The district superintendent and pastor in South Congo is the second woman elected as a United Methodist bishop on the African continent and the first in Mid Africa.
Voting will take place soon for episcopal elections in the Mid Africa Central Conference. UM News will track the balloting and will have coverage of the elected bishops.
The Mama Lynn Center, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, provides training and spiritual support to women who have suffered sexual violence, helping them regain their dignity and become economically independent.
