The Last Missionary

by Bob Walters

"People ask how to change the world. You, Bob, have changed the world." Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda The United Methodist Church North Katanga Episcopal Area Democratic Republic of the Congo "You understand our issues. We've had missionaries who have been here 30 years and they never understood our issues." Bishop Kainda Katembo The United Methodist Church Southern Congo Episcopal Area Democratic Republic of the Congo "This is my first adventure!" The Rev. Joseph Mulongo Ndala United Methodist Pastor District Superintendent of the Mulongo District North Katanga Conference Democratic Republic of the Congo The Last Missionary is a bicycle adventure story set in remote districts in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bob Walters travels with a team of Congolese colleagues discovering the state of the villages run over by the Pan-African war that devastated the region's people through the terror of rape and the killing of millions. Along the way, Bob offers the reader a number of short tutorials and reflections on missiology, the study of mission systems. He ponders patronage and cargo cults, and asks the question, "Is Jesus the answer?" But this is not an answer book, it is a book in search of better questions. The Last Missionary is a challenge to both evangelicals and progressives in the church, missionaries and mission volunteers, and even non-religious aid workers.

Genres: Nonfiction

172 pages, Paperback

Published September 26, 2016

About the author

This is the disambiguation profile for otherwise unseparated authors publishing as Bob Walters

See also:
Robert E. Walters, scientist
Robert E. Walters, for works on SQL

Reviews

[Cherie Lowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A log of a 1000k cycling journey through the Congo would be fascinating enough, but Walters brings a unique, insightful wisdom to this work providing the reader a much more complex and beautiful lens. A book certain to challenge traditional thinking when it comes to community building and mission work, you may have more questions than answers when finishing the read. Join Bob Walters' journey down a long and winding road where he contemplates the ways traditional models have both hurt and helped the Congolese people while pushing for new modes of contemplation that allow long term solutions to develop from the inside out.