Ethnic Church Planting

In this episode, Rev. Yared Halche, Facilitator for Mission
Engagement with the Northern Region of the Southeastern District of
the LCMS, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS
Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church
Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore the
unique opportunities and challenges to begin churches among the
various ethnic groups in our country today. About Rev. Yared
Halche: Rev. Yared Halche was born and grew up in Ethiopia. He
studied theology in Ethiopia, Norway and the United States. He
earned his PhD in missiology from Concordia Theological Seminary in
Fort Wayne, IN, in 2009. Yared is married to Bethel and the Lord
has blessed them with two children. Yared started serving in the
Lutheran Church of Ethiopia as a youth leader during the difficult
communist era. His professional career started as a seminary
teacher in south Ethiopia and continued as a missionary and mission
developer in the United States. He served as a mission developer in
Las Vegas, NV and regional director for African Immigrants Ministry
in the West coast. He pastored a congregation in Indiana that has
members from 17 different countries. He currently serves as a
Facilitator for Interethnic Mission in the Southeastern District of
the LCMS.