Dr. Inkomo Petelo Boyaka attended Disciple elementary and high schools. He was then given a scholarship to the Faculté de Théologie of the University of Strasbourg to complete a doctorate in theology. Upon his return to Congo he taught at ICC, served for several years as executive secretary of the Disciples community and finally was president of the Equator Regional Synod of the Church of Christ in Zaïre. Mr. Pierre Sangana, who had assumed the position of office secretary to the mission general secretary when expatriate church personnel were forced to leave the country, was selected to attend the Indiana Business College in 1967 where he studied Business English, typing and shorthand. This was followed with on-job training at the Department of Africa and Jamaica of the UCMS. He continued to work with the Disciples, at times in Congo where he participated for a time in a Lonkundo Bible translation project, and again served as secretary in the Disciples central office. At other times he worked in the U.S. overseeing African scholarship students, acting as liaison between the DOM and the African church, and continuing his education. When these jobs were discontinued he remained in the U.S. on his own. Mr. Louis Nkonga was brought to the U.S. in 1967 to study at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. After completing two years there he returned to Congo and for many years worked as the treasurer of the Disciples community. Dr. Benjamin Mpombo grew up in the Monieka region and advanced through the Disciple school system. After completing ICC he was sent to the Faculté de Théologie Protestante in Brussels where he received a doctorate in theology. He returned to Congo to teach and eventually become Director of ICC. He served for a time as General Secretary of the Disciples community. Mr. Bokanga Joseph Lokulutu, who had worked in public administration for the Republic of Congo, came to the U.S. for three months study of English and business at Central Business College, Indianapolis. He returned to Zaïre as administrative secretary to the president of the Protestant University at Kisangani. He came to the U.S. again in 1973 and entered Macalester College where he worked as an assistant to Charles Johnson, former missionary. Although he had never properly completed high school studies he was able to obtain his undergraduate degree in 3 years and graduated summa cum laude. He then studied political science and international relations at the University of Illinois where he received a PhD degree, summa cum laude, in 1982. Upon returning to Zaïre he became a professor at the University of Kinshasa in the department of International Relations and Political Science. Dr. Eyamba Georges Bokamba was born in the region of Bosobele. He finished two years in an outlying primary school before coming to Bosobele where he completed three additional years. He was such a good student that he was sent to Coquilhatville where he eventually enrolled in the École de Moniteurs. He first came to the U.S. in the summer of 1961 to do youth work with the YMCA in the Pittsburgh area. The International Youth Exchange arranged for him to study in Bowling Green, Ohio for two years where he was the only black student in a high school of 800 whites. He stayed with a different family each year. He then went to Phillips University for two years where he had relationships with the Cherokee Christian Church in Prairie Village, KS, and the Overland Park Christian Church in Overland, KS. He transferred to the University of Kansas in Lawrence and stayed with the family of Dr. Robert Terrill until he received his degree in English in 1968. By providing about one-fifth of Georges expenses for the year, Week of Compassion scholarship funds helped him to obtain a teaching fellowship at Indiana University. Through this fellowship Georges earned the other four-fifths of his expenses as he moved toward the PhD degree. He completed his AB degree work at the University of Kansas and work for his masters
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