Christians in north-east DR Congo resolved to build a new church to celebrate the Centenary of the Anglican Church in Congo in 1996.
Making the first bricks (late 1995) - groups of Christians from various parishes came for periods of two or three days, in which typically three thousand bricks might be made:
Collecting rocks for the foundations (October 1996):
Digging the foundations (November 1996, just before the outbreak of the "liberation" war):
Levelling the floor (April 1998):
Preparing to cast the main ring beam (mid 1999):
With the roof on, sometime in 2000. Still plenty to do: the
tower, plastering, doors and windows...