Congolese ordain development minister

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STRASBOURG, France—The Congolese Mennonite Brethren Church has taken the unusual step of ordaining a minister to work in economic development.

The conference ordained Mama Kadi to a special ministry of spiritual formation and economic development among pastors’ wives. She will help women in the conference establish small businesses and work toward equitable distribution of resources among Congolese men and women.

To elevate economic assistance to the level of recognized ministry is unusual, although Mama Kadi is not the first Congolese Mennonite Brethren woman to be ordained.
The Congolese church ordained Madame Charly Lukala Londa in 2000 to pastor a congregation in France where she was studying.—Mennonite World Conference

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