Editing P'ent'ay (section)

{{Short description|Endonym used to refer to Protestant groups in Ethiopia and Eritrea}}
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{{Infobox Christian denomination
| name = ''P'ent'ay'' (ጴንጤ) <br/> ''Wenigēlawī'' (ወንጌላዊ)
| image = Ecfelogo.gif
| imagewidth = 113
| members = ~16,500,000
| type = [[Eastern Christianity]]
| main_classification = [[Eastern Protestant Christianity|Eastern Protestant Christian]]
| orientation = [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]], [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], [[Baptists|Baptist]], [[Mennonite]], [[Anglicanism|Anglican]], [[Adventism|Adventist]], [[Holiness movement|Holiness]], [[Methodism|Methodist]], [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]
| polity = [[Congregationalist polity|Congregationalist]] and [[Presbyterian polity|Presbyterian]]
| language = [[Oromo language|Oromo]], [[Amharic]], [[Sidama language|Sidama]], [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]], and Ethiopian-Eritrean diaspora vernacular languages
| area = Ethiopia, Eritrea, United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel, Kenya, Australia, and other parts of the Ethiopian–Eritrean diaspora 
| website= [http://www.ecfethiopia.org/index.htm Official ECFE website (english) ]
| other_names= Ethiopian Evangelical Church, Eritrean Evangelical Church, Ethiopian Evangelicalism, Eritrean Evangelicalism
|founded_date=19th–20th centuries|founder=[[Peter Heyling]]}}
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'''P'ent'ay''' (from [[Geʽez]]: {{lang|gez|ጴንጤ}} {{transliteration|gez|P̣enṭe}}) is an originally [[Amharic]]–[[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]] language term for [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] [[Christians]]. Today, the term refers to all [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestant]] denominations and organisations in [[Ethiopia|Ethiopian]] and [[Eritrea|Eritrean]] societies. Alternative terms include '''Ethiopian–Eritrean Evangelicalism''' or the '''Ethiopian–Eritrean Evangelical Church'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antsokia Ethiopian Evangelical Church|url=https://www.antsokia.net/index.php/contact-us|access-date=21 September 2020|website=www.antsokia.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Evangelical Theological College|url=https://etcollege.org/about-us/|access-date=21 September 2020|website=Evangelical Theological College|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=International Ethiopian Evangelical Church|url=https://www.eecdc.org/index.cfm?id=135|access-date=21 September 2020|website=International Ethiopian Evangelical Church}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Evangelical Church Fellowship of Ethiopia|url=http://www.ecfethiopia.org/index.htm|access-date=21 September 2020|website=www.ecfethiopia.org}}</ref> Sometimes the denominations and organizations are known as '''Wenigēlawī''' (from [[Geʽez]]: {{lang|gez|ወንጌላዊ}} {{transliteration|gez|wängelawi}} "evangelical").

Evangelical Christianity was originally introduced by American and European Protestant [[missionary work]], which began in the 19th century among various peoples, including Christians [[Schism in Christianity|schismed]] from the [[Orthodox Tewahedo]] church,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Ethiopian Culture – Religion |url=http://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/ethiopian-culture/ethiopian-culture-religion |access-date=2 December 2020 |website=Cultural Atlas |language=en}}</ref> other [[Christian denomination|branches]] of Christianity, or converted from non-Christian religions or traditional faith practices. Since the creation of P'ent'ay churches and organisations, prominent movements among them have been Pentecostalism, the [[Baptists|Baptist]] tradition, [[Lutheranism]], [[Methodism]], [[Presbyterianism]], the [[Mennonites]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Influences and connections of western and Ethiopian churches|url=http://www.worldmap.org/maps/other/profiles/ethiopia/ET.pdf|access-date=22 March 2016|website=worldmap.org}}</ref> and the [[Eastern Protestant Christianity|Eastern-oriented Protestant Christians]] within [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]] and the Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=15 October 2019 |title=The peace-making Pentecostal |url=https://www.eternitynews.com.au/opinion/the-peace-making-pentecostal/,%20https://www.eternitynews.com.au/opinion/the-peace-making-pentecostal/ |access-date=21 September 2020 |website=www.eternitynews.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bryan |first=Jack |title=Ethiopia Grants Autonomy to Evangelical Heartland |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/december/sidama-referendum-ethiopia-evangelicals-hawassa-snnpr.html |access-date=2 December 2020 |website=News & Reporting |language=en}}</ref>