SUMMER POST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN HISTORY

ABSTRAT The thesis aims to describe and document a History of Protestant Christianity in Adaba Warada. Specifically, it explains to assess the mechanisms through which Christianity was introduced and examine circumstance in which the actors expanded Christianity to the study area and the response and the reaction of the people of the peoples. The study was conducted through a qualitative data collection and interpretation of both primary and secondary sources. In dealing with the thesis, I have attempted to utilize the available archival materials, published and unpublished works as well as key informants. Primary data were collected from Archive of the West Arsi Zone Finance and Economic Development office and Education office, Adaba Wareda Education Office, Kofale Culture and Truism office, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Ethiopian National Archival Library Agency and key informants. Secondary data were collected from the libraries of Dilla University, Addis Ababa University, and the Institution of Ethiopian Studies. The secondary sources like relevant literature of different books, internets, articles, and journal articles published and unpublished were also used in order to provide theoretical frame work to the thesis topics. The interviewing of knowledgeable people was the main technique of gathering information for this thesis. Oral information gathered though interviewing was used as both sources of primary information and as a means of cross chucking the data gathered from secondary sources. The interview was conducted with elders of local region, elder mission health workers, administrative church leaders, and elder form local clergy using purposeful sampling technique methods. Based on the collected sources, my study attempted to assess how Christianity was expanded during the Imperial, Military and the EPRDF period was discussed. In addition to this, the introduction and expansion of Christianity in the area brought a chance to the people of the, to change the culture of the society both positively and negatively in putting effects in socio-economic, political and cultures was seen. Besides these I was also finding out the ethnic inter mixture, cultural integration created, sought to bring about religious assimilation and the preexisting Oromo culture of African heritage largely were weaken totally was also reviews.