Seven souls, four brothers and three sisters, were baptized by Pastor Daniel Musumbuko in the Central African Republic on June 8, 2022, Pastor Justin M. Bwalya, Treasurer of African Division, reported on June 14, 2022, via e-mail. The Field of the Central African Republic was reorganized for the first time on June 9, 2022, by Pastor Daniel Musumbuko and it needs a church building, because the church members, who rose from 10 to 17, held the divine service in the house of Pastor Musumbuko, Pastor Justin M. Bwalya added. According to the report, a project was fulfilled as well, in order to help children orphans by the support of Good Samaritan Department at IMS General Conference.
The Central African Republic, which has a population of 4.7 million and a territory of 620,000 square kilometers (240,000 square miles), gained its independence from France in 1960. Despite of its significant mineral deposits and other resources, such as uranium reserves, crude oil, gold, diamonds, cobalt, lumber and hydropower, as well as significant quantities of arable land, the country had the second lowest level of human development (only ahead of Niger) and lowest inequality-adjusted Human Development Index among 150 states in the world, as of 2019. Furthermore, the Central African Republic was regarded as unhealthiest country, as well as as the worst country in which to be young, because of the civil war resumed in 2012.
Just before the baptism; a photo from the personal archive of Pastor Daniel Musumbuko.
Written by Margarit Zhekov
