Women's Center

Woman’s Center at KMU – literacy and skills for spouses

Women are the backbone of the Congolese society. They are the catalyst in the community. Having women who are trained and can be examples to other women with the self-worth and skills they can use to improve the life of their families is imperative to develop the whole community.  Many women follow their husbands to KMU for their studies in the Seminary School. After their studies at the Seminary and Women's School, the couples are appointed to churches by the Bishops.

Through the teaching program of the Women's School women are given the courses and practical training along with participation in the local church that will prepare them for the life they will be leading in the community as partners with their husbands in the ministry.

We would like to share the experience in the ministry from a women's point of view. Kat Zeng is the wife of one of our pastors. Hers is an example of the dedication and commitment these pastoral couples have to the Lord and His work 

Kat Zeng

Kat and her husband were sent to Lukonzolwa. It was a 10 day journey over very bad roads and also required a lake crossing in bad weather to get to their village and church. They began their ministry by spending time listening to people, finding the needs of the people in the church and the community.  They found problems with low church attendance, poverty in the community and the lack of education for women. They increased their visits to people in their homes and in the hospitals and also sought to help the poor with food and clothes for their babies, adding many new people to the church.

With the training that Kat had received at the Mama Doris Women's School at Mulungwishi she started "Lukonzolwa Mama Doris Women's School" teaching women knitting, sewing, and cooking enabling them to knit clothes for their families, sew school uniforms for the children and cook and sell baked goods to help the finances of the family at the same time starting classes with a group of women to teach them how to read. The school was so successful that other churches began to send their women to get training