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 Visit the Congo Home Page Murray Nickel - Country Representative
DR of Congo Population: 54 million Area: 2,344,858 sq. km. Official Language: French
The Congolese MB Conference is the second largest in the world with over 82,000 members. We partner with them in a variety of ministries that reach their own communities and a range of needs outside their communities. These include ministry to unreached Pygmy groups, outreach to refugees, medical and education work.
Missionary Team:
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Murray and Faith Nickel
(Project coordinators)
Partners: Community of the Churches of the Mennonite Brethren of Congo (CEFMC), Health and Development Department in Congo (DESADEC), Christian University of Kinshasa (UCKin) Congo Steering Committee, Mennonite Mission Health Association.
The Congo MB conference has sent out several missionaries to countries including Angola and South Africa.The Democratic Republic of Congo contains most of the Congo river system and much of the vast Central African rainforest. There are an estimated 450 ethnic and linguistic groups of people including the Bantu, Sudanic, Nilotic and Pygmy. The capital city, Kinshasa, has an estimated population of 6 million.
Following are some MBMS International projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
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