EGST’s Department of Holistic Development (DoHD) organized the First EGST Graduate Conference 2025
The Graduate Conference 2025 was successfully held on 5–6 December 2025, at EGST both in-person and online. This inaugural conference brought together faculty, alumni, students, prominent keynote speakers, experts, students and faculty from Sister theological institutions, and partners for meaningful discussions on the intersections of theology, development, and gender.
The event featured Keynote addresses, graduate’s research presentations, panel discussions, photo and video exhibitions, and networking opportunities and collaborations.
The keynote addresses are by Dr. Simon Heliso Kuka
on “The Ethiopian Tapestry: Weaving Faith, Community, and Integral Development”
Dr. Seble Hailu on
“Faith, Gender, and Development: A Psychosocial Lens for Ethiopia’s Transformation” and
Dr Geleta Semisso on “Theology in Times of Crisis: Building Peace, Restoring Trust and Advancing Holistic Development.”
During the closing session, certificates were awarded to all participants, marking a successful launch and setting a strong foundation for future annual graduate’s conferences.
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.
