North Katanga Episcopal Area

Bishops Daniel Wandabula (at left in purple robe) and Emmanuel Sinzohagera welcome Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye and First Lady Angeline Ndayishimiye to the installation celebration at Ingoma Stadium in Gitega, Burundi, on March 29. More than 4,000 people gathered to celebrate Sinzohagera’s installation as a United Methodist bishop in the newly created East Africa Central Conference. He will lead the Burundi-Rwanda Episcopal Area and serve as the central conference’s president. Photo by Priscilla Muzerengwa, United Methodist Communications.

Burundi celebrates new bishop, episcopal area

United Methodists from Burundi and Rwanda united for the installation of the area’s first bishop and establishment of the East Africa Central Conference.

Mission and Ministry

A Land Cruiser crosses a small makeshift bridge on the road to Kibombo in Congo's Maniema Province. The four bishops of the Congo Central Conference recently received the sport utility vehicles to make it easier for them to get around their regions, which have numerous dirt roads that are often impassable during the rainy season. Photo by Chadrack Londe, UM News.

New vehicles ease bishops’ travel in Congo

Episcopal leaders of the Congo Central Conference recently received sport utility vehicles, thanks to financial support from the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.

Local Church

Mutombo wa Maloba Elizabeth (center in blue dress), vice president of the Tanganyika Conference United Women, conducts a focus group workshop during a July 2023 training for civic education leaders. With the country's elections approaching, The United Methodist Church is working to strengthen peace and cohabitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by training citizens in civic rights and duties. Photo by Betty Kazadi Musau, UM News.

Church focuses on pre-election civic education

With a goal of strengthening peace and cohabitation among the Congolese, leaders in two ecclesiastical districts received training.

Mission and Ministry

Current and former leaders of the Kabondo Center United Methodist Church youth committee stand in front of the church shop they operate to generate income for youth in Kabondo, Congo. Pictured (from left) are William Ilunga Mushimukata, Ngulu Mingi and Hugo Banza Kyakulomba. Photo by the Rev. Betty Kazadi Musau, UM News.

Youth help their peers through small businesses

Youth at Kabondo Center United Methodist Church make and market ice to people who fish for a living. They also sell soft drinks and generate income from teachers who pay to use their printer.

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