19 Oct Our New German Mission District

A congregation in Berlin, Germany, which consists mostly of immigrants from Sierra Leone, applied to become a mission district under the supervision of Sierra Leone National Conference. Sierra Leoneans ended up there as a result of the civil war in the 1990s. A former United Brethren pastor from Sierra Leone helped start the work, but has since relocated to London. Taking his place is Peter Mansaray, a former Catholic priest who decided that Protestantism better represented his theology.

Peter, who is in his late 30s, attended the Sierra Leone conference meeting in September. He told people, “We’re a United Brethren church, and we don’t want to be in isolation. We’ve come back to our roots for a relationship.” He requested that Sierra Leone accept them as a mission district, and the conference agreed.