• 2003 Immanuel God With Us is incorporated by
Tafesse Kidane in the State of Arizona. A support
group includes friends Alice Williams, Dorothy Hanson,
Kebede Kumsa, Daniel Cona, and Kevan Delaney.
• 2004 Immanuel God With Us Prayer Gatherings and TV programs
• 2004 Immanuel God With Us first board meeting Sept 30, 2004
with Tafesse Kidane, Carol Petersen and Pastors Tammy Barba
and Sanghoon Yoo present.
• 2004 Immanuel God With Us name changed to Immanuel AMEN
(All Multi-Ethnic Nations)
• 2004 First Immanuel AMEN Prayer Gathering Oct 21 at Metro
CitiChurch, Tempe
• 2004 Project Salem Bible Distribution Fund-raiser December 11
at Ethiopian Church in Phoenix.
• 2005 First Bible Distribution led by Tafesse Kidane, followed by 5
Bible Distribution trips through 2013.
• 2006 Tafesse kidane Bible Distribution Yabelo
• 2007 Tafesse Kidane Bible Distribution; meeting with Ato Yilma,
Ethiopian Bible Society
• 2009 Tafesse Kidane Bible Distribution; youtube testimonies
• 2010 The GreenStone Dream, April 2010, as told by Tafesse
Kidane. Name changed to GreenStone Ministry
• 2010 First Memorial Day Picnic Fund-Raiser
• 2011 Tafesse Kidane first GreenStone Ministry Bible Distribution;
Bahir Dar and Monastery; very sick on return
• 2012 GreenStone Printing LLC is established.
• 2013 Addis Kidane is added to GreenStone Ministry Board of
Directors and Pastor Sanghoon Yoo resigns
• 2013 Final Tafesse Kidane Bible Distribution with Kevan Delaney
and Pastor Gideon
• 2013 Death of Tafesse Kidane November 14
• 2014 On June 1, Immanuel AMEN is dissolved and all assets,
including GreenStone Printing LLC, are transferred to GreenStone
Ministry.
• 2014 In May, GreenStone Ministry becomes 501(c)(3) non-profit
corporation. The GreenStone Board of Directors is Addis Kidane,
Abeba Gola, Carol Petersen, Pastor Tammy Barba and Kevan
Delaney.
• 2014 GreenStone Ministry Bible Distribution is led by a team of
12 Ethiopians and Americans including Addis Kidane, Kevan
Delaney, Rick Widner, Carol Petersen, Abeba Gola, Tigist Telaye,
Dorothy Hanson, Girma Oda, Bisrat Delelegn, Frey and 2
translators.
• 2014 Abeba, Addis and Carol meet with Ato Yilma Getahun,
Director of the Ethiopian Bible Society.
• 2015 Copyright permission to print Bibles is denied. Non-profit
status established.
• 2015 GreenStone Ministry mission continues:
Short Term: Bible Distribution to rural remote areas.
Long Term: Establish Print-on-Demand commercial quality digital
printer to sustain Bible distribution, printing primarily children’s
literature. Connections made with RISO Arizona, Africa and
Ethiopia.
• 2016 Bible Distribution led by Abeba Gola with Girma, Aster,
Degafe, Engineer, Aschenky, and Frey
• 2017 Bible Distribution led by Abeba Gola with Rick and Gail
Widner, Abraham, Girma, Worku and Frey
• 2018 Bible Distribution led by Abeba Gola with Ayelew, Tigist and
Frey
• 2020 First Bible Distribution led by local leadership,
Pastor Gideon, Ayelew and Frey
• 2020 Connections made with Print-on-Demand contacts:
Tim Kelly: tim.kelly@Publish4Africa.com Dennis Steward:
dennis_steward@wycliffeassociates.org
• 2020 “ONESIMUS Print and Book Shop” (OPBS) Project Proposal
is announced to include Print-on-Demand commercial quality
digital printer, Tafu Book Shop and Library.
• 2021-2024 Bible Distributions continue led by local Ethiopian
pastors.
• 2022 GSM Board of Directors adds Rick Widner, Tigist Bisrat and
Mikyas Assefa
• 2022-2023 GSM Praise A Thons (2 per year)
• 2023 20th Anniversary Celebration, November 2023