Pastor Dawit Tesfaye
Senior pastor, Amharic serviceዋና ፓስተር
About usስለ እኛ
Seven families in a Takoma Park basementበታኮማ ፓርክ ምድር ቤት ሰባት ቤተሰቦች
That was 1989. Today Selam is about 300 people, two pastors, fourteen home fellowships and one very busy kitchen.ዛሬ 300 ሰዎች ገደማ ነን።
Selam (ሰላም) means peace. It's also how every Ethiopian says hello.ሰላም ማለት ሰላም ነው፤ የሰላምታ ቃልም ነው።
Our historyታሪካችን
Thirty-seven years in Montgomery Countyበሞንትጎመሪ 37 ዓመታት
Every move was because we ran out of chairs.የተንቀሳቀስነው ወንበር ስላለቀ ነው።
1989
A basement on Carroll Avenueበካሮል አቬኑ ምድር ቤት
Seven families, a borrowed keyboard and a hymnbook carried from Addis.ሰባት ቤተሰቦች እና ከአዲስ የመጣ የመዝሙር መጽሐፍ።
1997
Renting on Sunday afternoonsእሑድ ከሰዓት መከራየት
We share a Silver Spring church building for eleven years.ለአሥራ አንድ ዓመታት ከሌላ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ጋር።
2006
The English service beginsየእንግሊዝኛ አምልኮ ተጀመረ
Started by the first generation of children, now in college.በልጆቻችን ተጀመረ።
2012
Saturday school opensየቅዳሜ ትምህርት ቤት ተከፈተ
Nine children and one teacher from Bahir Dar.ዘጠኝ ልጆች እና አንድ መምህር።
2019
Our own buildingየራሳችን ሕንፃ
A former office on Blueridge Avenue, renovated mostly by members on Saturdays.በብሉሪጅ የቀድሞ ቢሮ።
2026
Eleven church planters in Ethiopiaበኢትዮጵያ አሥራ አንድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ተካዮች
Supported every month by the mission fund.በየወሩ በሚስዮን ፈንድ።
What we believeእምነታችን
The short versionበአጭሩ
We share the faith of evangelical churches across Ethiopia and the world.በኢትዮጵያ እና በዓለም ካሉ ወንጌላውያን አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ጋር አንድ እምነት።
One Godአንድ አምላክ
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who made all things and holds them together.አብ፣ ወልድ እና መንፈስ ቅዱስ።
Matthew 28:19
Jesus savesኢየሱስ ያድናል
Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again. We are saved by grace through faith in him.ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ስለ ኃጢአታችን ሞተ፤ ተነሣም።
Ephesians 2:8
The Holy Spiritመንፈስ ቅዱስ
The Spirit lives in every believer and gives gifts for building up the church.መንፈስ በእያንዳንዱ አማኝ ይኖራል።
1 Corinthians 12
The Bibleመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ
God's word, read aloud every Sunday in two languages and trusted in both.የእግዚአብሔር ቃል።
2 Timothy 3:16
Baptism and the Lord's Supperጥምቀት እና የጌታ እራት
Baptism by immersion for believers, and communion on the first Sunday of each month.የአማኞች ጥምቀት እና በወሩ የመጀመሪያ እሑድ የጌታ እራት።
Romans 6:4
Our leadersመሪዎቻችን
Pastors and eldersፓስተሮች እና ሽማግሌዎች
Call or write to any of us, in either language.በማንኛውም ቋንቋ ይጻፉልን።
Pastor Mekdes Alemu
English service and youthየእንግሊዝኛ አምልኮ እና ወጣቶች
Ermias Haile
Worship leaderየአምልኮ መሪ
Tigist Bekele
Saturday schoolየቅዳሜ ትምህርት ቤት
Getachew Wolde
Elder, home fellowships and new arrivalsሽማግሌ፣ የቤት ኅብረት
Almaz Desta
Elder, women's ministryሽማግሌ፣ የሴቶች አገልግሎት