The contribution of the ecumenical movement to politics and social services in Democratic Republic of Congo

The study is centralised on the contribution of the ecumenical movement (ECC) to politics and social services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a case study of Lubumbashi city in Katanga from 1990 to 2006. The study was carried out using the following methodologies: historical descriptive comparative analytical and quantitative. Questionnaires interviews key group discussions and participatory observations were also used in the process of data collection. The respondents who are Christians (Bishops heads of denominations pastors directors and secretaries of religious institutions and the laity) and Muslims including civil society members politicians and students just to mention a few shared the same view that the ecumenical movement (ECC) did in Lubumbashi city in Katanga tremendous work on the ground in the area of social services and politics. Most significantly ECC was heavily involved in democratisation human rights and peace negotiations as political involvement while health HIV & AIDS pandemic programmes education agricultural activities street kids orphans gender equality and uprooted people as social implementation.