Talk:P'ent'ay

message: Is P'ent'ay actually a religion, or does it generally describe converts to Pentecostal denominations?  I've changed "P'ent'ay religion" to "P'ent'ay community." -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 19:53, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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message: By the way, would those using this talk page please sign their posts with something other than "ethiopian guest?" I can't tell if I'm responding to more than one person here. Please use ~~~~ (that's four tilde characters) to sign your comments, and please consider signing up for your own account. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 03:08, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
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message: I've changed the rating to Mid. I'm not sure if P'ent'ay includes all Protestant groups (altogether 10% of the population - possibly including the Ethiopian Orthodox Tehadeso Church?), but "High" seems a bit too high (no pun intended) of a rating given its recent arrival in Ethiopia. It has gained momentum over the years, though so I may be wrong. What do others think about the rating? — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 20:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: moved page P'ent'ay to P'ent'ay (Ethiopian Evangelicalism) over redirect: P'ent'ay (Ethiopian Evangelicalism) is the term that English speaking P'ent'ays use when in communication with other English speaking peoples. That is why almost every P'ent'ay church in the English speaking world has "... Ethiopian Evangelical Church" in their names and use the term Evangelical in English language publications.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Llakew18 (talk • contribs) 14:55, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved P'ent'ay to P'ent'ay (Ethiopian Evangelicalism) 

message: As all contributions are welcomed to Wikipedia, please remember that Wikipedia is about verifiability and there is a manual of style for articles in their varying categories; these two guidelines also extend to stating that Wikipedia does not allow original research. Multiple contributions have been performed on this article prior to cleaning it up which have misconstrued church history by proclaiming as if P'ent'ay churches are the original church pre-State church of the Roman Empire-era verbatim. As such sources cannot be historically verified they have been duly removed with explanations pertaining to their purge. Additionally, please refrain from using Protestant alongside "Eastern Protestant Christian" as classifications; if these churches form Eastern Protestant Christianity within Ethiopia and Eritrea, then it is redundant as if they are two separate classifications. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 15:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello. That claim was made in the historical section of the article prior to your contributions being written, which were reverted, and within the origin timeline pertaining to when P'ent'ay churches were established within Ethiopia and Eritrea. Those claims verbatim would appear as if that claim is being made, in accordance with the previous contributions. Next, it is blatantly stated such churches are Christian and a type of Christianity elsewhere in the article. Finally, refrain from personally attacking other religious groups and persons. Such attacks are not tolerated as evident in the language here used, which could allege personal bias. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 21:05, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

text: I was not attacking a religious group, I'm just stating that certain minority of sectarians who happened to be Orthodox have used the false claim that Pentays aren't Christian in order to disparage or discredit them, I had mistaken a few statements made in the talk page for espousing that idiology in a biased way (I know see that it was done in good faith). HistoryEtCulture (talk) 21:12, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  It would seem as if you were, and are continuing to do so. Refrain from describing contributors and other such parties directly or indirectly involved as such again. Wikipedia is about constructive collaboration and dialogue. A better description would have been "others who appear to have sectarian characteristics in their remarks toward P'ent'ay Christians". - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 21:20, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

text: Just be careful when discussing parties with whom one disagrees with. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 21:32, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
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message: Origin of Pre-Protestant or Pre-Schism Christianity in Ethiopia and Christianity in Eritrea in general and Origin of Protestantism in Ethiopia and Eritrea specifically
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Origin of Pre-Protestant or Pre-Schism Christianity in Ethiopia and Christianity in Eritrea (the mere exitance or origin of any form of Christianity in this geographic region or community prior to the introduction of Protestantism or schism): 
*Frumentius (328 AD Axum)
*Philip the Evangelist ( "via Ethiopian eunuch of Kush")
*Mark the Evangelist (42 AD via Alexandria)Eusebius of Caesarea, the author of Ecclesiastical History in the 4th century, states that Saint Mark came to Egypt in the first or third year of the reign of Emperor Claudius, i.e. AD 41 or 43  
Origin of Protestantism in Ethiopia and Eritrea (the specific history of these denominations): 
*Various Christian Missionaries & Mission Organizations (19th-20th centuries)
*List of Protestant missionaries in Ethiopia and Eritrea
*Peter Heyling - first Protestant missionary in Ethiopia among several other missionaries
*Founders of the Various P'ent'ay Denominations that succeeded the various mission organizations.
Region, Orientation, and Language
Region/Area:
Ethiopia,  Eritrea, United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel, Kenya, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, and other parts of the Ethiopian-Eritrean Diaspora
Orientation: 
Most influential: Pentecostal, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonite (Anabaptist), Holiness movement. 
Some influence: Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Adventist, etc.
Language: 
Oromo, Amharic, Wolayta Sidama, Tigrinya, Somali, other Languages of Ethiopia, Languages of Eritrea, and Ethiopian-Eritrean Diaspora Languages (e.g. English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Hebrew, Finnish, etc.)
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P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez Script: ጴንጤ), or Wenigēlawī (from Ge'ez Script: ወንጌላዊ for Evangelical), are originally Amharic-Tigrinya language terms for a Christian of a Protestant denomination, widely used in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and Eritreans in the diaspora as terms refer for  Evangelical Christian. In English speaking contexts, it may be refered to as Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism or the Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Church.  The P'ent'ay label may be an indication of the apparent prominence of the Pentecostal denomination at some point in the history of Evangelicalism in Ethiopian and Eritrean communities, even though many other branches such as Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Holiness movement, and Mennonites have also had similarly wide presences.
Ethiopian and Eritrean Evangelical Christians are the result of American and European Protestant missionary work and among youth who left the Orthodox Tewahedo churches because of theological differences, and later fanned by persecution against them. P'ent'ay Christians schismed from the Orthodox Tewahedo churches, other branches of Christianity, or converted from other religions with the aid of Protestant missionaries to reform Ethiopian Christianity from what they belive to be doctrinal and theological diversions. The major lasting influences on Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism have been Pentecostalism, the Baptist tradition, Lutheranism, the Mennonite tradition, while several other influential streams of theology exist.
List of denominations 
 
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* The Ethiopian Kale Heywet (Word of Life) Church - a charismatic Evangelical denomination with Pentecostal and Holiness Baptist (Baptist) roots. It is associated with the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), an interdenominational organization, and has an Eritrean branch.
 
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* The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (Place of Jesus) - a Lutheran denomination which includes a Presbyterian-leaning synod. The Eritrean Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (also know as Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea) is the Eritrean Lutheran church.
 
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* The Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church - a Pentecostal denomination with Mennonite influence.
 
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* The Meserete Kristos (Christ Foundation) Church - a Mennonite denomination with Pentecostal influence.
 
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Some P'ent'ay communities—especially the Mekane Yesus Lutheran Church for example—have been influenced by the Orthodox Tewahedo churches, which represents the dominant traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean Christian demographic, but for the most part are very Pentecostal in their worship and theology.
Other denominations
 
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* Ammanuel Baptist Church 
 
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* Misgana Church of Ethiopia
 
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*Assemblies of God --  Pentecostal
 
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* Hiwot Berhan Church (Light of Life Church)
 
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* Emnet Kristos
 
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* Berhane Wongel — Gospel Light 
 
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* Ethiopian Addis Kidan Baptist Church
 
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* Evangelical Church of Eritrea
 
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* Lutheran Church of Eritrea
 
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* Middle East General Mission
 
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*Seventh-day Adventist ChurchWorld Christian Encyclopedia, 2001 edition, Volume 1, page 263
 
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*Christian Brethren
 
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* Anglicanism is represented in Ethiopia and Eritrea by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East and Episcopal Anglican Province of Alexandria; Ethiopia and Eritrea are both part of the Diocese of Egypt, which also includes other countries in the Horn of Africa as well as the North Africa region. There are two Episcopal churches in Ethiopia, one is in Addis Ababa and the other in Gambela, while in Eritrea there are no oficiallly operated congregations at this time.Anglicans Online: Africa. Accessed 2010-01-07.
Discussion 
I understand if you don't accept the "Origin of Pre-Protestant or Pre-Schism Christianity in Ethiopia and Christianity in Eritrea in general and Origin of Protestantism in Ethiopia and Eritrea specifically" section because it had to pinpoint, because its partially based on religious traditions. But when it comes to the "Region, Orientation, and Language", "Lead" or existence or non-existence of certain denominations, I don't understand why you may think that these denominational orientations, denominations, languages, and locations don't exist among the Pentay churches at all.
::How does this pertain to the origin of P'ent'ay churches in particular if one is using early Church history, especially with previous contributions prior to your account creation with others writing P'ent'ay churches as if their history began in the first century CE? The only origin, which Wikipedia stands to summarize events, should pertain to the 19th and 20th centuries, with Peter Heyling being the namesake for what would become P'ent'ay churches due to his and others missionary work. Answering your new question while I was responding, not every language can be placed within the infobox as again, information stands to summarize events. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 21:11, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  No one has insinuated that such orientations wouldn't be accepted; the only stance clearly written prior was that it is redundant to say "Protestant" alongside "Eastern Protestant Christian". - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 21:18, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

text: Plus, Peter Heyling is only one of several protestant missionaries that influenced Pentay churches, but his main influence was on the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (Place of Jesus) a Luthern church. HistoryEtCulture (talk) 21:25, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, he is the first Protestant missionary, therefore the primary founding father. Jesus is the primary founding father of Christianity, yet of course he had his disciples to assist. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 21:29, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Please, reread my statement. He would be classified as the primary founding father, even though there were others (same as for Jesus, though the disciples assisted elsewhere). I have not stated that they all have the same histories whatsoever. I do not understand what you are not understanding.- TheLionHasSeen (talk) 21:37, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Septemebr 2020 

message: How is this a falsehood, a lie, or misinfromation?
This editor is just deleting stuff without even reading any of my contributions. 
| type = Eastern Christianity  Eastern Protestant Christian
| main_classification = Evangelicalism
| orientation = Primary Denominations: Pentecostal, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonite (Anabaptist), Holiness movement.  Other Denominations: Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Adventist, etc.
| language = Oromo, Amharic, Wolayta Sidama, Tigrinya, Somali, other Languages of Ethiopia, Languages of Eritrea, and Ethiopian-Eritrean Diaspora Languages (e.g. English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Hebrew, Finnish, etc.)
| area = Ethiopia,  Eritrea, United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel, Kenya, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, and other parts of the Ethiopian-Eritrean Diaspora 
|founded_date=19th-20th centuries|founder=Kale Heywet: Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) in 1927 https://books.google.com/books/about/Hidden_Triumph_in_Ethiopia.html?id=gGYMEV-UmPwC&source=kp_book_description   Mekane Yesus: Peter Heyling and Gudina Tumsa in 1959  Mulu Wongel: in 1967  Meserete Kristos: in ~1950s|founded_place=Ethiopian Empire  (Ethiopia and Eritrea)}}
P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez Script: ጴንጤ), or Wenigēlawī (from Ge'ez Script: ወንጌላዊ for Evangelical), are originally Amharic-Tigrinya language terms for a Christian of a Protestant denomination, widely used in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and Eritreans in the diaspora as the terms for  Evangelical Christian. In English speaking contexts, it may be referred to as Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism or the Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Church. 
Ethiopian and Eritrean Evangelical Christians are the result of American and European Protestant missionary work and among youth who left the Orthodox Tewahedo churches because of theological differences, and later fanned by persecution against them. P'ent'ay Christians schismed from the Orthodox Tewahedo churches, other branches of Christianity, or converted from other religions with the aid of Protestant missionaries to reform Ethiopian Christianity from what they believe to be doctrinal and theological diversions. The major lasting influences on Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism have been Pentecostalism, the Baptist tradition, Lutheranism, the Mennonite tradition, while several other influential streams of theology exist. Since the creation of P'ent'ay churches and organisations, prominent movements among them have been Pentecostalism, the Baptist tradition, Lutheranism, Methodism, Presbyterianism, and the Mennonites.
Primary Denominations
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*The Ethiopian Kale Heywet (Word of Life) Church - a charismatic Evangelical denomination with Pentecostal and Holiness Baptist (Baptist) roots. It is associated with the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), an interdenominational organization, and has an Eritrean branch.
*The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (Place of Jesus) - a Lutheran denomination which includes a Presbyterian-leaning synod. The Eritrean Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (also know as Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea) is the Eritrean Lutheran church.
*The Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' (Mulu Wongel) Church, a Pentecostal denomination with Mennonite influence.
*The Meserete Kristos (Christ Foundation) Church, a Mennonite denomination with Pentecostal influence.
Other denominations ... .
And the edit conflict are deleting my work.
HistoryEtCulture (talk) 01:35, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Please browse the noticeboard for my comments pertaining to you. From what has occurred thus far, it appears you have a agenda, and have forcefully merged templates which you desired so from the very beginning without any discussion held whatsoever to reach a consensus; such evidence may be found via your personal contributions. You also persist in edit warring, and for my sake I refuse to participate in it, even if I feel I am correct in following Wikipedia's guidelines and policies. I will have no more of this, as you refuse to continue discussion and forgo understanding or desiring to understand consensus or communication  methods. I see a lot of going back-and-forth between your comments which are highly confounding, and the discussions end fruitless. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 01:43, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , please examine your contributions. Firstly, P'ent'ay is a type of Eastern Christianity. Second, as a type of Eastern Christianity its main classification should be Eastern Protestant Christian. This is the style used consistently with the majority of religious body articles (particularly Christian) on the English-language Wikipedia. As Eastern Protestant Christian it would be evident they are evangelical in ethos. When it comes to orientation, do not clutter it with additional text such as "primary denominations" yet allow it to remain consistent. As for languages, do not clutter the infobox with every known language; infoboxes serve as a summary of information. The article serves for further summarizing in length of information available. Please, correct your grammar and take your time when contributing as well, and take time to understand your written words may come off as finger pointing and personally demeaning language when discussing disputes (as previously seen on this discussion page). As for the founder, it says founder which represents a single person as the source of the bodies which came, and from historical citations that one European missionary would be considered the founding father. Do not add those indigenous churches established via his and others missionary work as "founders". - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 02:24, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

text:  I am waiting your timely response. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 02:54, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

text: If I recall, that is a violation of the manual of style of articles. At this rate it would be better to leave the founder section of the template out altogether. Again, I was stating he was the first Protestant missionary, therefore he is the sole founding father responsible for what would become the many churches, just as Martin Luther is responsible largely as the namesake of Protestantism, although he did not establish each and every Protestant denomination (it is logically impossible). Please, remain on topic with me as well as I do not appreciate you attempting to allegedly lack civility toward me, as you appear to have done with others without fully understanding why you don't use divisive terms to describe others. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 13:45, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

text:  I still don't understand why Peter Heyling is put as the founder, because not every infobox of every wikipedia article for all the Protestant denominations - inclueding non-Lutheran denominations (let alone all of the Lutheran denominations) don't have Martin Luther as their denominational founder. Like the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America doesn't have Martin Luther or  Justus Falckner as their founder even though Justus Falckner was the first Lutheran ordained minister in the United States, and Martin Luther isn't designated as the founder of all other subsiquenst Protestant denominations like the Baptist and Pentecostal denominations or just because he happened to be the first of the what would later become the Protestant churches to break away from the Catholic Church. HistoryEtCulture (talk) 17:02, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

text:  Ok, I can AGREE with completely omitting the founder section from the infobox and placing information about Peter Heyling being the first Protestant missionary - being the main influencer in EECMY, and information about the founders of the other Pentay denominations, in the history section or any other part of the text, is the best move that I can see. HistoryEtCulture (talk) 17:02, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

text:  Well then, I find we've come to a consensus on that portion. Now, we need to find an agreement on the languages, as Wikipedia infoboxes are for summarizing information. We cannot include every possible language or example of locations, hence why the diaspora (lowercased) was placed and removing everything in parentheses following. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 20:28, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Via an unrelated investigation into the contributor, they have been blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry. I suppose this conversation shall be considered void. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 03:11, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unfair use of reverts on the deletion of factually accurate information. 

message: There are several errors in this article.
Issue #1: 
Change from:  
P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez Script: ጴንጤ) is an originally Amharic-Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal Protestant Christians within Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora. Today, the term refers to all Evangelical Christian denominations and organisations in Ethiopian and Eritrean societies as Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism or the Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Church. Sometimes the denominations and organisations are also known as Wenigēlawī (from Ge'ez Script: ወንጌላዊ).
Change To: 
P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez Script: ጴንጤ), or Wenigēlawī (from Ge'ez Script: ወንጌላዊ for Evangelical), are originally Amharic-Tigrinya language terms for a Christian of a Protestant denomination, widely used in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and Eritreans in the diaspora as terms refer for  Evangelical Christian. In English speaking contexts, it may be refered to as Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism or the Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Church.</ref> The P'ent'ay label may be an indication of the apparent prominence of the Pentecostal denomination at some point in the history of Evangelicalism in Ethiopian and Eritrean communities, even though many other branches such as Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Holiness movement, and Mennonites have also had similarly wide presences.
Reasoning:  
Pentay is not a "term for Pentecostal Protestant Christians", it is a "term generally used for a Christian of a Protestant denomination but more specifically for Evangelical Christians. Pentay and Pentecostal are not synonyms and can not be be used interchangeable. All Trinitarian Pentecostals are Pentay, Evangelical Protestant Christians are Pentay, but not all Pentays are Pentecostal. Pentay = Evangelical Christian; not all Pentay are Pentecostal, some are Baptists some are Methodists, others are Lutheran, while others are Pentecostal. 
Issue #2: 
Peter Heyling is not the founder of a church called Pentay in Ethiopia. Peter Heyling was one of the first Protestant missionaries in Ethiopia, he had influenced only one P'ent'ay-affiliated church by the name of Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, he did not found P'ent'ay or the premier and authoritative Pentay organization the Evangelical Church Fellowship of Ethiopia which is colloquially synonymous with Pentay itself http://www.ecfethiopia.org/history.htm .
Pentay is not one denomination but a grouping of or ecumenical  council of similar Eastern Protestant Christian denomination in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and their diaspora communities. 
Issue #3: 
Can you change Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church section to describing the denomination as a Holiness Baptist denomination with a Charismatic/Pentecostal influence. I saw that section of the article, and I think that it should be specified which type of Baptist denomination it is because it is a lot different from other Baptist denominations in that it is part of the Holiness movement rather than the Reformed tradition that most Baptist Churches are a part of. 
Issue #$: 
For Orientation, can you add Evangelicalism and Presbyterianism to the orientation section, becuase they are listed in the body but should be included in the infobox along with the others. 
 192.5.215.186 (talk) 01:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You're not being inconspicuous, you know? Remember the series of contributions here pertaining to the same grammar, and multiple sockpuppets? - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 04:16, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not done: Requester is a blocked sock.  JavaHurricane 16:32, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 November 2020 

message: P'ent'ay is not synonymous with Pentecostal even if it is etymologically related. P'ent'ay, means Trinitarian Protestant which includes but is not limited to Pentecostals. 	Peter Heyling is not the founder of P'ent'ay Christianity in Ethiopia and Eritrea, he is just one of the first missionary that played a large part in the Lutheran branch of  P'ent'ay Christianity. 2601:14D:8500:2200:2423:5FE1:B379:B945 (talk) 01:12, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done. It's pretty clear to me that this is a Hoaeter edit (see ). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 01:34, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

text: they have done verbatim agenda pushing in Simple Wikipedia: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian-Eritrean_Evangelicalism. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 03:55, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 14:26, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 December 2020 

message: remove the tag that claims "Amhric, The official language of Ethiopia". Ethiopia does not have any official language and pentey is more of a oromo religion then amhara. JalalaKo (talk) 12:00, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Ethiopia does not have any official language, but it has official federal working languages which Amharic is one of them (as per source attached to the sentence, and on Languages of Ethiopia). The sentence is updated to reflect that status instead. – robertsky (talk) 20:18, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2020 

message: The founder section of this article is inaccurate. Peter Heyling is not the founder of Protestantism in Ethiopia and Eritrea. He was only one of several missionaries with most of his influence only on the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, a Lutheran denomination rather than the other non-Lutheran Protestant denominations in the P'ent'ay (Evangelical Church Fellowship of Ethiopia). Peter Heyling only applies to the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and not to the other Protestant denominations in Ethiopia. The best think I recommend should be done is to leave the founder section blank on this specific article and mention the founders of the individual denominations in their respective Wikipedia articles; because this article is mainly for a set of several denomination with different origin histories that share similar theology and have joined in full communion with each other, it is incorrect to name the founder of one denomination and put them as the founder of the whole communion, because this would make it seem like  Peter Heyling is the founder of all 19 major Protestant denominations when this only applies to one denomination. The other denominations have their own founders. 2601:14D:8581:2C70:4430:6942:96D1:F9A8 (talk) 02:11, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Elizium23 (talk) 02:40, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

text: Done The request has been completed. ItsLife1 (talk) 06:15, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Reverted. - TheLionHasSeen (talk) 21:36, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 16 February 2021 

message: Hello Wikipedia, I have found an inaccuracy in your article on Ethiopian and Eritrean Evangelicalism (also known as P'ent'ay). The missionary by the name of Peter Heyling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Heyling) is not the founder of Evangelicalism in this regions although he had a large role in Lutheranism in Ethiopia (specifically in helping in founding the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus) but not overall Evangelicalism in the region which came from various streams of influence. Only identifying one source of influence and ignoring other sources of influence, especially those of the other P'ent'ay denominations like Pentecostals, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Mennonites that also make up a substantial portion of the P'ent'ay community is a distortion of its history. My recommendations  to remedy this problem is to add information on the founders of the other P'ent'ay denominations to better cover the diversity of founders and influences on the larger P'ent'ay community or remove Peter Heyling as the founder of Evangelicalism in order to give each denomination and its separate founders equal recognition. WorldWide12 (talk) 20:11, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Please provide the exact text you'd like to add, remove or change, as well as sourcing. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

text: the claim that Heyling was the first Protestant missionary in Ethiopia is reliably sourced; however, the claim that he is the founder does need to be sourced. So I've placed a weasel-word template ("by whom?") and a citation-needed template after that claim in the History section. After a few days, if a reliable source has not been found to support the "founder" claim, it will be removed from the History section, and Heyling will also then be removed from the infobox "Founder" parameter. P.I. Ellsworth  ed. put'r there 13:23, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 April 2021 and 2 April 2021 

message: The Eastern Church and Protestantism are in distinct branches of Christianity. The infobox makes no sense. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: "Pure nonsense," seriously? Go see Eastern Protestant Christianity for further details. It can be both Protestant and Eastern Christian they are not mutually exclusive, Eastern Protestant Christianity exists in that many of these churches are theologically Protestant but retain Eastern liturgical rites or other Eastern traditions like using the Julian calendar or Ge'ez calendar as their denominations liturgical calander. AfricanEast (talk) 01:52, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes it is. Like a square triangle or a married bachelor. However, the term has clearly been misapplied enough times that this nonsense has become common usage. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:20, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Is perhaps the answer, @User:Walter Görlitz, that if good academic and theological sources are talking about these churches under this rubric, however unsatisfying, it stays; but if only the self-published/self-referential (popular) presses are talking about it this way, then we have to defer to the academic, and change the article? 2601:246:C700:558:E8D7:8CA7:35D3:40B6 (talk) 02:34, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pure nonsense 

message: Change the offcial site link of the ECFE to https://ecfe.org.et/ Beabzk (talk) 06:45, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 06:57, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
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