Ibambi is a community in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Missionary activity

The missionary

Charles Studd Charles Thomas Studd, often known as C. T. Studd (2 December 1860 – 16 July 1931), was a British missionary, a contributor to ''The Fundamentals'', and a cricketer. As a British Anglican Christian missionary to China he was part of the C ...

built up an extensive missionary outreach based on his centre at Ibambi in Budu territory. He was buried there after his death in July 1931. The missionary doctor

Helen Roseveare Helen Roseveare (21 September 1925 – 7 December 2016) was an English Christian missionary, doctor and author. She worked with Worldwide Evangelization Crusade in the Congo from 1953 to 1973, including part of the period of political instabil ...

built a combination hospital/ training center in Ibambi in the early 1950s. The CECCA, the local branch of

WEC International WEC International is an interdenominational mission agency of evangelical tradition which focuses on evangelism, discipleship and church planting, through music and the arts, serving addicts and vulnerable children, through Christian education, ...

, operates a secondary school at Ibambi which serves as a college for primary school teachers.

References

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