We are excited to announce that the Serve Globally mission priority has extended the deadline to August 7 for applications and nominations for Executive Director of Paul Carlson Partnership.
The full job description and application instructions can be found here.
Individual expressions of interest no longer than a single page, in addition to your resume, CV, and/or Covenant Minister’s Profile, may be submitted to pcpsearch@covchurch.org. Nominations of others may be submitted to the same email. Please include email and phone contact information for anyone you nominate. Questions also may be directed to pcpsearch@covchurch.org.
Former President of the Congo Covenant Church, Duale Lengena Sabuli Petro, passed away Thursday, July 14. Duale, 85, served as president from 1984 to 1992.
Women from all over the world are invited to attend Quench: Triennial 2016. Stop by the PCP display and interact with the maternal health training simulator tools that our Medical Ambassadors use to teach nurses and doctors about maternal health. We will see you there!
Current and former missionaries lauded Duale as a person of great faith, possessing excellent leadership skills, and devoted to prayer.
“He was always deeply, deeply appreciative of the missionaries coming to bring the gospel of salvation to Congo and his prayers would repeatedly reference this long history,” Ekstrand. “His prayers were legion, memorable. He would squeeze your hand, not just hold, but squeeze, during these prayers as they were intense.”
“He was a pillar of faith and his presence in a room radiated his faith and love of his savior,” said former missionary Janet Thornbloom.
Funeral service for former CEUM president Duale Lengena Sabuli Petro.
Photo by Pete Ekstrand.
“He often sat and shared over coffee how he remembered Bob’s (Thornbloom) father and mother working at the Karawa hospital in the 1930s when he was a little boy. He was there as a special friend and confidant for three generations of Thornblooms. When we would talk to him about a problem or situation we were having, he would share how God’s will for our lives was not always evident at that moment in time, but we could go ahead in confidence that we were in God’s plan. His prayers were absolutely from the deepest part of his heart. Pure poetry and a salve for all who heard them.”
“When I hear or read the word ‘saint’ I immediately think of Papa Duale,” said former missionary Roger Thorpe. “I thought his leadership of the CEUM, during some troubled times, was so caring.”
“He was a man who followed God,” said Gustafson. “He led with wisdom, prayer, humility, and strength.”
Duale is survived by his wife, Olofio Saki Divine, to whom he was married for 64 years; 10 children, and many grandchildren.
Donations are being accepted online to help defray funeral costs.
