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Angola East Episcopal Area

Mission and Ministry
Bishop Daniel O. Lunge, resident bishop of the Central Congo Area, delivers a prayer of dedication at a new United Methodist church in the Nkonko camp for displaced persons in Kananga, Congo. He is surrounded by United Methodist leaders from the Kinshasa District and Kasai Annual Conference. The camp houses Congolese who were expelled from Angola after they fled to that country in 2017 amid insecurity. Photo by Cédrick Okandjo, UM News.

United Methodist church opens in displaced camp

Church leaders say the new church is a symbol of hope for thousands of internally displaced persons living at the camp in Congo.
Mission and Ministry
Antonio Francisco fills a bag with dried corn at the farm at the United Methodist Quéssua Mission near Malanje, Angola. A covenant relationship begun by now retired Bishop Warner H. Brown along with Bishops Jose Quipungo and Gaspar João Domingos has provided pastoral support to United Methodist pastors in Angola for 20 years. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Conference partnership with East Angola celebrates 20 years

Today, the Mountain Sky Conference provides $50 a month to over 100 clergy and supports an agricultural program overseen by a missionary.
Global Health
Children living on the streets of Malanje, Angola, enjoy a meal provided by young United Methodists during the International Day of the Child. Photo by João Gonçalves Sofia Nhanga, UM News.

Youth help impoverished peers in Angola

In response to hunger and poverty, the youth of Malanje and Kiwaba Nzoji districts in Eastern Angola take positive action.
Evangelism
Bishop Daniel Wandabula of the East Africa Episcopal Area called on communicators to “unite the church (rather) than perpetuate divisions” while speaking at the United Methodist Radio Network annual meeting, April 25-27, in Kampala, Uganda. Photo by the Rev. Taurai Emmanuel Maforo.

Radio can help unite divided church, bishop says

Speaking at the United Methodist Radio Network annual meeting, Bishop Daniel Wandabula called on communicators to “unite the church (rather) than perpetuate divisions.”

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