417
edits
Alice Lenshina: Difference between revisions
From Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia
→Aftermath
Chalochatu (talk | contribs) |
Chalochatu (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 46: | Line 46: | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
The Lumpa Church continues to exist to this day, though it is split and called by various names, the most prominent of which are Uluse Kamutola Church, whose headquarters are in [[Kapiri Mposhi]] and its membership ranges from 3,000 to 4,000 and is headed by one of Lenshina’s former personal assistants, [[Maggie Kasungami Mfula]] (the overseer). Mfula has shepherded her group from as far back as the early 70s when they had been in exile in the Congo DRC. In a 2008 interview, Mfula asked the government to lift the ban on the Lumpa Church and restate the name.<ref name=economist/> Others include the Jerusalem Church, under Bubile (Daughter to Lenshina) and New Jerusalem Church, under Nkaya, in [[Kitwe]]'s [[Chimwemwe Township]]. | The Lumpa Church continues to exist to this day, though it is split and called by various names, the most prominent of which are Uluse Kamutola Church, whose headquarters are in [[Kapiri Mposhi]] and its membership ranges from 3,000 to 4,000 and is headed by one of Lenshina’s former personal assistants, [[Maggie Kasungami Mfula]] (the overseer). Mfula has shepherded her group from as far back as the early 70s when they had been in exile in the Congo DRC. In a 2008 interview, Mfula asked the government to lift the ban on the Lumpa Church and restate the name.<ref name=economist/> Others include the Jerusalem Church, under Bubile (Daughter to Lenshina) and New Jerusalem Church, under Nkaya, in [[Kitwe]]'s [[Chimwemwe Township]]. | ||
According to Mfula, the allegations leveled against Lenshina and her growing cadre of followers was just a ploy to water down her popularity. “The success achieved by Lenshina in such a short time of her ministry’s existence was a thorn in the flesh of both Ilondola and Lubwa missionaries. Others launched a vicious campaign to discredit her and persuade defectors to return to their former respective missions,” she said. “By this time bishops and priests had long awakened to the fact that Lenshina’s church posed a major threat to the Catholic church and other churches had decided to halt this advance at all costs.”<ref name=economist/> | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
