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Global Health
Members of Sayuni United Methodist Church in Fizi, Congo, participate in Sunday worship. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, around 24,000 people would attend church services each Sunday in the Kivu Conference. Now, that number is about 10,000, according to the conference's statistician. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

United Methodists promote COVID-19 vaccines in Congo
Downward trend continues in church attendance, finances and evangelism efforts as faithful opt to stay home rather than risk infection.
Mission and Ministry
The Rev. Clement Kingombe Lutala, Bukavu District superintendent, shares COVID-19 prevention information on Radio Iriba in Bukavu. With the help of the United Front Against Riverblindness, The United Methodist Church in East Congo has led awareness campaigns via community radio in 10 health zones in North and South Kivu. Photo By Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

Church grapples with resurgence of Ebola
As Ebola, COVID-19, malaria and other diseases threaten lives and livelihoods, church leaders in Congo offer assistance.
Mission and Ministry
United Nations peacekeepers from Zambia visit with a family while on patrol in the Central African Republic in February, 2020. Following a volatile presidential election there, United Methodists are offering humanitarian aid to people seeking refuge from armed rebels. File photo by Hervé Serefio, United Nations.

Church helps displaced in Central African Republic
Following a volatile presidential election, United Methodists offer shelter and other humanitarian aid to people seeking refuge from armed rebels.
Evangelism
United Methodist missionary Innocent Phrytoil Afful and children from the Kinkole Orphanage display gifts they received from a donor. Afful helps care for 475 children at the orphanage in Kinshasa, Congo. Photo courtesy of Innocent Phrytoil Afful.

Church puts love into action amid pandemic
Global Ministries missionary, AU students among those assisting vulnerable communities in Congo and Zimbabwe.

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