(L-R) Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus President Rev. Dr. Wakseyoum Idosa, the Rev. Yonas Yigezu, EECMY director of Mission and Theology, the Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast, Jr., chairman of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) and president of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind., the Rev. Dr. Albert C. Collver, director of Church Relations and Regional Operations for the LCMS, the Rev. Dr. Berhanu Ofgaa, general secretary of the EECMY, and the Rev. Dr. Joel D. Lehenbauer, LCMS executive director of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations, hold a discussion during a partnership meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford