the united church of zambia was formed in 1961.
the united church of zambia was formed in 1961.
when was the united church of zambia formed?
1961
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the united church in zambia is the largest protestant church in zambia with coverage of all the ten provinces of the country









































the church formed in 1965, this is a result of the union of church of central africa, rhodesia (a mission work of the church of scotland), the union church of copperbelt, the copperbelt free church council, the church of barotseland and the methodist church.









































the united church in zambia has partnership relations with the united church of canada. the church maintains its own theological colleges in zambia.
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the zambia synod was the work of the church of central africa presbyterian – synod of livingstonia. those mission stations and surrounding christian communities become part of the united church in central africa in rhodesia later the united church in zambia. however, congregations around lundazi were cut off from the united church in zambia and they developed a separate church life, linked with the ccap synod of livingstonia. the first presbytery in zambia was formed in 1899. this was composed of all of the mission stations and congregations established in northern zambia. when the synod was constituted in 1984, it was composed of 2 presbyteries, 16 congregations and 4 ordained ministers. this group spread rapidly. according to the church's statistics as of august, 2010, the zambia synod had 67 congregations in 11 presbyteries and more than 65,000 members served by 58 ordained ministers and 8 evangelists. that means 1250 member per pastor, who serve the growing number of congregations. the synod relocated in 2010 from eastern zambia to lusaka.
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