Community members participating in a peacebuilding workshop
Faith leaders gathered in a small group
Bibles set out for a gathering in Kibumba

Energy for Mission · Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Breaking cycles of conflict and despair

by restoring faith, advancing peace, and offering healing.

Local churches can be places where fractured communities learn to come together again.

A local response

Restoring the ties that hold a community together.

Energy for Mission provides resources to local churches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the restoration of faith, the advancement of peace, and the ministry of healing.

Meet the people behind the work

Our programs

Three pathways toward restoration.

We provide experiential education and care facilitation that helps communities face the effects of trauma, conflict, violence, and displacement.

Church leaders gathered together in Kabaya

Faith Restoration

Strengthening Leaders

Reconnecting faith and community leaders with God, others, and themselves in the aftermath of regional trauma, violence, and displacement.

284+church leaders trained and restored
75%of trained pastors reconciled with each other
Participants at a peacebuilding workshop

Peacebuilding

Uniting Neighbors

Forging stronger bonds in village life by teaching non-violent conflict resolution, mediation, and reconciliation.

710community leaders trained
300+churches using conflict resolution skills
195K+people with access to Community Peace Committees
Gender-based violence care cohort gathered together

Trauma Care

Healing Families

Supporting holistic healing for survivors of gender-based violence with medical, emotional, and communal care.

20+survivors treated
Dozensof faith leaders and family members trained

Our vision

Faith, peace, and healing.

We envision the Democratic Republic of the Congo transformed by faith, peace, and healing flowing from local churches to communities.

Our mission

Resources for restoration.

We resource local churches in the DRC for the restoration of faith, the advancement of peace, and the ministry of healing.

Our guide

Reconciliation in action.

Jesus commands the global church to demonstrate the work of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18–19

A rural church in the Democratic Republic of the CongoCommunity members in Ndoshо

Stories of reconciliation

A future local churches can help build.

When faith and community leaders come together, they can begin to restore relationships within congregations, families, and villages.

Through relationships that are indigenous-led, nimble, scaled, and relational, EFM supports local people as they make lasting peace possible in their own communities.

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Impact in motion

Small lights. Lasting change.

710community leaders trained in conflict resolution skills
195K+people with access to Community Peace Committees
284+church leaders trained and restored
75%pastors moving from estrangement to friendship

Get in touch

There is room for you in this work.

We always want to hear from likeminded partners. Send a note, ask a question, or learn how to take the next step with Energy for Mission.

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512.971.2364