[Streaming Faith News Article ] After years of Strife, Some Good News for The Congo
Streaming Faith News Article
After years of Strife, Some Good News for The Congo By Dan Wooding
February 20, 2006
KINSHASA, REPUBLIC OF CONGO (ANS) -- After many years of ethnic strife and civil war, the people of the Republic of Congo (DRC) have finally received some good news in the form of a message of love and miracles from a group of Korean Christians.
Led by Dr. Lee Jae-Rock, senior pastor of the 100,000-member Manmin Joong-Ang Church based in Seoul, the "2006 DRC Miracle Healing Festival" the festival has been taking place at from February 16 to 18, 2006, at Le Stade des Martyr in Kinshasa, the capital city of DR Congo.
According to a news release issued from Kinshasa, before the first night of the festival, "DR Congolese president Joseph Kabila invited Dr. Jae-Rock to the presidential palace for a friendly dialogue. President Kabila expressed his appreciation to the Dr. Lee for visiting DR Congo to conduct the crusade, and asked him to pray for the unity, peace, and prosperity of DR Congolese.
The Rev. Lee Jae-Rock spoke on the first night on 'Why is Jesus Our Only Savior?' So many people were touched by the life-giving message about the Savior Jesus Christ by Dr. Lee and experienced the mighty power of God through his prayer. People stood up from their wheelchairs and threw away crutches while people who had been suffering from various kinds of diseases received healing giving glory to God.
Local physicians and nurses on-site confirmed the healing of people and assisted in registering their testimonies. Each of them confessed that the works of healing was the manifestation of God's power and expressed interest in collaborating with Manmin to spread the work of God that is confirmed by medical science.
Throughout the week, DRC daily newspapers, including Le Potentiel one of top newspaper, have been running stories on the crusade.