{"id":3852,"date":"2015-06-30T23:26:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/being-a-double-edged-sword\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T23:26:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T23:26:02","slug":"being-a-double-edged-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/being-a-double-edged-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a double-edged sword"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #003300\"><i><b><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino\">June 30, 2015<\/span><\/b><\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #003300\"><i><b><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino\">By Kassa Nigus <\/span><\/b><\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"> <span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino\">His grace Abune Ephraim, bishop of north Shoa diocese ordained twenty five students of Debre Birhan University who attend religious courses along with their regular studies on June, 2015. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"> <span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino\">The appointment has been done after the newly chosen students fulfilled  the required qualifications needed to be a deacon. This kind of  missionary activities have been become a usual practice in most  Ethiopian universities under the coordination of Mahibere Kidusan  institution that facilitates a condition for&nbsp; young students to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino\"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves\/> <w:TrackFormatting\/> <w:PunctuationKerning\/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF\/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US<\/w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE<\/w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE<\/w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables\/> <w:SnapToGridInCell\/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/> <w:DontGrowAutofit\/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark\/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp\/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables\/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx\/> <w:Word11KerningPairs\/> <w:CachedColBalance\/> <\/w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val=\"Cambria Math\"\/> <m:brkBin m:val=\"before\"\/> <m:brkBinSub m:val=\"&#45;-\"\/> <m:smallFrac m:val=\"off\"\/> <m:dispDef\/> <m:lMargin m:val=\"0\"\/> <m:rMargin m:val=\"0\"\/> <m:defJc m:val=\"centerGroup\"\/> <m:wrapIndent m:val=\"1440\"\/> <m:intLim m:val=\"subSup\"\/> <m:naryLim m:val=\"undOvr\"\/> <\/m:mathPr><\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\">have a versatile personality<\/span>, i.e., for the church mission and the country in general. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"> <span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino\">After the sanction of the candidates, his grace Abune Ephraim forwarded his advice to the newly appointed deacons  saying, &ldquo;The ordination you received is not from man but from God; you  shall use this great authority wisely in the evangelizing mission of the church.&rdquo; <\/span> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"> <span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino\">The center of MK at Debre Birhan consists of 16 Gibbi  Gubaeyat (Campus centers where Christian students attend religious  courses). 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