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Next, Ethiopians are taking a hands on approach to seeing their countrymen come to Christ. Through the Kale Heywet (KAH-lah HAY-wah) church more than four-thousand Bible colleges and five seminaries have been established. SIM Missionary Tim Brannagan doing some of the training. "Between 1974 through the early 90's it was under a communist regime in which the church pretty much had to go underground, and so there's a real dearth of leadership, but now we're training up a new generation of leadership for the church there in Ethiopia." Brannagan says these Christians are committed to seeing that every Ethiopian hears the Gospel. He says it's not just classroom instruction. "We're just as concerned with training toward the heart or Godly character. And so, much of our teaching takes place out of the classroom and having training take place on weekends and unreached people groups and on different assignments that we give them to travel throughout the country.