Congo Peace: Spirit of Congo 2025

Bellevue College, Student Success Center (Bldg U, Rm 301B), Bellevue, WA, USA

3000 Landerholm Circle Southeast, 98007, Bellevue, WA, United States

Congo Peace

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Our Mission:Congo Peace's mission is to break the chronic cycle of poverty, violence and tribal animosity in the Minembwe region of the DRC by assisting all tribes equally. We provide initial emergency support, and teach vocational and entrepreneurial skills to foster economic opportunity and stability, guided by Christ's reconciling love.Learn together. Live together.Our goal is to create a confident new generation of capable leaders with the skills and desire to unify the tribes with a common purpose – prosperity and peace.Our Vision:Our vision for Minembwe and beyond is filled with hope! We support the creation of a God-filled place where people will live, work, and play together as they learn to forgive and reconcile after decades of tribal conflict. We support establishing a stable future where people are healthy and safe, and find hope for a sustainable livelihood through training, education, and humanitarian aid. We strive to support a unified homeland where people live and flourish in Christian harmony and fellowship where displaced persons can return.Our Approach:All tribes are treated equally, openly, and fairly in the reconciliation work to heal those impacted by decades of violence and turmoil. Our approach is uniquely different in several ways. We are helping to bring  peace to the different tribes in conflict by providing for each tribe equally, while creating new channels for communication  and understanding. We partner with a team of committed Congolese leaders on the ground, led by Pastor Joseph Harera, to bring the hostile tribes together to heal and reconcile so that they can live, learn, work, worship, and thrive in Christian community. Their team is made up of individuals from each of the tribes. They reach out to local chiefs, pastors, and other community leaders to bring people together to hear God’s message of love and healing through forgiveness and reconciliation. Pastor Harera reports that “people are excited, as this is the first time anyone has approached them with a vision that treats all tribes the same and promotes acceptance and forgiveness between tribes.”The approach is unique in that where other non-governmental organizations have focused exclusively on individual tribes, we focus on all affected tribes.  When support is not delivered equitably among the tribes, whether from a lack of resources, inadequate local connections or inability to drive a consistent program, the result has led to increased competition for help and a distrust of neighboring tribes and of those providing relief.Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God (Matthew 5:9).All Tribes. All Tongues. One Jesus.Congo Peace is an independent, non profit 501c3 charity registered in the state of Washington.