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P arliament
Building Lusaka
Zambia
Lus ak a
L e T T e u
from
C h a r l e s
an d
Ma ry
F r a n c e s Bell
ZAMB IA
C H RI ST IA N M I SS IO N
P. O . B ox 1 20 1
C inc inna ti
O hio
45201
Summer I970 GEP2
P.
0.
Bo x 2733
Lusaka Zambia Africa
The s e a re t he p re se nt l ea de rs
o f
the
cong rega t ion . B e c a u s e th ey dea l
w i t h
th e
Word
o f
God th ere Is much
r e s p e c t
f o r th e
e ld e r s
and
deacons .
Th e
preaching
I s no w
b e i n g
done
by
th e
d ea co ns a nd tw o
e l d e r s .
S o m e o f
t
i s except iona l ly g o o d . T he four
me n
In
t he f ro nt h a v e fo rme d
a quar
t e t an d
ha ve
be e n Inv i ted to s ing
fo r a
r a d i o
p r o g r a m .
Th e preaching
Is
d o n e
In C h l n y a n j a ;
h o w e v e r
w he n
I
preach t I s still
In
Eng l i sh
a s I
d o
no t f e e l my
Nya nja Is
good
enough fo r a
very
l ong sermont
I am seeking a W PIACE to beg in
anothe r g r o u p .
W i t h th e
he lp
o f
t hese
e st ab li sh e d C h r is ti an s,
the
task wil l be easier
Hils p i c t u r e I s o f t ho se
wh o
a t t e nd
th e
Matero Ch r i s t i a n
Ch u r c h
In
L u s a k a A ll
th e
adu l t s
a re
bapt ized
m e m b e r s and l i v e I n t h e lo ca l a r e a.
Many
o f
them
wer e
wo n by
th e
witness
in g o f t h e e a r ly conve r t s w hos e
f a i t h and wi tne ss I s k n o w n In th e
a r e a . Th e
o ld s tab le
g r o u p i n g
ha s
given way
to
a mobile p o p u l a t i o n
t h u s th er e I s much coming
an d
going.
Many
Chr i s t i ans h a v e moved to ne w
a reas
a n d a re witness ing
t h e r e . Some
o f
th e
men no t
present
in th is pi c
tu re w ere w orki ng In
t h e
c i ty a r e a
bu t they attend f aithf ully when they
are able
T
These
a r e m o s t o f th e
a du l t s .
Th e
wo r k I n
th e
c i t y
I s ha rd and
t
wi l l
b e c o m e m o r e difficult because t h e r e
a r e
so
many th ings
t o
d i s t r a c t
th e
p e o p l e .
I t i s of ten e a s y to g e t
people
to
say
th ey wa n t
to
do
wh a t
i s good bu t
I t I sn t eas y to
g e t
t h e m
t o c o m m it t hemse l ve s t o
Ch r i s t
and t o
live
t h e Ch r i s t i a n life Wh en
t h e y r ea li ze t ha t a c c e p t i n g
C h r i s t
means
l e a v i n g th e
w o r l d
t h e y prefer
to go t h e i r
own
way.
I
have
t r i ed par t icu lar ly hard to
g r o u n d t hese
p e o p l e In a
good
knowl
edge
o f the
Bible . We
ha ve held
many
s tudy
ses s ions
a nd h a v e
f o u n d
them to be d es ir ou s o f learning God s
Word .
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The s i gn
c a l l s it
A f r i c a ' s
Most
^ ^ Modern Brewery , but i t should read,
^ ^ Z a m b i a 's Mos t Modern P r o b l e m .
Drinkwhether homemade,brewerymade,
o r Impo r t edIs
s ough t after
bo t h
r
ear ly
and
l a t e , weekdays
and weekend,
f . . by
young
and
old.
Many have come
to
confess
Christ,
to
believe in Him,
b u t
a r e
really
en s l aved
by d r i n k . t
I
causes
fights,
kill ings,
road
deaths,
I ^
r^ i i immorality, and broken
homes. Work-
Ing wi t h
th e peop l e
and
see ing th e
r e s u l t s
o f
d r i nk i ng
cau se one t o
r e a l i z e why it is cons ide r ed th e
coun t r y ' s
No.
1
problem.
One
o f
th e
most dange rous
cond i t i on s
e x i s t i n g
in
th e wor ld t o d ay
is that
o f th e
peop le ' s
g r e a t e r
expec ta t ions
wi t hou t
hope o f
f u l f i l l me n t .
The
popu l a t i on
o f y es te ry ea r
w ent on i n
con ten tmen t
in
th e
r e p e t i t i o u s t r a d i t i o n a l
waythen someth ing happenedl
Educa tio n, w id er
contact wi th
advanced
na t ions ,
and
var ious
other
Inf luences
brought
the conclusion
t h a t
th ings
can be be t t e r fo r
u s , too .
That t ime
never
seems to come soon enough. Frus t ra t ion and
anger
a re
always c lose
to
the surface, ready to
sp i l l
over
i f
tha t surface
is
scratched. This
i s the
pl ight of many people of
the
world. Over-crowded condi t ions , low
wages,
a
higher
cost
of l iv ing ,
seeming advancements
on
every hand
which
never seem
to
reach
the people s l ivesthese factors , in addit ion to the single factor
of
r is ing expectat ions,
create
an
explosive s i tuat ion. I t
need
not be
ex
plosive,
however,
i f i t is channeled. In Zambia,
the
government, schools,
colleges,
and training
centers are a l l t rying
to channel the
si tuat ion in
productive ways. are trying to add another dlmenslon--expeotatlon of
the
Life to
Come.
Here, the promise i s so great tha t
expec ta tions soa r highl
Once
again
the
promise
of
bet ter
things
comes
a f t e r
the
commitment
of
se l f
to Christ.
I
urge
you
therefore,
brethren, by tEe mercies
of
God,
to pre
sent
your bodies a
l iving and
holy sacr i f ice , acceptable
to
God, which is
your
spiritual
service of worship. (Romans 12:1, 2)
* *
MARY FRANCES
WHITES . . .
We have been qu i t e busy
th e
pas t few months
and new
a r e a s
o f wi t n e s s
have
opened . last
te rm I
d id
only a
few
chalk drawings
bu t a l
ready t h i s term
I have
done
many, and
am
s chedu l ed f o r
more . I d id a
d r aw ing
f o r a
pre-Easter
TV program (shown a l l over Zambia)
and have
heard
many
f avo rab le
comments
abou t
it
t
was a new expe r i ence fo r
me.
We a r e
look ing
forward to doing more in th e
area
o f
r ad i o -TV
prog r ams .
A couple o f
weeks ago we
were hos t s fo r a
group of
20
young European people
with
a
BRAAIVLEIS (cookout ) . They climbed a smal l
moun ta in nea r ou r h ouse , t h en came back
fo r
th e cookou t . Af t e rwa rds , we s a t around th e
fire
and san g hymns a s
a young
German
man
played th e gu i t a r , fo l lowed by devot ions by
Cha r l e s .
They
were all t h en
qu i t e
r e ady t o
come in fo r co f f e e ,
b i s cu i t s
and fe l lowshipu
They
were
from
a l a r ge
v a r i e t y
o f c ou ntr ie s
and
t h e many
accen t s
were
I n t e r e s t i n g .
, . .. Todd
and
J u l i anne
a r e f in e and
Julianne
helping with latest
status symbol is his
the
dishes.
She
is
very
toothless
grini
He is
doing
earnest about the Job, alright in school. It
isn t
as
you can see.
challenging as
he
would
l i k e , and
be ing
a
Gabhar t
l i k e h is
mother ,
he
en joys
a
cha l l enge
Ju l i anne is
look ing
forward to her
J rd
bi r thday June A.
She th inks
h e a l t h y .
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Z M I
CHRIST I N
I S S ION
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Dea r Fr iend
of
Zambi a
Miss ions :
This
is the
second
t ime
the Zamb ia Christ ian hurch
-
Church of
Christ
missionaries
have
presented
an overall
picture of their mission work. Although each missionary
reports to his own sponsoring churches
we
thought you would
enjoy
a complete
view
of
the evangel is ti c
work
in
Zambia.
That is th e purpose of th e 1970 ANNUAL.
In
Zambia o ur purpose
plainly
stated
is to establish
churches after th e New Testament pattern to educate and
train
a
qualified leadership.
This little magazine will help
to show you how
we
are accomplishing this task.
Thank
you
for your
keen interest in missions in
Zambia.
Happy reading.
Yours
for
Christ
in Zambia
Missionaries of
the Zambia
C h ri st ia n M i ss io n
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
nnua l Commit tee Outs ide
Back over
Building
A Place to Worship by Dean Davis . .. .Pages 10
and
11
Christian
Literature
by Bill Brant Pages 2 and 3
Directory
of
Missionaries Outside Back Cover
Furlough by
Don Mechem
Pages 4
and
5
History of Zambia
by Sandy
Sinclair Page 14
I
Was Blind
. . . Now I
Can See by Vernon Oakley Page
1
Missionaries on Furlough in 1970 Page 5
Mission
Family
Picture
Album
Page
16
New Mission
Field Survey by
Leroy Randall
Page 15
Strong
Churches Trained Leaders
by Charles Delaney Pages 12 and 13
Village Church
by
Leroy Randall Page 11
Youth in
Zambia by Charles
Bell
Pages 6 and 7
Zambia Missions in P ic tu res
Pages 8 and 9
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Communicat ion
A
Means
of
Communication Communication
Miss io n P ri nt er
BILL BRANT
Prepares
Bible
S ch oo l L es so ns
fo r
Distr ibut ion
By William
M.
Brant
Perhaps the
most
difficult
aspect
of
the missionaries
endeavor is
th e
task itself TO COMMUNICATE.
If
we are to do the work of teaching all nations,
and
teaching
them to
observe
all things whatsoever Christ
has
commanded us, which was
included
in The
Great
Commission,
we must
be
able
to
communicate.
With the
rare
exception, preaching is still the
way
of communication which brings people to Christ. Here
at
Zambia
Christian Press,
we
are not trying to
replace
the Gospel
preacher with
Christian literature.
Our
aim is to provide materi al s which will help the mis
sionary,
evangelist,
minister, Bible
school
teacher
and
Christian worker do his task in a more effective way.
The mater ia ls we produce
vary
depend ing on the
need. Some are designed
to
help the
people
come
to
know
Jesus,
others help the Christian
in living
the
Christian life, and others are of a
nature
to
teach
Bible
knowledge.
Along
with Christ ian
literature, we
also do general mission printing such as stationery,
forms,
certificates,
newsletters and
advertising leaflets.
Apart
from
the
general
mission print
ing,
we are constantly aware of the
importance of communicating. This
t sk
is m uch more
difficult th n most
people
would suppose. Although
a
knowledge of
six
main
languages
and
English
makes
it
possible
to converse
with nea rl y eve ry Zambian , there
ore
actually 73 tribes
and
30 different
di lec t s
The language is
only one
of the
hur dle s whic h we
must
cross
in suc
cessful
commun icatio n. T here
is the
hurdle of
customs
which makes it di f
ficult
to
illu stra te t he lit era tu re .
An
other
hurdle which will
be
with us for
some
time
is
th e vast degrees
of liter
acy, from the illiterate to the university
graduate.
Although there
are others,
these
are
the predominate handicaps
which we
are
striving daily to over
ome
We
thank
God for this task and op
portunity to help
increase
His Kingdom.
We
also thank God
for you
who have
helped to make it possible for our be
ing here. To
help
us further,
please
pray for this ministry. Pray
with
us
tha t God will
bless
us with wisdom and
guidance in producing these materials
and that the Spirit will accompany
these
materials
as
they
ore
received
by
the
Zambians.
Family wai ts as
Amai
Mother pr e
p res
a meal .
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Commumcafion
Com municafion Com municafion
Communicafi
1. Japheth Kalorabo translating into a Zambian
language
2.
After final typing
Bill
Brant lays
ou t
t he copy
Here
he
ge ts s pe cia l
advice from
daughter
L es lie R uth
3. Copy is
then photographed and negative
is
used in burning offset plates
4.
The actual printing
is
just
1 of 7
steps
in
pro
ducing Christian literature
5. Hot from the press
materials
are
then
folded
assembled packaged and dispatched to anxious
missionaries an d Bible
S ch oo l t ea ch er s
6. Children are proud of their Bible School take
home
papers
7. Mrs
Mildred
Pace hands ou t tracts printed by
th e Z am bia h ris tian
Press
r>b
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pccdau^ . . .
r
By Don Mechem
What does a missionary
do
on furlough? What all
is involved?
We
will a ttempt to
answer
these
ques
tions
and more
in the next few paragraphs.
Plans for a
furlough
begin
months previous
to the
departure date. These plans will
vary
according to
the circumstances of each missionary. There is, how
ever
a basic pattern.
DON
MECHEM
1. Preparations for departure;
This means
everything from making sure
passport
and
immigration papers are in order to moun
tains
of
correspondence
ar ranging speaking
dates and informing
various publications
that the missionary is coming home. Ser
mons for Faith - Promise m ee tin gs m ust
be
written displays
must be prepared slide
picture
programs must be organized
per
sonal
effects must be packed for storage
or
packed
for
shipment
to
the
U.S.,
plus
a
mult i tude of l st minute details . . . most
important of which is bringing the mis
sion work to a
satisfactory close.
Drying fish for future consumption.
2. The trip home: The Z am bia mission
ary may travel
by
sea
or
by
air.
The
choice
is
his.
T he
reserv t ions mus t
b e
m ade early
and
paid
in
advance. Inter
national travel whether by sea
or
by
air
is
expensive
nd often
exhausts
mission
funds.
Never the less in ternat ional t ravel is
always
exciting.
3. Home in the U.S.A.:
Setting
foot on
mer i c n
soil
f ter
a
cons ide r b le b s ence
is a real thrill. Upon
arrival in
the U.S.
the missionary
must
set a bo ut m ak ing a
home
for a
brief
12
month
stay. The chil
dren must be enrolled in school
the wife
must learn
the
secrets of using a different
oven
and
the husband must see to a myriad
of
details concerning an
already full itiner
ary. Getting settled in is no
easy
task but
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the busy missionary, used to
making
adjust
ments,
soon gets used
to the
strangely
familiar American
way
of life.
4. Travel in th e U.S.: This consists of
thousands
of miles of travel, visiting and re
porting
to
the
churches
and
individuals who
have so faithfully supported the mission
work during the
past
term.
Other
events will
fit into the schedule. Youth camps, conven
tions. church retreats, missionary rallies,
Bible Colleges, Faith - Promise meetings and
others.
During
these travels the missionary
will visit relatives, renew old friendships,
and
meet
many
new Christian brothers and
sisters. He will travel anywhere from
10 000 to
25 000
miles in a short 12 months.
Whether traveling the exhausting miles, or
staying
home praying
the
faithful
wife and
children of the missionary will be behind
him 100 . And by the time the year of
furlough is complete all will be ready to
return to
th e
mission field.
5. Preparing to leave America: The de
tails of packing, shipping, getting immigra
tion and immunization papers in order, con
firming
travel
plans take much
time. All of
this must be done while drawing the speak
i ng i tinerary
to a
close.
6. The trip back to Zambia:
Having
re
viewed his calling as a missionary,
and
having
counted
the cost,
the
anxious
mis
sionary bids goodbye
to family and friends
and
returns to the fields white unto harvest .
7.
Back
to
work
in
Zambia:
Of course
there will be anxious
missionaries
awaiting
the returning family at the airport. How
ever the greatest
thing
that
awaits
the
mis
sionary is the t remendous need . The
need
for the Gospel of th e Lord Jesus Christ. The
missionary as
quickly
as
he
get s h is
family
settled
in must
return
to the
streets
of
the
city,
the
villages
of the
bush the
people
of
the land with the
good news that
Jesus
Christ the Son
of
God has died for their
sin.
Chr is t ian
Mission
Centers
in Zambia
A F R
IC
Zambia
Christian
Missionar ies on
Furlough in 1970
BRANT William
Departing
Zambia
January 1970
Contact
by writing:
Mr. and
Mrs.
Don
Sherer
5358 Marsailles-Galion Road East
Marion Ohio 43302
DAVIS Dean
Departing Zambia
August 1970
Contact
by writing:
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jack
Patterson
R.R.
1
King North
Carolina
MECHEM Don
Returning to Zambia June 1970
Contact by writing:
Mr.
Don
Mechem
1104
N.W.
5th
St.
Foribault Minnesota
55021
RANDALL, Leroy
Departing
Zambia
April
1970
Contact
by writing:
Mrs.
Leonard
Hopfe
P. O.
Box 134
Austin
Minnesota
55912
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m m m
IN
Z M B I
WHAT ARE THEY
REALLY LIKE?
By Charles Bell
WHAT ARE THEY?
The youth of today occupy the news
media , the thou ghts of most
adults
and
on
occasion the administrat ion building of
the
local
college.
They
are
vocal
and
some
times vociferous. Th ey are impatient.
They
are
idealistic
{but
according
to a
wide va
riety
of i de al isms . They
comprise almost
half
the popula tion in
most countries. Those
who
ore
in
the
news usually represent a
small segment of youthdom, but they reflect
the o bv io us
changes
in the majority. Are
they
good or bad?
Right or
wrong?
IN ZAMBIA, WHAT
ARE
YOUTH
REALLY
LIKE?
In 1970 we find that over 80 of th e popu
lation are still
rural
dwellers. Their ways
ore
still very t ra di ti on al , u nt il they
enter
high school. After this
age
they enter the
atmosphere which
will
change and
prepare
them
for
work
in
the
urban
areas,
or study
in colleges.
Now they
ore
in
a new world
of
change.
The
new phase is rapid
continuous
change,
and
it is the hal lmark of Africa
in the 7G s. To the casual eye or to th e
newcomer the rura l
a reas
still
look l ike
traditional
Africa,
and th e
cities
are
mere
islands
of
modernity
in the t radi tional
sea.
But
there ore
forces
changing the
youth of
Zambia. Schools ore
the
most obvious;
bett er communica ti on
by
road
and
rail;
r ad io , l it er ature
and
religion. Jobs
in
th e
cities and commercial farming bring the
host
of changes
along with
the
money th ey earn.
There a re two forces which d irec t the
changes
for
th e Zambian young
people. The
centripetal force of
the
cities which draws
so
many of them into
th e new life. There
is
plenty
of
evidence
of this in each new
housing area being built,
and
in
every
shanty
town arising
even
faster o utside the
city
limits. Less
obvious is
the cen tr ifugal
force
coming
from
the
cities.
It
throw s out
new cultural patterns
new
way
of
dress,
new foods, modern rock
music,
a ll b rought
home by magazines , rad io ,
TV
and per
s o n a l
contac t
YOUTH IN THE MAINSTREAM
O F CHANGE
The youth are
in the
mainstream
of
this
change. They are
often
reminded that the
nat ion needs their educat ion, skills and
work
to build
th e
new nation. Many of
them
are conscious
of
this
call an d take it
seriously. To many
hope
of a
high
standard
of
living
and more money is a strong mo
tivating force.
The
young
men
and
women
are experiencing th e
rocket
thrust from
the
traditional to the
modern society.
It's a
rough ride
from one world to another.
There
is
confusion,
inexperience of many new
factors. The generation gap is real. Mod-
Ringing the
church
bell, calling the
villagers
to worship.
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ern w a y s emphasize
individualism,
private
initiative, private
property, a n d private in
come. Traditional society emphasizes
th e
community an d common ownership. Each
system
h a s its merits,
but in c on f ro n ta tio n s
there is friction.
S r -
0
Zcmbian young people
lead
in vernacular
Bible School classes a t the Livingstone Chris
t ia n C hu rc h.
Th e present g en era tio n
of
young
people
in Zambia
must handle th e
traffic of time
a s
th e
m e rg in g s tr ea m s of cultures meet at
the intersection of change. A heavy burden
for such a young
generation.
W H A T
A R E C H RI ST IA N Y O U TH
R EA LLY LIKE?
Where
does a
better
w ay begin? We
b e l i e v e
it
b e g i n s
a t
the N e w
Birth.
T he
youth
we have
worked with
the Christians,
what are t hey re al ly
like? Young
people
like to joke
argue,
socialize. The
youth
of
Matero
church in
Lusaka)
do these things.
One of their major topics is Christ
and th e
church.
They want
to
see
progress. This
has been
their major topic for over a year
and
a
half
now.
They
can
be
heard
di s
cussing an d arguing points related to the
church and preaching. M a n y
lives h a v e
b ee n c ha ng ed
in
th e
process.
After a
bap
tismal
service they are particularly joyous.
To
them
a
Christian
victory is the greatest
Al l their experiences are not joyful. They
live
under cr owded conditions. Their ability
to
re a d
English
a n d
to
study
o n
their
ow n
ha s p ro du ce d s om e
fine p re ac he rs , w ho for
a
y e a r
kept a y o u n g c o ng r eg a ti on m e e ti ng
faithfully.
New
ones
were
brought to Christ.
It
was
a
heavy
load for
young
men but
they performed
well. On o n e o cc as io n they
withstood o n
older
m an
w ho
attempted to
lead
while
e n g a g e d
in
immorality). Today
these
young
men ore highly respected by
their community.
In
Zambia
th e young
city people
like cars,
mod
clothes and
noisy nightclubs
. . . very
human. The Matero C hu rc h youth like
wi t
nessing,
studying
t he s cr ip tu re s
a n d p re a c h
ing
. . .
very Christian.
T h e
o ld
and
th e nev/^.
T h e h um an a nd
th e
spiritual. The youth in Z am bia an d around
th e world a re th e big key to the change.
M ay God guide
th e
youth
of
Zambia
to a
truly great future.
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Two
Z a m bi a n
y o u n g
people.
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Z M B I
M I S S I O N
IN
PI TURES
\ \
hurch leaders prepare their own food
at
a leadership training
conference
2
harles
Delaney prays
with
a new
con
v e r t
3 Dean
Davis receives
a gift from a village
lady Tradition holds
that
visitors are
to be given gifts
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The last day at
a church
leaders
clinic
Everybody
qets in the picture
5 A
ladies
group
studies
the Bible
6 Ronald Sapp
helps
in the construction of
a
shelter for worship
FRI
l i t
7
Evangelist
David
Sibanda
baptizes a
young mother
8 A Bible School class a t
the
Livingstone
hris t ian hurch
9 A
church
leader
ass is ts miss ionary
Bill
Brant in
c ounti ng th e offering
HI
i
i
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Scccidutf iaceta ,
We know that man may worship God at
any
time in
any place. From
the
begin-
ing men
have
had designated
places
where
they met and worshipped God. The places
hove varied from the simplest to the most
elaborate.
It is
the
desire
of
man
to
have
a
place set aside
where
he can
meet
with
God s people to worship and pay respect to
the creator and
sustainer of life.
Zambians are no
different.
They need
a place to
gather
for fellowship,
the break
ing
of
bread
and prayers.
The
meeting
places in Zambia can be
placed
into three
groups as follows:
The new
Lubuto
Church of Christ.
Dean
Davis began this congregation in 1968.
1.
CHURCHES IN
THE BUSH.
The
build
ings
here are very simple s tructures bui lt
from
poles
mud
and grass. The benches
are
logs
and
the pulpit
a post.
The bap
tistry
is
the nearest
stream or a l arge hole
dug near a well. Occasionally a church
in the bush will mold and bum bricks to
construct
a
more permanent structure. In
the
bush
there
are no building codes or
regulations so
the
buildings
are built ac
cording to
the
initiative
and ability
of
the
Chr is t ians
2. CHURCHES IN PERMANENT SETTLE
MENTS.
Since
permanent
settlements
are
outside city limits
there
are no specifica
tions. Since it is a permanent
housing
area
the
buildings
must
be
of quali ty bui lding
materials
and hove
some
aesthetic
quality.
Furnishings may be
very
simple or more
When no building
is
avail
able Christians just worship
under
th e sky. This
is
th e
Liba la
Church
of Chris t
a t
wor
ship.
Libala Church members begin a temporary
shelter
for
worship.
P/R i
i
The completed shelter. Ronald Sapp is the
missionary
in
this
area.
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elaborate
according
to
th e
initiative a nd
ability
of
th e Christians.
3
CITY CHURCHES. Building codes
regulations and
specifications present
th e
city congregation with
high
building
costs
Becaus e
of
these high costs
it is
virtually
impossible for the
Zambians
to provide their
A
church building
in a permanent settle
ment Vernon Oakley began this work in a
blind
village
near Luanshya.
The bui ld ing
is now complete.
ow n building. It is here w here the mis
sionary
ca n
help tremendously Most mis
sionaries
who
have congregations in th e
cities h a v e directed the
church
construc
tion thereby saving the high expense of a
contractor.
H e
also assists with the pur
chase
of building
supplies.
The
design
of the building is optional
and
will
vary
according to
needs
an d
available
funds.
Because of its location a baptistry
a n d
functional but
attractive
furnishings
are necessary. Hestroom and toilet facilities
A Village Church
By LEROY RANDALL
A Sfory in Pictures
Poles for W alls
Po e s fo r R a f t e r s
G ra ss fo r
a
R o o f
By D e a n Davis
a re n ecessary
according
to building sp e
c i f i c a t i o n s .
ecause
mi ss io n ar ie s i n
Zambi a
a re s t r i v
in g
to establish i ndi ge nous c h u r c h e s the
policy
is
one
ot
n on -s ub sid y. T he re
is
how
ever
a
degree
of
help n ee de d w h en
it
comes
to
b uild in g c hu rc he s
in
the
cities.
T he
policy
is that th e missionary does
no t
do
a ny th in g t ha t
the
congregation c a n
do itself.
Therefore t he amount of help given is deter-
Dedication
day
at a ne w church in
Do n
Mechera s
ar ea. Notice
th e t em p or ar y p la st ic
r oof .
mined
by
the type of building
needed and
th e ability
of
th e congregation
to help
them
selves. O n c e completed
th e
maintenance
of th e building is th e
responsibility
of
the
congregat ion
Th e
tiltiraate goal is
th e same
in
th e
bush
as in the city
to hcn. e a place dedicated
where
born
again
Christians
can
meet
and
praise Go d wh o
has
redeemed them through
H is
dea r
S o n .
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TRAINED LEADERS STRONG CHURCHES TRAINED LEADERS
Church leaders
line
up out
side their
temporary sleeping
quarters.
At
large
conferences
host villages build temporary
sleeping houses for those
who
come great distances.
ju
Missionary Don Mechem
and
church leade rs
at Chilundi vi llage .
tp f
ii t i
tcmght
include how
to
cl asse s on
preach
ing
praying
and
conducting
a
worship
service. Classes
on
Stewardship B i b l e
knowledge
and others are also given.
By Char les Delaney
Please pray
for the missionary
and
the
local
leaders.
Please pray that the Holy
Spirit will guide the
work
of
leadership train
ing in Zambia .
Church leader puts his
good
training to
use
o n a n ew
conv e r t
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^ 2,u6c
Divers e forces
hove
been molding and
influencing life in Zambia for over 70 years.
These include tribal
influences,
the coming
of th e
white
man, and the new independent
African
nationalism
of th e
last
few years.
V \
1
X V
Ronald Sopp goes
to his
knees
to
greet
a
respected
village
headman.
TRIBAL INFLUENCES
Zambia' s p re sent
boundaries
were d rown
on the map
of
Africa at th e Berlin Confer
ence in
1885.
The digni ta ri es a tt ending tha t
far off
convention
did not consider
the
diver
sity of tribes and languages that
was
present
in
what
was
t hen cal led Northern Rhodesia.
There are 73 different tribes in
Zambia
rang
ing
from large t ribes of
many
thousands to
smaller tribes of only a few thousand.
Many
of Zambia's tribes used to war with each
other.
Tribalism is still felt, but one of
the
By Sandy
Sinclair
A
can
full of termites
Delicious, so
the
Africans
say.
goals of
the
present government is to play
down t r iba l d if ferences . Zambia 's
national
motto: O ne Zambia One Nation re
flects this hope.
More than 90 of Zambia's
people
are
living
in
what can best be
described
s tra
ditional African living. Most of the people
yield
strong
allegiance
to
tribal leaders.
Many
tribal traditions are kept by the vil
lagers. The government is even encourag
ing the
people to maintain their old customs
n
cultures .
THE
INFLUENCE
OF
THE WHITE
MAN
The
Copper
industry was
the first to
open
up
present
day Zambia.
In the early 1900 s
the v/hite man
came
to
mine
copper. He
The
village supermarket .
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A
village c arpent er mak ing
\
a
very acceptab le
folding
chair.
employed
thousands of Africans. By 192
a large African population
had
become per
manently resident
on the
copperbelt and
their
descendents
became the
first
non-t radi
tional
Africans
whose
life
style
became
in
fluenced
by the
white
man.
The
railways
and
the copper
mines ar
rived.
So
did
the British. The
British
brought
their monetary sy stem , their lan
guage
and
legal
system, and
their form of
government.
V/ith
them also
came
military
and
police
control over warring
tribes.
With
the
British a lso c am e educa t ion
which was mos tl y t he
result
of
Chris tian mis
sionaries .
Abou t
1912
two
Rhodesian
Afri
cans came
into
Zambia to preach
the
Gos-
I
Basketv/eaving a
village
craft and
past ime.
An
elevaied
chicken pen that
keeps
other
animals
and snakes from the eggs
pel These
men
were the earliest preachers
of the Restoration movement They were
preaching
and
baptizing in
what
is today
known as
Kalomo
district.
AFRICAN NATIONALISM
During the
late
195 s a new
phenomena
began to occur. The
rise
of
African
nation
alism. A
young
man
named Kenneth
D
Kaunda began to rally
the
African
people
as he bicycled across
the
country seeking
political support. Some died in
the
struggle
for
independence. Today the United Na
tional Independence Pa r t y led by Dr
Kaunda is
in power .
Political independence
was granted October 24, 1964. President
Kaunda has led the country since independ-
With the
motto O ne
Zamb ia
One
Nation
this new independent country be
gins
a
big
task of
developing
a
modern
African
society. A philosophy of Human
ism
has been
developed to bridge
the
gap
be tween the traditional tr ibal cultu re and
modern
society.
The
missionaries
task in Zamb ia is
to
place the Gospel in the hands of th e
people.
Then
let the church
of
Jesus
Christ
under
the guidance
of
the Holy
Spirit develop
to best
su it the
needs
of
th e Z amb ia n.
1
Travel by
train
th e cheapest way.
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Itcw pteid
LEROY RANDALL
In
September,
1968, Brother
Charles Bell
and
I
made
a
missionary
survey
of
th e
African country
of
Malawi,
on Zambia s
eastern border.
The
survey trip was under
taken fo r two main
reasons;
1)
e
wished
to
ascertain the possibi li ty
of
an
American
Church
of Christ (Christ ian
Church)
mission
ary
entering
t he count ry ;
2)
We
wished
to gather information
in
Malawi
th at m ight
be u se fu l in t he c ondu ct
of
o ur Z amb ia n mis
s ionary program.
Almost as important as the actua l survey
was th e
preparation for it
before we left
Zambia .
This involved
es tab l ishment
of
con tact with
men already
in
Malaw i whom
we judged
to be
in position
of
influence or
possessors
of
information
that might
be use
fu l to o ur c au se These men
we
would inter
view
once we were in the country.
Another important part
of the
preparation
was
the development
of
th e interview
out
line we
would
use with
the
men. Through
the outli ne we wished to answer such ques
tions as the Malawian government s attitude
toward new
missions and
missionaries, the
potential responsiveness
of
the country s
people
to
the gospel, th e exten t
of
Christian
infiltration into the country already done,
and the locat ion
of
likely
fi el ds of
endeavor.
Out
of
such information we hoped to
de
velop a
mission opportunity profile
for
Malawi,
and
to
be in
a
position
to
help any
By
Leroy Randall
one
considering the country
as
a field for
his own missionary
work.
The survey began on Wednesday, Sep
tember
11,
with
our arr ival
by air
in Blcm-
tyre, Malawi s largest
city.
The next nine
days were filled with some
of
the
most hectic
and
interesting activity I have
ever
partici
pated
in. While it is impossible to give any
detail here to
the
events
that
occurred dur
ing that
time, th e following
should
be
suffi
cient
for
the
purpose of this article: In
our
efforts to learn ab ou t M alaw i
we
t ravel led
in
excess
of 800
miles within the country,
purchased and picked
up
(when
it
was
free)
all the p rin ted material we could car ry ,
used
a considerable amount of film,
and inter
v iewed 8 men who were e i the r mis s iona r ie s
or well acquainted
with
Malawian mission
situation
and
opportunity. Five
of
th e inter
v iews were
toped.
Mr. Bell and I flew back to Zam bia on
September
20.
The
material
we had
gath
ered
would t ak e s ev er al
months to eva lua te
and organize. The
final
report
would
fill 41
single
s p a c e d typewritten
foolscap-size
pages.
With
the report, we were able
to
s end
back
to
the
States a n
informative
s l ide
p rogram, th e
taped
interviews, public
rela
tions
materials,
maps,
visa
forms, etc.
all
highly useful
to a
man hoping
to
go
to
Malawi
as
a missionary.
We were
deeply
gratified
by th e results
of
the Malawi survey, and struck by the
potential
of th e survey
principle
as a tool
for
opening new
mission
fields. As
a
matter
of fact, a man now planning to go to
Malawi
as the
first
missionary
of
our
churches
to
that
country
has
already been able
to
use
th e mate ria l provided.
Future
surveys,
more extensive than
the
work done in Malawi, are
n ow
being
planned. God
willing, you
may be
hearing
abou t t h em soon
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pa^HiCcf Pietttne
R NT
i ll
Vonnie
l ackie
Leslie
B E U
Char les
Jul ianne
Todd Ma ry F ra nc es
KITWEO
NDOL O
t ?
O KLEY
Cynthia
Cheri
Vernon Douglas
Kathryn
LUS K
LIVINGSTONE
S A P ?
D a v i d Mike
my
Ronald
Jenny
SINCL IR
C harlo tte M ichelle
Sandy Wayne
R ich ard M ich ae l
P A C E
Mr s
Mildred
D VIS
Judy Dean
Cindy
Jimmy
DEL NEY
etty Charles
Robin S h a n d a
MECHEM
Donald L inda
Shelly Tim
R ND LL
Gayle
Leroy
M a x II S h a n n o n
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