Blogs

 Bishop Bickerton and his colleagues travel to the massive Central Congo area, where they find many challenges facing God's children and leaders in the United Methodist Church. They are inspired by the spirit of the people and their determination in providing ministries of health care, congregational development and evangelism.

 Sunday in Africa and Bishop Thomas J. Bicketon is dancing, literally, for joy!

 In Kamina, Bishop Bickerton, singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka, and other church leaders receive a warm welcome from people who show their joy and hope. 

 A mosquito nets distribution and Imagine No Malaria kick-off in Lubumbashi draws literally thousands. It was the culmination of months of work and provides a model for effective interfaith cooperation and an effective means to combat the spread of deadly malaria.

 Bishop Bickerton, who heads the United Methodist Global Health Initiative, is in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help with a massive distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and dedication of other projects aimed at halting the spread of deadly malaria.  Here are his journal entries from the first day.