Editing P'ent'ay (section)

==Denominations==
The major Protestant denominations in Ethiopia and Eritrea are a group of indigenous, closely linked (part of the {{Langx|am|አብያተ ክርስቲያናት|translit='Abiate kristianat' – 'ābiyate kirisitīyanati'}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} or community of churches) [[Baptists|Baptist]], [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]], and [[Mennonites|Mennonite]] denominations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2004|title=Eritrea Report|url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/92000/afr640032004en.pdf|publisher=Amnesty International|id=AI Index: AFR 64/003/2004|pages=13–17}}</ref>

=== Primary denominations ===

*The [[Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church|Ethiopian Kale Heywet (Word of Life) Church]], a [[Charismatic movement|charismatic]] Evangelical Protestant denomination with Pentecostal and Baptist roots. It is associated with the [[SIM (Christian organization)|Sudan Interior Mission]], an interdenominational organization, and has an Eritrean branch.
*The [[Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus|Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (Place of Jesus)]], a Lutheran denomination which includes a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]-leaning synod. The Eritrean Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is the Eritrean Lutheran branch of this Evangelical Protestant denomination. The Ethiopian Lutheran denomination is the largest non-united Lutheran Christian denomination in the world (see [[list of Christian denominations by number of members]]).
*The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea]], a Lutheran denomination which joined the [[Lutheran World Federation]] in 1963.
*The [[Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church]], a Pentecostal denomination with Mennonite influence.
*The [[Meserete Kristos Church|Meserete Kristos (Christ Foundation) Church]], a Mennonite denomination with Pentecostal influence.
*[[Christian Brethren]]

Some P'ent'ay communities—especially the Mekane Yesus Lutheran Church for example—have been influenced by the Orthodox Tewahedo churches, which represents the dominant traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean Christian demographic, but for the most part are very Pentecostal in their worship and theology.

==== Other denominations ====
* Ammanuel Baptist Church 
* Misgana Church of Ethiopia
*[[Assemblies of God]] –  Pentecostal
* Hiwot Berhan Church (Light of Life Church)
* Emnet Kristos
* Berhane Wongel – Gospel Light 
* [[Ethiopian Addis Kidan Baptist Church]]
* Evangelical Church of Eritrea
* Lutheran Church of Eritrea
* Middle East General Mission
*[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]<ref>World Christian Encyclopedia, 2001 edition, Volume 1, page 263</ref>
* [[Anglicanism]] is represented in Ethiopia and Eritrea by the [[Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East]] and [[Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria|Episcopal Anglican Province of Alexandria]]; Ethiopia and Eritrea are both part of the [[Anglican Diocese of Egypt|Diocese of Egypt]], which also includes other countries in the [[Horn of Africa]] as well as the North Africa region. There are two Episcopal churches in Ethiopia, one is in [[Addis Ababa]] and the other in [[Gambela, Ethiopia|Gambela]], while in Eritrea there are no officially operated congregations at this time.<ref>[http://anglicansonline.org/world/africa.html Anglicans Online: Africa]. Accessed 7 January 2010.</ref>

===Unity and the ECFE===
The ECFE, or Evangelical Church Fellowship of Ethiopia, is a consortium of [[Born again|born-again]], [[Trinity|Trinitarian]] Christians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51472.htm|title=ECFE and non-ecfe church listings|date=9 June 2005|publisher=State.gov|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref> The ECFE has 22 member churches, and based on 2004 statistics, 11.5 million members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://atheism.about.com/library/irf/irf04/blirf_ethiopia.htm |title=Evangelical church fellowship in 2004 |access-date=3 February 2007 |archive-date=29 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029165541/http://atheism.about.com/library/irf/irf04/blirf_ethiopia.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> All P'ent'ay churches, regardless of denomination, are domestically known as አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ('''Abiate kristianat' '''or ābiyate kirisitīyanati'){{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} meaning 'churches' in the senses of a 'community of Christians' in Amharic, the official working federal language of Ethiopia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=AfricaNews|date=4 March 2020|title=One to five: Ethiopia gets four new federal working languages|url=https://www.africanews.com/2020/03/04/one-to-five-ethiopia-gets-four-new-federal-working-languages/|access-date=15 December 2020|website=Africanews|language=en}}</ref> Most of these denominations also operate ministries, colleges and bible societies like the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, Golden Oil Ministries, Evangelical Theological College, the Ethiopian Bible Society and Meserete Kristos College.<ref>[http://www.globalgoodnews.org/Churches_in_Ethiopia.htm ECFE churches and services] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812131759/http://www.globalgoodnews.org/Churches_in_Ethiopia.htm|date=12 August 2007}}</ref> These churches often work together by exchanging preachers and organizing church conferences.

=== Statistics ===
According to the 2005 statistics from the [[World Christian Encyclopedia|World Christian Database]], Ethiopian Pentecostal/Charismatic members cover a bit over 16 percent of the country as P'ent'ays of Ethiopia. The individual groups are the Word of Life Church (Kale Heywet) Church, Mekane Yesus, Churches of Christ, Misgana Church of Ethiopia, Assembly of God, Hiwot Berhan Church, Emnet Kristos, Meserete Kristos, Light of Life Church, Mulu Wongel (Full Gospel Believers Church) and other churches constituting slightly over 12 million P'ent'ays in Ethiopia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd|title=A comprehensive statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations and people groups|publisher=Worldchristiandatabase.org|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref> However, according to World Christian Encyclopedia, the Evangelical Protestant community is down to only 13.6% of Ethiopian population.<ref>[http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Ethiopia/rbodies.html World Christian Encyclopedia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829055949/http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Ethiopia/rbodies.html|date=29 August 2006}}</ref><ref>World Christian Encyclopedia, 2001, Oxford University Press. Vol 1: p 266</ref> According to the 1994 government census, Protestant Christians comprise 10% of the population (about 7–8 million today).<ref>Berhanu Abegaz, [http://bxabeg.people.wm.edu/Ethiopia.Census%20Portrait.pdf Ethiopia: A Model Nation of Minorities] (accessed 22 March 2006)</ref> According to membership and adherent records provided by the various churches and denominations, Ethiopian Protestants claim as high as 18.59% of the country's population which is inline with the recent data from the US Department of State.<ref name="state1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldmap.org/maps/other/profiles/ethiopia/ET.pdf|title=Ethiopian protestants claim as high as 18.59% of population|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref>