The Rev. Clément Kingombe Lutala said the overnight flooding on May 4 and 5 was catastrophic in the Bushushu village, where one church family lost 13 members. He said 300 people were injured and more than 500 homes have been destroyed.
Building churches and numbers in East Congo
According to 2020 annual conference reports, there are more than 500 United Methodist churches and some 850,000 members in the Eastern Congo Episcopal Area, which includes the East Congo, Kivu, and Oriental and Equator conferences.
Church celebrates end of measles, Ebola outbreaks in Congo
United Methodist health centers in remote areas were key in helping to immunize children and end a measles epidemic that killed more than 7,000.
UMCOR assists flood survivors in Congo
More than 500 families, many of whom lost their homes in April flooding, received food and other assistance through a $75,200 grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
L’Église aide les villageois éloignés à lutter contre le paludisme
L’évêque Gabriel Yemba Unda a déclaré que les méthodistes unis se sont engagés à fournir des bâtiments médicaux bien équipés pour les populations rurales de l’est du Congo.
Churches celebrate end of 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak
The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo that killed 2,277 people is over, the Congolese health minister and the World Health Organization said on June 25.
Church aids flood survivors in Congo
The funds also helped the three other episcopal areas in Congo support pastors and their families who have lost their income due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Jean-Paul Dietrich, a United Methodist Board of Global Ministries missionary and representative of Connexio Switzerland based in Lubumbashi.