Day of prayer and fasting for Congo

This request comes via CMS:

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 Congo Church Association 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.

The Congo Church Association, (which works with Anglican Church of Congo), and CMS UK are calling upon Christians in UK and further afield to join together in a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Congo on Saturday 22nd 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. 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 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 your organisation to participate in this Day of Prayer and Fasting for Congo on Saturday 22nd November and make this prayer initiative widely known.

Prayer resources will be available on the CMS and CCA web sites by 17th November. www.cms-uk.org and www.congochurchassn.org.uk/prayer.pdf.

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