Before the Gospel came to the Gumuz people, their lives revolved around revenge, killing, and worshiping of the spirits of certain rocks and rivers. Jesus has now won the hearts of entire Gumuz communities. But the Gumuz still live with great needs—most notably the need for literacy and agricultural development.

Seven Gumuz villages have been reached by chronological Bible storytelling, and several new Gumuz believers were baptized recently. They are witnessing to others using a 90-lesson primer that combines literacy teaching with a clear Gospel presentation. As believers learn to read, they are also trained to teach the same skills to others.

Janet Winch lives among the Gumuz to teach principles of field preparation, home gardens, and milk production. After farmers prepare fenced fields, vegetable seeds and fruit tree seedlings are made available. Steve and Jun Eom from Korea and John and Phyllis Coleman from Canada, along with Ethiopian evangelists, were instrumental in opening doors to the Gumuz people only a few years ago.

Learn more about the Gumuz Adult Education Project