About Us

  • 1982

    In 1982, a group of born again Ethiopian Christians consisting of approximately five began a small Bible Study group in their home. The group eventually became large in number and decided to meet formally on Saturday evenings at Capital Christian Church, forming a formal church.

  • 1994

    In 1994, the church started looking for a better place of worship and found a bigger and better church facility at Fremont Presbyterian Church where it continued to grow, though at a slower pace. During the latter years of the ‘90s, a decision was made to incorporate the church to get official recognition by the State of California and the Federal governments. The church received recognition under the name of Ethiopian Christian Fellowship in Sacramento.

  • 2004

    Eventually, the church made a decision to get a full time pastor. After many years of genuine prayers, God intervened in His own way in bringing Pastor Tamirat Haile and his family from Ethiopia and the church was once again joyful about this miracle. The church installed him as a full time pastor in 2004, following the ordination by the mennonite Brethren Church.

  • 2011

    Through all this, Ethiopian Christian Fellowship in Sacramento purchased a church building and relocated to its current location at 7201 Florin Road in 2002 without a pastor. The seed that God planted in 1982 with five or so believers began to produce tangible results. Praise God. In just a few years after Pastor Tamirat began his pastoral ministry here in Sacramento, the church ran out of parking space – which some have called “a good problem to have”. Many souls were saved and continue to be saved and baptized. Following an observation of this tremendous growth, the Church also called and installed Pastor Abbayneh Yohannes as an assistance Pastor effective January 2011.