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“Girls are not your wealth”: cultural norms and the gospel among the Gumuz people

April 27th, 2017

Angela and Rolf Kruse and their five children (four daughters and one son) have lived on Gesses mountain in Ethiopia among the Gumuz people for the past five years. They recently returned to Canada after 17 years of ministry in Ethiopia among Sudanese refugees and tribal people. Angela shared this story with Bearing Witness as  Keep Reading…

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