About this episode

This episode concludes a series detailing the 100-year mission journey of the Evangelical Free Church in the Belgian Congo, highlighting challenges and growth.

This is the 7 th episode in this 7 part series about the mission work of the Evangelical Free Church in the Belgian Congo. The work started in 1920 with Titus Johnson being the visionary and initial driver of establishing the work. The last 6 episodes has been a detailed journey of the founding of our mission, the long journey and process to establish mission stations in the Ubangi area, the physical and emotional losses of the early missionaries, including health issues and loss of life. 19 so far have died in the effort. 3 evacuations due to political and military turmoil disrupted the work. Governmental restrictions in the early 1970’s along with friction in handling the hand-off from the missionaries to the Congolese church was also part of the journey. One more saint dies, and you will hear that story. Yet, from 1998 through the present, the church has grown and flourished, and you will hear about that. Thanks to Norma Colby for sharing about the passing of her husband, Dr. Bill Colby. Jim Snyder gives a recap of the 100 year celebration of the mission work held in 2022. Also Jim and Craig Wickstrom share about how the Congolese Free Church and Congolese Covenant church are…

People in this episode

Host: Congo Kid

Topics covered

• mission work
• Congo
• Evangelical Free Church
• history
• church growth
• missionary challenges

Keywords

• mission work
• Congo
• Evangelical Free Church
• missionaries
• church growth
• history
• Titus Johnson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Evangelical Free Church

Places: Belgian Congo

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