How did Christianity take hold in medieval Ethiopia

Christianity in Ethiopia dates to the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, when the King Ezana first adopted the faith. Various Christian denominations are now followed. Of these, the largest and oldest is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተክርስትያን Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) an Oriental Orthodox church centered in Ethiopia. The Orthodox Tewahedo Church was part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa Cyril VI.

The largest pre-colonial Christian church of Africa, the Ethiopian Church has a membership of between 40 and 46 million,[1]the majority of whom live in Ethiopia,[2] and is thus the largest of all Oriental Orthodoxchurches. Next in size are the various Protestant congregations, who include 13.7 million Ethiopians. The largest Protestant group is the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, with about 5 million members. Roman Catholicism has been present in Ethiopia since the century, and numbers 536,827 believers. In total, Christians make up about 60% of the total population of the country.[3]

Christianity was first recognized when the King, Ezana, decided to follow the faith this lead to Various Christian denominations that are now being followed. like the largest and oldest is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church