{"id":4587,"date":"2014-05-21T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T22:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4587"},"modified":"2014-06-26T07:55:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T14:55:57","slug":"congo-drc-network-of-reproducing-churches-found-hidden-in-the-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4587","title":{"rendered":"CONGO (DRC): Network of Reproducing Churches Found Hidden in the Jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.godreports.com\/2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">GodReports<\/a>, May 19, 2014<\/p>\n<p>In 1912, medical missionary Dr. William Leslie went to live and minister\u00a0to tribal people in a remote corner of the\u00a0Democratic Republic\u00a0of the Congo. After 17 years, he returned to the U.S. a discouraged man, believing he failed to make an impact for Christ. He died nine years after his return.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>But in 2010, a team led by Eric Ramsey with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcwm.org\/\">Tom Cox Ministries<\/a> found a network of reproducing churches hidden like glittering\u00a0diamonds\u00a0in the dense jungle across the Kwilu River from Vanga, where Dr. Leslie was stationed.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of a Mission Aviation Fellowship pilot, Ramsey and his team flew east from Kinshasa to Vanga, a two-and-a-half hour flight in a Cessna Caravan. After they reached Vanga, they hiked a mile to the Kwilu River and used dugout canoes to cross the half-mile-wide expanse. Then they hiked with backpacks another 10 miles into the jungle before they reached the first village of the Yansi people.<\/p>\n<p>Based on his previous research, Ramsey [and his team] thought the Yansi in this remote area might have some exposure to the name of Jesus, but no real understanding of who he is. They were unprepared for their remarkable find.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.godreports.com\/2014\/05\/missionary-died-thinking-he-was-a-failure-84-years-later-thriving-churches-found-hidden-in-the-jungle\/\">Full story<\/a> with pictures. Also note that the <a href=\"http:\/\/congohealthconnection.org\/\">Vanga Hospital<\/a>, the focus of Dr. Leslie&#8217;s medical work, has survived uninterrupted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: GodReports, May 19, 2014 In 1912, medical missionary Dr. William Leslie went to live and minister\u00a0to tribal people in a remote corner of the\u00a0Democratic Republic\u00a0of the Congo. After 17 years, he returned to the U.S. a discouraged man, believing he failed to make an impact for Christ. He died nine years after his return. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4587\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CONGO (DRC): Network of Reproducing Churches Found Hidden in the Jungle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4587"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4639,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587\/revisions\/4639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}