Day of Prayer and Fasting for the Democratic Republic of Congo: Saturday 22 November
The crisis in eastern Congo has been graphically shown in TV images and web reports in recent days.
Like many of you who have friends and co-workers in the region, we in CMS have been receiving regular updates from church leaders and friends.
Their urgent plea has been for prayer for resolution of the conflict and peace, and provision for the needs of the vast numbers of displaced people.
CMS and the Congo Church Association, which works with the Anglican Church of Congo, are calling upon Christians in the UK and elsewhere to join in a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Congo on Saturday 22 November.
Let us join together in prayer for peace and for a resolution to the complex issues surrounding the conflict, as well as for the physical and spiritual needs of all those affected. Get your church, home groups and prayer groups involved.
In addition to the crisis in the Goma region, let’s also remember two areas of rebel activity in Congo which have not hit the news: the Dungu area, in the north, where the Lord’s Resistance Army has attacked villages and abducted adults and children in recent weeks, and also the Gety/Aveba/Nyankunde region, close to Bunia, where a new militia group emerged in late September and displaced many people from their homes.
Please invite friends and supporters of CMS and of the DRC to take part in the Day of Prayer and Fasting for Congo on Saturday 22 November and help to make this prayer initiative widely known.
Prayer resources are available on the CMS and CCA web sites:
Day of Prayer and Fasting for DR Congo [PDF] and
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