Lusaka Conference headquarters. Photo courtesy of Goliath M. Naini.

Lusaka Conference

GOLIATH MAUNGA NAINI

Goliath Maunga Naini, M.P.Th. (Adventist University of Africa, Bagathi, Kenya), serves as the executive secretary of the Lusaka Conference since 2010. He served as a local church and district pastor from 1994-2006, and as a departmental director from 2007-2009. He is married to Pimpa Champita Naini.

Lusaka Conference is a subsidiary church administrative unity of the Southern Zambia Union Conference of Seventh- day Adventists. Lusaka Conference covers parts of the Central and Lusaka provinces of Zambia. The conference’s geographical area is about 29,819 square kilometers, and it derives its name from Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. Lusaka Conference occupies the southern half of the city of Lusaka using the two main roads, namely, Great East Road up to Luangwa River in the east, and the Lusaka-Mumbwa Road up to the border of the Central and Western provinces of Zambia on the western side.1 On the northern side of these roads is the Midlands Conference under the Northern Zambia Union Conference. Lusaka Conference was organized December 4, 2012, with a membership of 176,659.2 By 2019 the population stood at 1,300,551, with the Adventist church membership standing at 126,883.3 There are 215 organized churches and 303 companies. Lusaka Conference has 30 ordained ministers and 14 licensed pastors, inclusive of those serving at the office and in the districts. Origin of SDA Work in the Territory of Lusaka Conference Discussion of Adventism in any part of Zambia will not be complete without mentioning the contribution of the American missionary, William Harrison Anderson, who established Rusangu Mission in the southern part of the country in 1905. From Rusangu, the Adventist work spread to all parts of the country. One of the earliest recorded visits to Lusaka region by an Adventist missionary was that of A. Boekhout and four boys who left Rusangu Mission on July 1, 1913, passing through Lusaka to Mpiri (probably Kapiri Mposhi).4 Later, a longing to have a school in Lusaka was expressed in discussions between Rusangu Mission workers and students who originated from Lusaka region.5 A formal decision to enter Lusaka area with the Adventist message came when the Rhodesian Committee Council that met in Bulawayo on May 20, 1918, voted the following: “Considering the needs of the Northern Rhodesia field, it was decided that work be started in the Lusaka country by the means of out-schools under direction of Rusangu Mission, this to be followed by establishing an out station if the situation demands it.”6 Consequently, Adventism spread northwards, especially through the opening of church schools, in addition to the continuous migration of people from the southern part of Zambia, crossing the Kafue River, and settling in the western part of the Lusaka Conference territory. Many of those people who crossed (and many are still crossing) the Kafue River, which forms the boundary between Lusaka Conference and South Zambia Conference, spread the message wherever they went and settled. Many of those who came from the south had attended school at Rusangu, which gave them an Adventist background that enhanced the establishment and growth of the Adventist church in Lusaka west and to the north beyond Broken Hill (Kabwe).7 By 1922 there were already several Adventist out-schools in the Lusaka area that missionaries visited from time to time.8 One of the native camp meetings held in Northern Rhodesia that year was held in Lusaka.9 On another occasion, while F. E. Thompson, Superintendent of the Northern Rhodesia Field was holding a three-day teachers’ meeting in Lusaka, he learned from the district commissioner that Adventist teachers were the most preferred wherever village headmen wished to have a school opened.10 In 1926, a decision was made to organize all Lusaka out-schools into a mission station called Muchenje Mission Station or district (which now lies in Midlands Conference), with Wilford Mason serving as director.11 Sala School, opened in 1922, was part of that district. From that beginning until now, Lusaka Conference territory, like those of all other local conferences in Zambia, is managed through mission districts that are led by district leaders. The Adventist work in the Lusaka Conference region has developed steadily over the years. Its recent development patterns may be examined better under the following divisions: Eastern, Central, and Western regions. Eastern Region The Eastern region mainly consists of the three political districts of Chongwe, Rufunsa, and Luangwa, which are divided into five mission districts, namely, Chalimbana, Lwiimba, Chinyunyu, Rufunsa, and Luangwa. These districts have 39 organized churches and 53 companies. In this territory, extending for approximately 300 square kilometers, there are five chiefdoms: Nkomeshya, Bundabunda, Mpanshya, Mburuma, and Mpuka. Some of the major factors that enhanced the growth of the Adventist church include the good will of the traditional leaders, the global mission pioneer program (lay Bible workers), and the phenomenal influence of high-profile Adventists in public service. One example of the impact made by the good will of traditional leaders is that of Chief Mburuma of the Kunda people in the Luangwa area. In 2015 the chief donated a 44-hectare piece of land to the church. The conference drilled a borehole and designated the land to be used as a site for holding Luangwa camp meetings, until such time as it is needed for future developments. Lusaka Conference also promoted mission projects for opening up new areas that have not yet been entered by the gospel through the use of Adventist global mission pioneers. This program has been particularly used in the Luangwa and Rufunsa districts beginning in 2014. Since then, seven such unentered areas have been opened and 24 new congregations have been established. As a result of the global mission pioneer activities, 1,918 people were baptized. One of the notable people baptized was the wife of His Royal Highness Chief Mphuka in 2017. Earlier on, in the 1970s, two groups of the Sikasote and the Siame families arrived in Feira district (now known as Luangwa) in the eastern part of the Lusaka Conference territory. They went there on work transfer from the Northern Province of Zambia. In those days, very few government civil servants agreed to work in the Luangwa Valley because of the political liberation war that was raging in the neighboring country of Mozambique. These two Adventist families, however, trusted God and risked their lives by going there. They became the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church work in the Luangwa area.12 Thirty years later, between the years 2000 and 2010, another interesting feature took place in Luangwa when most of the high-profile government officers were Adventists. This provided the church with stable leadership in this isolated and largely unentered territory. Some of the prominent Adventist church members and leaders included members of parliament, senior district police officers, district magistrates, and workers in the office of the president. Others worked for the Zambia Tele-Communication Corporation, Zambia Wild Life Authority, Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Community and Social Development. During this period, the Adventist Church’s influence in the area became so strong that the civic authorities opted not to hold public meetings on Saturdays in order to allow for a significant participation of Adventists in those meetings.13 Adventist churches in the Lusaka urban area frequently extended their missionary outreach services to the Luangwa area. Many times, these churches and districts, such as Lusaka Central, Libala, Chilenje Main, Kanyama, and Avondale, adopted unentered areas like the Luangwa Bridge area, Manuweli, Mangelengele, Kavalamanja, Mphuka, Chiriwe, Chalila, and Kapoche, for evangelism. In these areas the Lusaka urban churches conducted evangelistic campaigns, provided community services, and helped to build churches. Urban-based supporting ministries such as the medical missionaries also took part in entering the Eastern region by conducting evangelistic campaigns. For example, at Kavalamanja, at the end of these efforts, a “One-Day” type of church building was constructed. Luangwa area benefited tremendously from the global “One-Day Church” building initiative spearheaded by Maranatha Volunteers International from the United States. A total of seven places in Luangwa benefited from this donation program when an evangelistic activity was completed.14 Central Region This region is made up of parts of Chongwe, Lusaka, Kafue, and Chilanga political districts. It is divided into 22 mission districts, with 184 organized churches and 89 companies. The central region extends for 25 square kilometers and is mainly made up of the Lusaka urban area and the two adjacent towns of Chilanga and Kafue. The Central region, by virtue of its urban location, has benefited much from its population concentration which creates a conducive environment for large city public evangelistic campaigns. The city evangelistic campaigns such as those of the 1980s and onwards contributed much to the numerical growth of the church. A few examples include those by Fritz Henry (1989), Cornelius Matandiko (1991), and Rosco Howard III (1997). Others include those conducted by Herry Mhando (2000), and the satellite evangelistic campaigns by Lonny Melanshenko (2003), and others ran by Ty Gibson, and Evangelist Kent.15 The latest campaign was Zambia for Christ in June 2018, with Lusaka Conference as one of the hubs of two-week long campaigns spearheaded by Adventist World Radio. This campaign resulted in the baptism of more than 7,500 people in Lusaka Conference alone.16 In the Lusaka, Chilanga, and Kafue urban areas, literature evangelism ministry has also been scoring successes. Meanwhile, the suburban region of Lusaka city has had its share of global mission pioneers in the Chanyanya area of the Kafue River flats. By 2018 there were six global mission pioneers serving in the Eastern and Central regions. With the gradual increase of these global mission pioneers, more than ten new congregations and more than 2,000 new members have been added to the church. One of the local churches in the central region, Lusaka Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, emerged in the late 1940s when white Adventist settlers in the racially segregated Northern Rhodesia started to meet for worship in the home of Dr. John G. Foster, along Fulwe Road in Roads Park, Lusaka. The congregation was under the Rhodesia Conference which catered to whites, colored, and Indian believers,17 while Matero Church catered to Lusaka’s black community in the western part of Lusaka town. From Matero church, some members of the black Adventist community moved to Chilenje township in the southern part of the city to open another Seventh-day Adventist congregation. Later on, most of the white members started aligning themselves with the Foster Farm congregation that met for worship in Kafue, which later came to be known as Riverside Farm Institute.18 One of the notable colored families of the Lusaka Central Seventh-day Adventist Church was the Zebron family, which joined the Adventist church in 1952. At the time of its organization, the Lusaka Central congregation’s membership included the families of Dr. Foster, Dr. McMorland, and Dr. Wheeler. The church site was then situated on a larger plot of land, part of which was later sold. As the congregation grew in size, they began to meet in the Lusaka Boy Scouts Hall, but later built their own church facility on Plot 9221, Corner of Independence Avenue and Burma Road, where the Lusaka Central Church is still located. The building was dedicated to the Lord on January 20, 1962. After Zambia’s political independence from colonial rule in 1964, nationalism exerted a negative impact on the growth of Lusaka Central Church. By 1969 the church membership had reduced to 15. But with the end of racial segregation, it began to grow again, using robust, well-planned evangelistic efforts. To give one example, in 1972, Lusaka Central Church, through the efforts of Elder Borge and Pastor Albert Bristow, who was at that time Zambia Union Mission president, encouraged University of Zambia students who were Adventists, many of whom attended church worship services, to form a campus ministry. Pastor Bristow invited students from Helderberg College in South Africa to come and showcase the ministry they were doing in Cape Town. This resulted in the launching of a student association known as Collegiate Forum, which later became the Adventist Youth Forum, a form of what is today called Campus Ministries. The Lusaka Central Church membership has today reached 1,739. The church also operates King’s Highway High School. On May 22, 1982, Lusaka Central Church introduced two morning worship services: the first one starting at 8:00 am and a second service at 11:00 am. Lusaka Central Church also became a mother to many new congregations such as Kamwala, Olympia, Kabulonga, Brentwood Drive, and Kamwala South. Lusaka Central Church partnered with the conference in evangelizing the urban community’s elites, such as business executives and professionals. In 1995 it served as the birth place for the launching of the Voice of Prophecy Radio and Television programs aired on national television and radio stations. The church also actively participated in sponsoring local global mission pioneers in evangelizing unentered areas such as Shikabeta, where it also built a modern church facility that has since been handed over to the Midlands Zambia Conference.19 Western Region This region covers parts of Chilanga, Kafue, Nangoma, and Mumbwa political districts, with seven chiefdoms, namely, Nkomeshya, Shakumbila, Mumba, Moono, Chibuluma, Mulendema, and Kabulwebulwe. The region stretches for 250 square kilometers. It has nine mission districts, 138 organized churches, and 149 companies. Facts of church work expansion in this region include, among others, the south-to-north people migration, the good will of traditional leaders, influence of pioneer evangelistic families, and the impact of mission schools planted by the early Adventist pioneers. Many Tonga people from the Southern province of Zambia where Adventism started, crossed the Kafue River and settled in the Western region of Lusaka Conference territory, planting churches and contributing to the growth of the church through their activities and influence. In this Western region of Lusaka Conference is located one of the former Seventh-day Adventist mission schools called Sala. This school was opened in 1922 as Adventism spread northward from Rusangu. Historical records indicate that Pastor Stephen Mulomba was probably the first headmaster of Sala School.20 The school has been owned and operated by the Zambian government since 1953 when the colonial government took over most of the mission schools.21 One of the reasons given by the contemporaries of that time, which is believed to have contributed to the Seventh-day Adventist church’s relinquishing the running of mission schools, was the concern that the introduction of the United Teaching Service Commission would compromise mission standards.22 Traditional leaders, such as His Royal Highness Chief Shakumbila of the Sala people in Shibuyunji, have from generation to generation exhibited a soft heart toward the Adventist church and have often donated large pieces of land on which houses of worship have been constructed. His Royal Highness has on several occasions hosted public evangelistic meetings at his palace. In 2018, Headman Mulomo, also of Shakumbila chiefdom, donated 36 hectares of land to the church. The conference uses part of this land as a camp meeting site, while plans are being developed to use the other part of this arable land to develop a cattle ranch. Notable Contribution of some Adventist Families Among the early families that embraced Adventism and contributed to the expansion of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Lusaka Conference region are included the Mulendema and the Mwinga families. In the early1920s, some of the Mulendema family members accepted the Adventist message through contacts with someone who had come from Rusangu Mission in Monze. One of these family members was Paul Shamalambo Mulendema who later became a pastor in the Adventist Church. The Mulendema family also embraced Adventist education, which helped them contribute to ministerial workers so that by the year 2018 they had produced four generations of full-time Seventh-day Adventist pastors. Pastor Mulendema received recognition from the district commissioner who granted him traditional village headman status.23 His village started with about 40 households and today they have increased to 115 households with a population of 643 people. The Chipapa Seventh-day Adventist congregation, which is located in Mulendema village, is the oldest church in Lusaka Conference, having been established in 1918. The church held its centenary celebration on May 13, 2018.24 The Mulendema family became one of the most influential families contributing to the steady growth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in its earliest days. Another notable Adventist family is the Mwinga family, situated in the Western region of Lusaka Conference. Around 1921, a man by the name of Simon Mwinga decided to go to school at Rusangu Mission. He is believed to have been the first of the Mwinga family to embrace Adventism. Simon Mwinga, who later served as a pastor, had eight children: namely, Job, Jessie, Paul, Benson, Violet, Sandford, Mercy, and Virginia.25 This family acquired large pieces of land for their future development. Later they donated tracts of land to the Adventist Church for mission advancement. In 1975 Sandford C. Mwinga donated 100 acres of land, probably the largest piece of land currently owned by Lusaka Conference. Due to its location (about 45 kilometers from the city of Lusaka) and size, the land is earmarked for the construction of a multi-purpose community center to be used for youth skills training and for establishing a health facility. Sanford C. Mwinga advised that a one-acre plot from this large portion of land should be used to build a pastor’s residence. Early in the 1920s, a number of the Ndebele-speaking people crossed over from the Southern province, and others came directly from Southern Rhodesia. Among those who came straight from Southern Rhodesia were Reuben Kona and Daniel Dlamini, who went to serve as teachers at Muchenje Mission. About this same time Isaiah Mpulubusi (also a teacher) moved from Southern region of Northern Rhodesia to Muchenje and later to Shibuyunji at Sala School. The Mpulubusi family led out in the establishment of such congregations as Kalala, Kabile, and Mubula, which are still in existence today.26 Around 1954, Isaiah Mpulubusi’s son Lameck selected a place in the Kabile area where he settled and later, in 1960, founded a village for which he became headman Mpulubusi. This village still exists.27 Other Factors for Adventism’s Growth In the Western region, a natural disaster occurred in 1958. There was a flood that turned out to be a blessing in disguise, in that it helped to extend the gospel borders along the Kafue River flats. As people were running away from the flooded areas on the southern side of the Kafue River plain, they crossed over to the northern upper land. Along with their dispersion, Adventism also spread northwards through the establishment of new churches.28 In 2016 a literature evangelist conducted a series of Bible studies with a non-Adventist Christian congregation in the Central region, resulting in the entire congregation converting to Adventism. It became the first congregation directly under the conference administration until it became formally organized into a local church. Organizational History of Lusaka Conference Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Zambia could be said to have started with the establishment of the Northern Rhodesia Mission Field in 1919.29 In 1921, the Northern Rhodesia Mission Field was organized under the Zambesi Union Mission, and the headquarters was established in Lusaka. Pastor J. V. Wilson was appointed to serve as the superintendent. From 1921 to 1972, the Lusaka Conference region was under the administration of the Northern Rhodesia Mission Field, whose name was later changed to Zambia Field in 1965. On June 1, 1972, the Zambia Field was organized as Zambia Union Mission,30 and Lusaka Conference region became a part of the South Zambia Field with headquarters at Rusangu, Monze, in Southern province. Thereafter, in 1988, following a realignment of the Zambia Union Mission territory, the Central Zambia Field was created with the headquarters office in Kabwe. The name was later changed to Central Zambia Conference in 1994 when its status changed. The Central Zambia Conference territory stretched close to 200 kilometers from the Kafue River in the south, to the Mulungushi River in the north. In the east, the conference shared a boundary with East Zambia Field along the Luangwa River; and in the west, the territorial boundary with West Zambia Field lay along the Central and Western provincial boundary west of the Kafue River. As the church spread to all these distant territorial boundaries, pastoral and administrative challenges increased. From the office in Kabwe to the furthest point of the eastern border, for example, the distance was 450 kilometers. Even though the work continued to grow under those circumstances, there was potential for providing better spiritual and administrative oversight. The congregations in the far-flung areas in the east and west needed closer spiritual care. The existing challenges compromised the provision of pastoral care and created difficulties in curbing the infiltration of dissident movements with heretical teachings. This situation negatively affected the operations of the church in general. The plan to realign the Central Zambia Conference was driven by these concerns. The establishment of another conference with an office in Lusaka was needed to address these challenges of long distances to reach far-away congregations. Thus, the creation of Lusaka Conference was intended to reduce the distances from the administrative office to the western and eastern boundaries which now is approximately 300-kilometers. On June 10, 2009, the Central Zambia Conference Executive Committee appointed a seven-member realignment study committee.31 One of the terms of reference was to come up with a proposal for the geographical boundary that would ensure that the two new territories would maintain their conference status. The study committee reported to the executive committee on November 8, 2009, and a vote was taken to accept the report.32 The study committee report maintained the proposal that both new territories would be conferences. Even though Lusaka Conference territory was geographically smaller, it was still financially strong enough to retain conference status. The executive committee proceeded to vote a recommendation to the conference constituency session to approve the realignment of the conference territory along the Great East Road and the Mumbwa Road boundary. The conference session held on December 7, 2009, voted to forward the proposal to the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division through the Zambia Union Conference Executive Committee.33 The proposed names of the two new conferences were the Central Zambia Conference on the northern side and the Lusaka Conference on the southern side. One year later, on December 7, 2010, the Central Zambia Conference yearend executive committee meeting voted to designate the piece of land at Plot No. 1900 M, on 4th Street off Twin Palm Road, Lusaka, to be used for building the office for the Lusaka Conference.34 Later, on July 2 to 4, 2012, a five-member survey committee comprised of division and Zambia Union Conference leaders, under the leadership of the division executive secretary, Solomon Maphosa, visited the Central Zambia Conference office in Kabwe. The division survey commission’s report and recommendations were approved by the division executive committee on November 4, 2012, on condition that the listed observations were met.35 Some of the major observations and recommendations of the commission were that the Central Zambia Conference should: (1) mark the conference office sites on the map, (2) regularize the employment of volunteer workers who had served for more than two years, and (3) list the names of workers who were contributed to other territories. Other recommendations were: (4) the accounting personnel should resolve the technical part of functioning in consultation with the Auditors and the SunPlus Team for the period of 2009 to 2011, (5) the financial statements should disclose in full the receivables and payables of organizations, and (6) they should submit complete files to the secretary of the Division Survey Commission by August 31, 2012. After the listed conditions were met, the Central Zambia Committee held a territorial realignment session on December 4, 2012, out of which the two new conferences, the Central Zambia Conference and Lusaka Conference came.36 Lusaka Conference headquarters office was initially designated to be situated at Plot No. 100/17 in Kabulonga, Lusaka. However, after consultation with Zambia Union officers, it was decided that the Lusaka Conference office would be situated on Plot No. 9221. Since the completion of the organizational procedures, Lusaka Conference membership has grown from 118,967 in January 2013 to 176,659 as of June 30, 2018. In 2017 the conference decided to conduct a membership audit which resulted in a reduction of the membership growth margin. At its second triennial constituency meeting, Lusaka Conference increased the number of departmental directors from six to seven, with the Stewardship department designed to be a stand-alone department, as well as making the Communication department a core department. From the time of its organization, the conference has not yet established its own institutions such as schools or health centers. By 2017, however, there were four conference- recognized church-supporting ministries for evangelism. These supporting ministries, which exist to supplement the activities of the conference, are provided with chaplaincy services from the pastors serving in the areas where they are located. Challenges that Have Affected the Lusaka Conference. In the early 2000s the Zambian government, through Statutory Instruments, discouraged the use of public schools as houses of worship. This move caused a frantic search for land on which to establish worship centers. Many churches in Lusaka during that time became overcrowded as the fast-growing membership overwhelmed the existing church buildings. In addition, the offshoot movements had developed from merely antagonizing the mainstream churches to the establishment their own separate congregations with parallel Adventist teachings, and continuing to use the name of the Adventist Church. The Central region saw the establishment of churches like Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement, and Seventh-day Adventist Christian Fellowship. Other challenges still faced in the conference territory include the struggle to reach some people groups such as those of Asian origin. And there is the problem arising from diminishing land space in the city for construction of new church buildings or expansion of the already existing ones. There is also a lack of good member retention skills and practices, as well as the social and economic hardships that have not spared church members. One other major challenge was the closure of some of the Seventh-day Adventist congregations by displacement. In 2017, a total of 17 Seventh-day Adventist congregations in Lusaka Conference were dissolved as a result of a government eviction order to move churches from occupying places that are deemed to be game reserve management areas. Nevertheless, Lusaka Conference, which has been privileged to have the national church headquarters situated within its territory, from the Northern Rhodesia Field, Zambia Union Mission, and today the Southern Zambia Union Conference, has continued to enjoy the cordial relationship with the church’s union administrators and staff and has benefited from the union office’s involvement in sponsoring global mission pioneers in the conference’s unentered areas. Lusaka Conference Future Outlook Lusaka Conference is fulfilling its mission by entering new areas through the promotion of total member involvement. Total member involvement strategy is enabling the indigenous people to own the mission work in places where it was for a long time in the hands of the migrants. Lusaka Conference has a pastoral leadership team that is theologically trained to address the challenges posed by the offshoot movements. The church has adopted a proactive approach to acquiring land for building churches in places where the city is opening up new areas. Plans are already under way to realign Lusaka Conference into two conferences. President: E. Shimunzhila (2013-present) Office Address: Street: 9221 Corner of Independence Avenue/Burma Roads; Lusaka, Zambia Mailing Address: P. O. Box 37155; Lusaka, Zambia.

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NOTES 1. Central Zambia Conference Constitution, 2012, Article IV- Territory. Lusaka Conference Secretariat, Lusaka, Zambia.? 2. Lusaka Conference statistical report, Second Quarter 2018, Lusaka Conference Secretariat Archives, Lusaka, Zambia.? 3. Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook 2019, Nampa, ID: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 2019, 306.? 4. A. Boekhout, “Lusaka,” South African Missionary, September 15, 1913, 3-4.? 5. Editorial, South African Missionary, June 7, 1915, 4.? 6. W. C. Walston, “Mission: Rhodesia Committee Council,” The South African Missionary, May 20, 1918, 1.? 7. J. V. Wilson, “Lusaka North Rhodesia Mission Field,” African Division Outlook, April 1, 1923, 4.? 8. Michael Hegter, “Lusaka Outschools,” African Division Outlook, September 1, 1922, 7-8.? 9. O. O. Bredenkamp, “Lusaka Out-schools,” African Division Outlook, December 15, 1922, 3.? 10. F. E. Thompson, “God’s Delivering Hand,” African Division Outlook, December 15, 1924, 5.? 11. Editorial, “Change of Name,” African Division Outlook, February 15, 1926, 12.? 12. Most Sikasote, Interview by the author. Luangwa Seventh-day Adventist Church, Luangwa, Zambia, September 25, 2018. (Mr Sikasote is the younger brother of the pioneer of Adventism in Luangwa, Mr. Greefell Sikasote, who came to Luangwa on transfer as a civil servant).? 13. Abraham Kapula Mulunda and Alfred Chiwala, interview by the author. Luangwa Seventh-day Adventist Church, Luangwa, Zambia, September 25, 2018.? 14. Ibid.? 15. James Banda, interview by the author. Lusaka Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, Lusaka, Zambia October 14, 2019. (Most of these city evangelistic campaigns were conducted close to Lusaka Central Church.)? 16. Lusaka Conference Personal Ministries department baptism report, September 30, 2018.? 17. Lusaka Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, Lusaka, Zambia, Presentation made at Lusaka Central Church’s Golden Jubilee Celebration, Church Archives, July 21, 2012.? 18. Enedy Mantabe, interview by the author. Lusaka, Zambia, September 18, 2019. (Enedy Mantabe is a retired secretary of Zambia Union and daughter of Matthew Mumba Mantabe who was one of the founders of Matero Seventh-day Adventist Church).? 19. Maybin Mwinga, interview by the author. Lusaka, Zambia, December 27, 2018.? 20. Laura E. Page, “A Visit to Rusangu Mission,” African Division Outlook, March 15, 1922, 7-8.? 21. Simon Michelo and Simon Chileya II. Telephone interview by the author, Lusaka, Zambia, September 16, 2019. (Pastor Michelo began his pastoral ministry in 1959. He is now retired and lives in Chibombo. Pastor Chileya II served the church as a pastor from November 1969 to December 31, 2000. He is now retired and lives in Choma.)? 22. Lameck Mpulubusi, interview by the author. Shibuyunji, Zambia, September 17, 2019. (Lameck was born in March 1924 and is son of Isaiah Mpulubusi who served as a teacher at Muchenje and Sala schools.)? 23. Ibid.? 24. Chipapa Seventh-day Adventist Church, Chilanga, Zambia. Presentation given during the Centenary Celebration, Chipapa Church Archives, May 13, 2018.? 25. Sandford Mwinga. Interview by the author. Mwembeshi, Chilanga, Zambia, September 22, 2018.? 26. Ibid.? 27. Lameck Mpulubusi. Interview by the author. Shibuyunji, Zambia, September 17, 2019.? 28. Sandford Mwinga. Interview by the author. Mwembeshi, Chilanga, Zambia, September 22, 2018.? 29. Editorial, “Around the Zambesi,” Trans-Africa Division Outlook, July 15, 1972, 6.? 30. Ibid.? 31. Central Zambia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Kabwe, Zambia), minutes of meetings of the Central Zambia Conference Committee, June 10, 2009.? 32. Central Zambia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Kabwe, Zambia), minutes of meetings of the Central Zambia Conference Committee, November 8, 2009.? 33. Central Zambia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Kabwe, Zambia), minutes of meetings of the Central Zambia Conference Committee, December 7, 2009.? 34. Central Zambia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Kabwe, Zambia), Minutes of Meetings of the Central Zambia Conference Committee, December 7, 2010.? 35. Southern African-Indian Ocean Division of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Pretoria, South Africa), minutes of meetings of the SID Committee, November 4, 2012.? 36. Central Zambia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Kabwe, Zambia), minutes of meetings of the Central Zambia Constituency, December 4, 2012.?

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