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2010 Nov-Dec-01-03.Pmd Hoosier United Methodists 1 www.inumc.orgHOOSIER UNITED METHODISTS together November/December 2010 Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors. Volume 40 ® Number 9 The people of The United Methodist Church Indiana, N. Katanga covenant together to assist Congo By Daniel R. Gangler in the DRC was not a civil war but an invasion of countries sur- COLUMBUS, Ind. – Two months rounding the DRC. The war and a half world away, the Rev. claimed an estimated five million Joseph Mulongo, a United Meth- lives from 1998 to 2004. odist superintendent in the North According to Walters and Mu- Katanga Conference of the Dem- longo, United Methodist Bishop ocratic Republic of the Congo, fi- Ntambo Nkula Ntanda played a nally met up with the primary role in bringing Rev. Bob Walters of troops, war lords and Friendly Planet Missi- rebels together for a ology. They met to cel- three-day meeting ebrate and share their which resulted in peace. experience of riding Talking about his 1,000 kilometers (600 trans-North Katanga miles) across North bike trip with Walters, Katanga during Febru- Mulongo said, “People ary and March and felt abandoned; when Walters experience of Mulongo they saw us coming, it riding 1,000 miles was great joy for them,” across Indiana during September. then adding that the war with guns Because of passport problems is over, but in its wake is another Photo courtesy of Friendly Planet Missiology. with the DRC, Mulongo arrived in deadly war that will claim almost Day one of the 1,000-km (600 mile) bike tour of the rural areas of North Katanga. (Left to right) Shabana Indiana in early October, a couple as many victims. Banza, Mumba Masimango, Bob Walters, Ngoy wa Kasongo, Prospere Banza. of weeks after the Indiana ride done Lack of safe water, sanitation, somebody who used them as they by Walters. (See story below.) education and medical care are all wanted,” he said. “All the people found in The United Both trips were to raise taking a deadly toll on villages deep awareness of the strong cove- in the countryside. Most of the vil- Abandoned Methodist Church the good shepherd.” nant partnership between the lages were 85 percent burned by Walters was a missionary in the – Joseph Mulongo North Katanga and Indiana con- government soldiers or rebels or Congo in 1998 when all United ferences of the church. warlord troops, Mulongo said. Methodist missionaries were Because they stayed, the people side and reinforce that with tools Together interviewed Mulongo “Women were raped. Several forced to evacuate. In the midst of put great trust in them. Many be- that are obviously missing.” during the Pastor’s Convocation women were taken from out of the war, when most people were came United Methodists. in Columbus Oct. 11. Mulongo their families for several days, fleeing, Bishop Ntambo told his “We were pastors of all the com- Extreme poverty began by clarifying that the war even for one or two years, by United Methodist pastors to stay. munity – not only pastors for the Mulongo said there is extreme United Methodist members,” Mu- poverty in the villages of the DRC. longa said. During the war, United School teachers receive salaries of Walters rides 1,000 miles across Indiana Methodists were organizing $50 per month. Pastors only re- schools, building health centers and ceive $10 a month. Some villages INDIANAPOLIS – Friend- bike, the primary means of other centers for the community. are huge and have as many as ly Planet Missiology mis- transportation by pastors in Despite the war, life continued. 100,000 inhabitants. When a vil- sionary, the Rev. Bob rural Africa is by bike. He “All the people found in The lage sees a missionary, they see Walters, biked by the Indi- seeks support to assist Unit- United Methodist Church the him or her as someone who comes ana Conference Center on ed Methodist pastors in pur- good shepherd,” Mulongo said. with resources from outside. Sept. 15, accompanied by chasing bikes and now boats One of the projects of the In- “If the missionary comes in the Rev. Ruth Waite of to continue to reach out into diana Conference was to deliver with the answer, then the mission- Greensboro, Ind., bringing rural areas. 300 bikes and sets of farming ary is responsible for delivering the needs of the North Ka- He had hoped the Rev. Jo- tools for the pastors. During his the solution. And when the mis- tanga Conference to light. seph Mulongo Ndala would trek across N. Katanga this spring, sionary leaves, the solution goes At that point, Walters have joined him, but the pas- Walters said, “When we encoun- with the missionary,” Walters said. said he was just shy of 600 The Rev. Bob Walters of Friendly Planet tor was detained in the DRC tered pastors who had received The same is true of pastors. The miles on his statewide 1,000 Missiology was joined on his 1,000 mile and did not arrive until after these tools, they literally said, goal instead is to teach the pas- mile bike trek. He began on bike trip across the state by the Rev. Ruth the state-wide bike trek. Mu- ‘You saved our lives.’” tors to engage the whole commu- Waite of Greensboro, Ind. They stand in Sept. 1 in southern Indiana longo has since arrived and “The mission of Indiana-based nity in the solution. Leadership and concluded on Sept. 30 front of the building containing the Indi- has traveled across Indiana Friendly Planet Missiology is to ana Conference Center in Indianapolis. and community development be- in northern Indiana. He vis- with Walters by car visiting put the right tools in the right come extremely important if the ited more than four dozen United Methodist con- churches that support Friendly World Missiology. hands to leverage the greatest people of the DRC are to become gregations. Walters told Together, “We were interested in change,” he added. “Money is not self-sustaining. He reported that “we (United Methodists) have learning two things: the state of the church and always the right tool. Walters plans to return to the a lot of pastors, doctors, nurses, school teachers community in districts that were overrun in the “We have seen waves of chari- DRC just in time for the next rainy in the remote districts of North Katanga that are war, and the state of mission stations that had been ty go through villages with very season. exhausted and running out of the few resources run by resident missionaries before the war,” little long-term effect and no real Kathy Gilbert, a multimedia they have.” For more information, visit their website at change,” he said. “Most of the reporter for United Methodist This is the reason Walters traveled the state by www.friendlyplanet.weebly.com. pastors do this job very well. A lot Communications in Nashville. of what we do is come in along- Tenn., contributed to this report. www. inumc.org Hoosier United 2 Methodists FROM THE BISHOP together November/December 2010 Making Christmas memories This will be our family’s first Christmas So this Christmas may be more of a after the death of my mother, so it may be “Blue Christmas” like so many of you have Christmas may be rather bittersweet. rather bittersweet. Mother always loved had your first Christmas after the death of Christmas and she and Dad always deco- a loved one. In fact, I previously have writ- rated the house thoroughly. We kids often ten to recommend to our churches that they times and periods of grief. My own memo- ♦ How will your family and your church joked that if one stood still too consider hosting a “Blue Christ- ries of Christmas are filled with images of provide alternatives to the consumerism long, they might put Christmas mas” or “Longest Night” service family, faith and fun. My best Christmas of the culture? lights on you. My folks have for those who are grieving this memories include the times when Mother ♦ In what ways will your community and always been very generous at time of year. Simply going for- and Dad had a Jesus birthday cake, which your world be blessed by what you do Christmas and other times, too. ward with the usual joyful activ- we shared on Christmas morning to help this Christmas? Even after we went to a plan of ities is not always an easy choice us young kids remember that Christmas is Those wonderful Christmas memories drawing names for Christmas when you have a lost a loved one not just about our own gift-giving and re- from the past did not happen by accident. gifts among family members, since the last year’s celebrations. ceiving – it is about the greatest gift. I re- My parents and my home church planned they always “cheated” and did I urge our churches to be sensi- member times when Marsha and I took our those events and made it possible for me to extra giving. Family gatherings tive to those who are facing these young children, Steve and Laura, to help have cherished memories that will endure at Christmas time were always holidays with the bittersweet deliver Meals on Wheels on Christmas through this bittersweet Christmas of 2010. filled with joy, sharing, game-playing, sing- feelings of both joy and sadness. morning. Of course I remember many won- How about you, your family and your ing carols around the piano and of course, However, I also know that good Christ- derful Christmas Eve worship services and church? How will you work to provide the lots of good food.
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