The Team
Pastor Yonas Seifu is the Senior Pastor of Covenant Church and the Visionary of Covenant Development Association. Pastor Yonas Seifu is married to RahelGoshu and has two sons, Elijah, 18, and Jonathan,14.
Our God is a very compassionate God. One of the ways we know of his compassion is His love for children. One time when parents brought their children to Jesus to lay hands upon and bless them, His disciples were indignant and tried to stop them.
But Jesus was angry when he saw what His disciples were doing. He took the children in His arms, laid His hands on them and blessed them. He then affirmed that the kingdom of heaven was such as these. So one of the ways we convey God’s compassion to humanity is by caring for children who have no one to care for them. We know that is ministry is closest to His heart. That is why, though having no resources, we started this orphanage by faith. Because it is a ministry so close to God’s heart He has used us to help as many children as possible.
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Our joy is to see destitute and miserable children find hope and love by giving them a home.
The Church, the body of Christ, is God’s outstretched hands sent to minister love and blessing to the poor. Among the poor, orphans and widows are exceptionally close to the heart of the Father (James 1:27); Thus, Covenant Development Association’s passion to reach out to the poor (with particular emphasis to the orphans) is drawn from the passion of the Lord.
Eighteen years have passed since Covenant Orphanages was established based on James 1:27. Through the years, we have seen the hand of God working in our ministry freeing children from poverty and giving them family, home and hope.
There have been many heart-breaking moments working among the poorest of poor.
The graveness of poverty and hardship that people are going through makes you wonder why one is so rich and the other so poor. Nevertheless, it warms your heart looking into the eyes of children beaming with joy when they get food to eat, clothes to wear and are able to go to school like their peers. Little things in life for so many of us have been the greatest source of joy for the children that we have been ministering to.
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Though the families that we have reached through our ministry are few, we believe that the few will make a huge difference in their society in the coming years. Jesus used two fishes and five loaves of bread to feed the multitude and we have faith that God will use the few that we have reached to change their villages, towns, cities and Ethiopia as a whole.
Pastor Bezabih And His Family
Pastor BezabihAbera is Pastor of Covenant Church and Director of Covenant Development Association. Pastor BezabihAbera is married to TwedajeMekonnen and has an a 20 -year-old daughter named Ephtael and a 9-year-old daughter named Barkot.
Top: Misrak Seifu (or Pochi), Deputy Director of CDA, responsible for the overall work of the ministry under the guidance of the Pastors; Madan Tilahun, Project Manager in charge of both Regions project; SelamAregaw, responsible for all the finances of CDA. Dawit Bezuneh, Admin and HR for CDA, responsible for all CDA sites.
HEAD OFFICE STAFF
God has blessed us with God-fearing staff at our head office in Addis Ababa. All of them work, not for material gain, but to do God’s work. Each one has a heart for the poor and orphans. We believe that we are instrumental as the hands and feet of Jesus in our community and our country as we serve the needy.
PROJECT STAFF MEMBERS
CDA’s greatest gifts are the staff that works on site. They are responsible for the holistic ministry that all the children living in Covenant orphanages are receiving. We have seen children close to death revived and flourishing in their loving hands. God has blessed them with so much love and cares that they work day and night with a servant’s heart for the poor and needy. They are mothers to the motherless. They give sacrificially, looking into God’s future of hope and happiness to the now orphaned children. We are honored to have them as part of the CDA staff. Without them, it could never be what it is now.
HOLETA HOME
Semegne Seifu is the house mother at our Holeta home and is responsible for the overall management of the house.Abigiya is the head of the Holetakidergarten.
SHONE HOME
Yetemwork, Berre, Tamme, Elsa and Zenebu are all responsible for the Shone home management and overall Shone work.
CDA’s staff members for the successful performance of Holeta Children Home, Holeta Community Kindergarten, Sponsorship Program both in Holeta & Ambo sites, Holeta Elderly Support and Family Empowerment Programs.
