DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO D.R.CONGO --------------PRESENTED BY PASTOR MUTABESHA BAHIZIRE
WHERE IS D.R. CONGO ? Kinshasa
National Flag & Capital City
How Big is D.R.Congo? D.R.Congo 2,345,910 Square kilometers VS South Korea 98,480 square kilometers 23 times bigger
D.R. CONGO BRIEF HISTORY 1908-1960: CONGO WAS COLONIZED BY BELGIUM 1960 30TH, JUNE: INDEPENDENCE National hero: Lumumba 1965-1997: REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE 1997: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (D.R.C.)
Population 68,692,542
What Religions? ROMAN CATHOLIC : 50% PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY: 23.5% 1st Missionaries Baptists (<1900) INDIGENOUS CHRISTIANITY: 13.5% ISLAM: 1.5% TRADITIONAL BELIEFS: 11.5%
What languages are spoken in D.R.Congo? OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: FRENCH NATIONAL LANGUAGES: LINGALA KIKONGO KILUBA KISWAHILI ENGLISH IS SPOKEN BY FEW PEOPLE IN THE EAST.
CHALLENGES FOR MISSION IN D.R.CONGO? BIG COUNTRY IN AFRICA WITH MANY ETHNIC GROUPS MANY NON-BELIEVERS RICHNESS (GOLD, DIAMOND, COBALT, FOREST, ETC.) POVERTY : 80%
JESUS LOVES YOU ALL WELCOME TO D.R.CONGO (Jésus vous aime ! ) GOD BLESS YOU !!!