Meet Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda in Mid-City San Diego

Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda (Gabriel UNDA Yemba) is the first bishop elected to serve the East Congo Episcopal Area. He was raised by missionaries and by his extended family because his mother died when he was just 8 months old. Ordained in 1971, he has served as a pastor and a chaplain of United Methodist schools, sometimes facing the threat of violence to do his ministry. He and his wife, Charlotte Unda, had nine children, but Charlotte died of malaria in 2007. He has served as a board member for the General Board of Discipleship, and he speaks Swahili, Lingala, French, Otetela, and English.

This story was first published in New World Outlook magazine, November-December 2014.

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