethiopian unrest

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Baptists in Ethiopia are asking for prayer after more than two months of unrest have cost the nation hundreds of lives.

Anti-government demonstrations aimed at protesting human rights abuses, unfair distribution of wealth, political marginalization and land seizure by government have often had deadly endings. Reports describe hundreds of extra-judicial killings by police, as well as thousands of arrests.

“I am sending you this mail to request all Baptist families to join us in prayer about Ethiopia,” wrote Jima Dilbo, president of the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Ethiopia. “The situation here in our country is getting worse. Opposition against the incumbent government is increasing from time to time and the way government is responding so far is not constructive.

“Please present our country and the situation we are in before the Almighty God, so that peace prevails in this difficult situation in Ethiopia,” Dilbo wrote. (BWA)