Missionary activity

The missionary Charles Studd

Charles Studd

Charles Thomas Studd, often known as C. T. Studd, was born 2 December 1860, Spratton, Northamptonshire, England, and died 16 July 1931, Ibambi, Belgian Congo....

 built up an extensive missionary outreach based on his centre at Ibambi in Budu

Budu people

The Budu people are a Bantu people living in the Wamba Territory in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They speak the Budu language.-Location:...

 territory. He was buried there after his death in July 1931.
The missionary doctor Helen Roseveare

Helen Roseveare

Dr. Helen Roseveare was an English Christian missionary to the Congo from 1953 to 1973. She went to the Congo through WEC International and practised medicine and also trained others in medical work. She stayed through the hostile and dangerous political instability in the early...

 built a combination hospital/ training center in Ibambi in the early 1950s.
The CECCA, the local branch of WEC International

WEC International

WEC International is a mission agency which focuses on church planting, and emphasises the importance of shared life in a local church as a vital expression of Christian life...

, operates a secondary school at Ibambi which serves as a college for primary school teachers.