Bishop Ntambo of the Katanga Conference in the Democratic Repulic of the Congo recently was awarded the Peacemaker Award from the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. As leader of the United Methodists in the Katanga region, he has reached out to people of different faiths to work together for a sustainable economy for the people of that area and has heped to broker peace among the different factions. He brings much hands-on experience in peacemaking and working for economic justice to the Lake Junaluska Peace Conference.