On Monday 1 December 2025, The Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST) hosted a heartwarming event in its Garden, where faculty and Board representatives convened to officially acknowledge and celebrate significant institutional event.
The event served as a dual celebration: a welcome home to Dr Lidetu Alemu upon his return from his sabbatical leave, and a farewell to Dr Bekele Deboch as he embarks on his own period of sabbatical leave.
In addition to honoring returning and departing scholars and their families, the EGST community extended a warm welcome to three key faculty members and their families. Dr Yohannes Sahile, the newest member of the Faculty, Dr Tekalign Nega, who is taking up the role of the new Vice President of EGST and Dr Tekalign Duguma, Head of Biblical and Theological Studies who joined EGST last year.
The presence of both faculty members and Board members underscored the importance of the event, highlighting the institution’s commitment to supporting its academic staff and leadership through periods of growth and renewal.
We seek to subject our thoughts and actions to God’s Word and affirm the power of Scripture to effect change in individual lives, churches and society.
We come together as a community of learners not for our sake only but also for the sake of others. We seek to grow in our understanding of God and his ways, so that we may help others to acknowledge his governance over the world with its rich possibilities for both individual transformation and for social and cultural renewal.
We believe that theological education speaks to and out of its local context as a dynamic interaction between the local context, the global context and Scripture.
We strongly believe that unity among the churches of Ethiopia is important and can be fostered through cooperative, inter-denominational graduate-level theological education. We also seek to partner with individuals, institutions, churches and organizations within and outside Ethiopia.
We value learning alongside people from different traditions and churches. Exposure to varying traditions challenges thinking about God and the diversity of his work in the world. While EGST promotes unity, it also appreciates and respects diversity.
We value the importance of worshipping God with our minds and strive for excellence both in our rigorous study of Scripture and in our critical analysis of context.
We seek to be people who model Christ’s values such as love, humility, compassion, justice, integrity, self-control, and holiness.
We seek to promote ecumenical relationships among churches in Ethiopia in order to enhance mutual understanding.
