{"id":1104,"date":"2012-11-05T14:59:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T14:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2012-11-05T15:02:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T15:02:20","slug":"church-plant-hopesunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/church-plant-hopesunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Plant #HopeSunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you were to look for a typical Covenanter today, they would live in Congo and walk over 5 miles daily just to get clean water.<\/p>\n

The Covenant Church of Congo (CEUM) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is giving thanks this year for God\u2019s grace and love. Seventy-five years ago, Covenant missionaries first went to what was then the \u201cBelgian Congo\u201d to bring God\u2019s word and care deep into the heart of Africa. Covenant missionaries not only found a community of people along the Ubangi and Congo rivers not simply ready to hear and accept God\u2019s word but also to live it out. And so, amidst untold injustice, dictatorship, poverty, war and struggle, the Covenant Church of Congo today is over 1600 congregations strong with over 1 million members. The church in Congo today is the largest movement of Covenant people in the world!<\/p>\n

2012 is an important year: the Covenant church gives thanks to God\u2019s grace and love for growth and sustenance. But it is an important year also in that there\u2019s a vision for an unprecedented partnership to break the cycle of extreme poverty and build sustainable, flourishing communities. That unprecedented partnership is called Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision.<\/p>\n

While the Covenant in Congo continues to grow and flourish, making and deepening new disciples and local churches, immense need persists:<\/p>\n