Loko Hospital Celebrates 50 Years of Ministry

"Welcome to the 50th Anniversary of Loko General Reference Hospital, March 20 1968-March 20, 2018" Medical staff choir, including the Minister of Health (left, in [...] Read More→

“Dr Paul, you are the only one remaining”

Partners on the Journey: A Special 50th Anniversary Blog Series, Part 15, By Mike Hertenstein A reporter wrote: “The Congo is a mess.” Violent militias […]

Proxy Wars

Partners on the Journey: A Special 50th Anniversary Blog Series, Part 14, By Mike Hertenstein Five centuries of European-world-domination were coming to an end. Decolonization, […]

Medical Ambassadors

Partners on the Journey: A Special 50th Anniversary Blog Series, Part 12, By Mike Hertensteinn Dr. Jim Walker had never seen a mother die in […]

The Last Innocent Year

Partners on the Journey: A Special 50th Anniversary Blog Series, Part 13, By Mike Hertenstein Paul Carlson stayed non-stop busy caring for patients under battlefield […]

The Horror

Partners on the Journey: A Special 50th Anniversary Blog Series, Part 11, By Mike Hertenstein Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novel Heart of Darkness follows the Congo River […]

Women Ministries

A personal story from Bonnie Stephens, Northbrook Covenant I was in the junior high when Paul Carlson was martyred. I remember doing a report on […]

The Monganga Paul Mark

A personal story from Pastor Rick Carlson As an eight-year-old boy in 1964, the world was already upside down. Only one year earlier, President […]

On the Grid

Partners on the Journey: A Special 50th Anniversary Blog Series, Part 10, By Mike Hertenstein In 1964, there were no phones in the Équateur Province. Contact […]

Let it Flow

Partners on the Journey: A Special 50th Anniversary Blog Series, Part 10, By Mike Hertenstein Pioneer ECC missionaries Dr. Wallace and Sarah Thornbloom’s second child, Robert, […]