The Oak Tree that Grew on a Rock

About the Book

“An amazing book! I could hardly lay it down. It moves from marvel to marvel. The book of Acts is happening today much like it happened 2,000 years ago. The book reveals a world of miracles and the powerful working of the Holy Spirit. Its radical departure from the modern enlightenment world view where no miracles happen is refreshing!”'

—David W. Shenk, consultant, Christian/Muslim Relations

“This book is powerful because it presents the faith and life of a human being who gave his life completely to Jesus and lives like that … a marvelous story and a precious addition to the stories of men and women of faith whose lives tug at our deepest feelings, pulling us ever onward in our own walk with the Lord.”

—Donald R. Jacobs, Missiologist

Once or twice in a generation, a man or woman appears with such childlike faith, profound union with God that through their testimony we fall on our faces … crying, “The Lord, he is God!” … not many of us have walked that path of obedient, living faith so simply, deeply, and persistently as Gerbole…

—Richard Showalter in the Foreword

About the Author

Dereje Bekele was born in 1962 in Arsi, Ethiopia. He is married and has five sons. During the years of the Ethiopian revolution (1974–1991), he left the country and lived in Somalia and the Middle East. He then returned home and served as a schoolteacher for ten years until he sensed a call to the ministry, which led him to pursue a degree in theology. Upon graduation, he served as a Bible school instructor and later as head of church growth and evangelism for fifteen years. Dereje has authored five books, including the story of the prophet Gerbole, his close friend and associate. Currently he is pastoring a church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.