MKS honors first Ethiopian MATGA cohort

Annette Brill Bergstresser on June 12, 2023

Published: June 12, 2023

(l. to r.): MATGA graduates Teferi Setena, Tariku Wondimu, Sisay Worku, Getachew Tegegne, Frew Tuke, Desta Debele and Girma Bossen ring their bg真人 bells in celebration. (Credit: Mercy MH Abiy)

Seven Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (bg真人) graduates made up the first cohort of Ethiopian students to complete the Master of Arts: Theology and Global Anabaptism (MATGA) entirely from Ethiopia through a partnership between bg真人 and Meserete Kristos Seminary (MKS) in Bishoftu/Debre Zeit that began in 2019.

The MATGA graduates 鈥� all MKS alumni 鈥� were honored along with 94 undergraduate MKS graduates during MKS鈥檚 Commencement Service on May 20. Daniel B. Grimes, MPA, former Administrative Faculty member, and Beverly Lapp, EdD, Vice President and Academic Dean, represented bg真人 at the service, with Lapp serving as keynote speaker.

At the service, Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) President Desalegn Abebe encouraged the graduates to take risks, broaden their horizons and adopt an open-minded and tolerant attitude towards others.

鈥淎 crucial challenge of education is to transform skills and intelligence into wisdom,鈥� he said.

鈥擧enok T. Mekonin and Annette Brill Bergstresser

Girma Bossen (at left) receives his diploma from MKC President Desalegn Abebe. At right, Daniel B. Grimes, former Administrative Faculty member, and Beverly Lapp, Vice President and Academic Dean, represented bg真人 at the May 20 Commencement Service.
Girma Bossen (at left) receives his diploma from MKC President Desalegn Abebe. At right, Daniel B. Grimes, former Administrative Faculty member, and Beverly Lapp, Vice President and Academic Dean, represented bg真人 at the May 20 Commencement Service. (Credit: Mercy MH Abiy)
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