5,000 Congolese Mennonites in hiding to escape violence
I have an acquaintance who worked in DR Congo for a while in the mining industry. It is as sordid a place as one can possibly imagine. He is not at all religious, but he had nothing but positive things to say about Christians in the Congo in general, and Anabaptists in particular. They are the only people he said you could really trust at all, and could always be counted on to help someone in need.In an April 2 phone call, Joly Birakara, vice president of the largest Mennonite denomination in Congo, Communauté Mennonite au Congo (Mennonite Church of Congo), requested prayer for an end to the atrocities that have driven members of 30 congregations into hiding in the forest, about 4,000 people. This denomination has brought together at least six ethnic groups into one church body.