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 The Democratic Republic of Congo has been a place of great harvest for the Kingdom of God. WEC began when C T Studd first went to Congo in 1913. From a vast unevangelised population has come a massive church community in the rainforests and savanna of central Africa.
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of the size of the WEC related church community, known as CECCA 16,
have been made as high as 250,000 people.
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Latest News (October 2008) |
In this Congo Report for October 2008:
- A new rebel group attacks Nyankunde and near Bunia
- Sudden passing of a senior pastor
- Exciting days for Mayogo translation
- Wheelchair gift helps long time paraplegic
- Celia Pullan ‘not returning to Congo.’
- Thousands flee fighting; Goma rampage
- LRA causes havoc in AIM related church area
- Nyankunde troubles affect MAF
- Americans Urged to Act
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The church is calling strongly for help in the area of economic development. Some who have come for a Bible teaching ministry have been so moved by the poverty and need of the people that they have spent part of their time trying to do what they could in practical development projects.
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In Congo you are always confronted by huge numbers. Looking at the CECCA and all its needs and opportunities, the numbers to be reached, helped, taught and discipled are mind boggling. Media can help multiply the message.
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CECCA has a large medical work. Hundreds of rural clinics and four hospitals combine medical care and evangelistic opportunity. Thousands of people depend on CECCA when serious sickness strikes.
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Congo is a youthful country. Well over half of the country's population is aged 15 and under. In the villages, towns and cities one is continually struck by the numbers of children and teenagers.
Youth, however, have been sadly neglected in the spiritual ministry of CECCA (the WEC related church). Efforts have been made to provide schooling, and today thousands of children are enrolled in the CECCA system of primary schools and many hundreds in the 3 functioning high schools. Yet the spiritual ministry to these children is minimal.
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The unreached of DR Congo |
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Despite the advances the gospel has made over the years, there remain pockets of unreached groups in the CECCA area. It is uncertain that they will be reached effectively or, in some cases, at all, without the stimulus of someone trained in cross-cultural ministry.
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People in Congo give the gospel a hearing. Large numbers come to outdoor evangelistic church services. And not only do people listen; they respond. In a meeting of 1000 people 20, 50 or even 100 or more might come forward at the call to repentance. Each year thousands upon thousands indicate that they want to become Christians.
Sadly there is another side to this encouraging picture.
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The WEC Related National Church |
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CECCA is the name of the WEC related church in Democratic Republic of Congo. They are the initials, in French, of the Evangelical Community of Christ in the Heart of Africa.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the largest, most populous countries of sub-saharan Africa. Covered for the most part by dense equatorial and tropical forest it is home to some 52 million people. Rich in natural resources, it has been systematically exploited first by colonial rule then by its own African leaders.
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As a new WEC team forms to serve CECCA, not only will it need up-front workers, but also those who can help the team to function on a practical level.
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Where is WEC 
