After nearly a decade of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the major consequences of the conflict has been massive attendance of Congolese to the Pentecostal churches. The success of these churches is mainly due to the fact that they propose easy solutions to the problems of every day life in a country where economic and social life has been deeply injured. These churches are inspired by the American evangelicalism and the TV evangelists.

The solutions proposed by the unscrupulous pastors are mainly based on promises of material and immaterial prosperity (money, employment, marriage for single people, children for those who can’t have children etc…) and the hope for miracles and healing. The blessing is given after a session of exorcism in order to drive out the Devil and his demons. Today, half the population of Kinshasa is believed to attend one of the 8,000 churches of the capital.