One of the few pre-colonial Christian churches in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has a membership of between 45 and 50 million people, the majority of whom live in Ethiopia. Frumentius, later consecrated the first Ethiopian bishop, and Aedesius. Bartholomew in the 1st century ce, and the first Ethiopian convert is thought to have been the eunuch in Jerusalem mentioned in The Acts of the Apostles - Ethiopia was further Christianized in the 4th century ce by two men likely brothers from Tyre- St. Tradition holds that Ethiopia was first evangelized by St. By using our site, you agree to our collection of information through the use of cookies. You're using an out-of-date version of Internet Explorer.
