CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
(Also called Congo [Brazzaville])
(Formerly called Congo; Middle Congo)
(See also French Equatorial Africa; Kongo [Language]; Lingala [Language])
capital Brazzaville: yb04 136
description: yb04 136-137, 140
map: yb04 141
religion:
messiahs Simon Kimbangu and Andre “Jesus” Matswa: w92 10/1 6
Jehovah’s Witnesses
ban (1977-1991): yb04 149, 152-153, 155; w92 11/1 24
ban on literature (1950-1962): yb04 139, 148
Branch Committee: yb04 151
branch office:
Brazzaville (1957-1977): yb04 143, 148-149, 153, 155
branch office having oversight:
Congo (Kinshasa) (1977- ): yb04 153, 232
branch servants: yb04 143, 150-151
civil-war period (1997-1999): yb04 149, 157-160
court holds Witnesses are not Communists (1956): yb04 145
during Communist rule: yb04 152-154
early witnessing: yb04 137-139
film The New World Society in Action: yb04 144
growth: yb04 148-149, 155-156, 160-161
legal recognition (1961): yb04 146, 148
legal recognition (1991): yb04 155; jv 510; km 5/92 2
missionaries: yb04 143-144, 146-151, 156, 160-161
modern history: yb04 135-161
time line: yb04 148-149
persecution: yb04 142-143, 152-153
persons:
Bakeba, Symphorien: yb04 158-159
Bayonne, Augustin: yb04 137, 144, 151-152
Bjerre, Palle: yb04 151
Diamonika, Aaron: yb04 143
Holmes, Larry: yb04 150-151
Johansson, Jack: yb04 151-153; g98 10/22 24-25
Kitula, André: yb04 149, 153-154
Lukuc, Fred and Leah: yb04 146-147, 150-151
Mampouya, Simon: yb04 138
Michel, Jacques: yb04 139, 142
Miemounoua, Timothée: yb04 137-138, 143, 151
Mikouiza, Noé: yb04 138-139, 142, 145, 153, 155
Ngolo, Marcellin: yb04 151
Nkounkou, Etienne: yb04 135, 137-139, 151
Otheni, Jean Théodore and Jeanne: yb04 157-158
Seignobos, Jean: yb04 142-144, 146, 150
pioneers:
special pioneers: yb12 60-61; yb04 155
places:
Mossaka: yb12 59-61
publications:
book “The Truth Shall Make You Free”: yb04 138
relief from abroad: yb04 246
service experiences:
youth from isolated village: yb12 56, 59-61
traveling overseers: yb04 144, 153-154
visit by E. Cooke: yb04 138-139, 148