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Leadership training at every level is a priority that is more important than ever. Lay leadership was neglected for years, and TEE programmes were few and localized. Even these were often forced to shut down due to upheaval and lack of resources. Pray for re-establishment of TEE, a vital model due to Congo’s sheer size […]

The Pygmy peoples, long despised and exploited by the Bantu majority, are becoming very responsive to the good news after long resistance and suspicion. They have been enslaved, poorly compensated for hard labour and even hunted, killed and eaten by militia fighters for the alleged magical properties of their flesh. Ministries such as Mission Evangélique […]

The Christian Church is an essential entity for rebuilding the DRC. It remains the only viable national social structure to survive and retain some credibility. Its role in rebuilding the nation is crucial. Most hospitals, clinics and schools now operate with Christian initiative. The Catholics admirably invest much into these institutions. Pray for Christian leaders […]

Pray for vision for the future. The DRC needs a complete re-evangelization. Colonial comity agreements and formation of the ECC served well in earlier eras, but they imposed rigid geographical boundaries on any outreach activity. This left many areas devoid of an evangelical witness and hindered cross-cultural outreach. There is great freedom to minister the […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a failed state by any measure of the term. The lands under this name have no centralized government, no connectedness between the vast and far-flung regions, almost no functioning infrastructure and no single language or culture to unite its many diverse peoples. More than five million people have lost […]

Congo has endured intense suffering and exploitation for centuries. 19th-century Arabs raided the country for slaves. The horrific colonial rule of Belgium’s King Leopold II led to the deaths of 10 million people in the 30 years before 1908. Belgian control and international mining companies exploited Congo’s resources, but oppressed the people. Western countries then […]

Christian response to refugees and IDPs. Pray that agencies be given wisdom and resources to adopt the right solution for each case where people are expelled from their homes. The Refugee Highway Partnership (RHP) was formed by the WEA Missions Commission to coordinate the work of many evangelical agencies involved with refugees, including World Vision, […]

Immigrants, legal and illegal, have streamed over South Africa’s borders, especially from Zimbabwe, Congo-DRC, Mozambique, Angola, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi and Nigeria. Their peak numbers are estimated at five million (although some claim it is as high as 18 million), but many of these use South Africa only as a jumping-off point to other destinations. A […]

Rwanda’s longer-term future must move forward from its haunted past in a healthy way. A development programme called Vision 2020 intended to transform Rwanda’s economy, infrastructure and values into that of a middle income country. Indeed, Rwanda’s progress in the last 20 years is the envy of many other African nations. Now, Vision 2050 is […]