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August 2017
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Proclamation Institute Zambia
I arrived in Ndola, Zambia, in May 2016 to be greeted by Alfred. The weather was warm and the greeting was too. We drove in his car the hour or so northwest to Kitwe, and then another half an hour further north to a remote location, where a new Bible training college had begun…
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By Conrad Mbewe
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October 2006
Zambia
Encouraging news from Africa
This year’s Zambian Reformed Family Conference and School of Theology were held in Lusaka from 21-25 August. The keynote address was given by Choolwe Mwetwa, pastor of Central Baptist Church in Chingola, Zambia. He showed from Romans 8 how true spiritual assurance comes from reflecting upon the eternal dimensions of our salvation. Guest preachers…
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By Nigel Lacey
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January 2005
Zambia
Zambia’s day of opportunity
Everything will be revealed at the judgement seat of Christ and we must judge nothing before the time. Nevertheless, we are right to look into the history of the great enterprise of Christ in the earth and seek to understand our present situation and how we reached it. I believe that this is especially…
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By Nigel Lacey
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October 2004
Zambia
Missionary Spotlight – Zambia today
We have wonderful opportunities to preach Christ in Zambia, and the people are so ready to listen! Lusaka Baptist Church’s (LBC) weekly TV programme has a wide audience, and there are many positive comments from viewers. We are also greatly encouraged by the progress of our sister Reformed Baptist churches in Zambia. This is…
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By Nigel Lacey
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June 2002
Zambia
Missionary Spotlight-Lusaka
We are thankful to the Lord for his upholding grace. It has been an extraordinarily hot, humid month, and at times we have felt drained. But I am very encouraged by the tremendous work undertaken by our church elders at Lusaka Baptist Church, Zambia. We now have four elders and it is my joy…
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By Nigel Lacey
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May 2001
Zambia
Missionary Spotlight – Zambia
Prison ministry A few years ago, it seemed that the Lord had started a remarkable gospel work in the Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison and that a Reformed Baptist Church had been established there, with its members and elders drawn from the community of prisoners, including some who faced the death penalty. This work…
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By Andrew Muwowo
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May 2001
Zambia
Missionary Spotlight – Zambia
The gospel in Zambia Following David Livingstone, groups like the London Missionary Society and Dutch Reformed Church continued to bring the gospel to Northern Rhodesia. Plymouth Brethren missionaries like Frederic Stanley Arnot, Walter Fisher and Dan Crawford also came. The Baptists arrived in the 1920s. The Central African Baptist Union from Southern Rhodesia…
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By Nigel Lacey
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May 2001
Zambia
Missionary Spotlight – Zambia
The churches in Zambia today People seem to have forgotten the work of missionaries very quickly. Of course, there are still missionaries in Zambia and room for more, but the major denominations across the country have abandoned the Evangelical and often Reformed teaching brought to them by generations of faithful missionaries. They have…
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By Conrad Mbewe
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May 2001
Zambia
Missionary Spotlight – Zambia
Livingstone planted the seed When Zambia gained independence in 1964, all towns with foreign names were given local names — all, that is, except Livingstone. Zambia’s tourist capital is still named after the great missionary explorer, Dr David Livingstone (1813-1873). Clearly, Livingstone endeared himself to the people of this part of Africa. In…
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May 2001
Zambia
Missionary Spotlight – Zambia Fact File
Fact File Zambia Area : 290,586 square miles. Population: 10 million. Neighbouring countries: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.(Zambia is landlocked). Environment : Its tropical location and high altitude yield a subtropical climate. The rainy season lasts from October to April. Over one third of…
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