Ashenafi Solomon

Ministry Focus

Ashenafi lives in Aroge Gebeya, a remote farming village in the West Oromia region of eastern Ethiopia, where he is reaching farmers, most of whom are Muslim. God has given him favor with the community, and a number of farmers have given their lives to Christ.

Faith Story

For years, beginning in his teenage years, he was held in bondage by an evil spirit. He spent much of that time in a witchcraft house in his village, bound by iron chains on both his arms and his feet. A few believers approached his family, visited him at the witchcraft house, and prayed for him. They then took him to a small Christian fellowship in the village, where the spirit that had held him for so long was cast out by the power of prayer in the name of Jesus Christ. After his liberation, he gave his life to the Lord in 2009 and was baptized in early 2010. His healing became a visible witness to the community, and he found favor with both God and the people around him. He began using his story to share the Good News with the Muslim-dominated farming community where he lives. Today, he is one of the Missions Door African missionaries serving in Ethiopia.

Family

Born in 1986, he grew up in a Coptic Orthodox family. In 2017, he married Samrawit Ayele, and they have two sons, Surafel and Henok, who are 7 and 2 years old, respectively. His wife now serves in the choir and prayer ministries at the church where he serves, which Missions Door planted in the center of the village.

Education

Ashenafi went to a rural elementary school; two hours walk from his village and completed elementary school through tenth grade.