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DRC: can anything good come?

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a vast area the size of Western Europe. French rather than English is spoken everywhere: Swahili is used in the East and predominantly Lingala in the West.

Andrew Symes, Executive Secretary, Anglican Mainstream

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Andrew Symes with orphan boys at one of the Kimbilio hostels, Lubumbashi, Congo

We know about the powerful Anglican churches in the English speaking countries of Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania, and so it was a surprise to me to discover that there is a thriving Anglican Province in the former Belgian colony.