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==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. | 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. Others include the Jerusalem Church, under Bubile (Daughter to Lenshina) and New Jerusalem Church, under Nkaya, in [[Kitwe]]'s [[Chimwemwe Township]]. | ||
==Further narration== | ==Further narration== | ||
In a 2008 interview, Mfula asked the government to lift the ban on the Lumpa Church and restate the name.<ref name=economist/> | In a 2008 interview, Mfula asked the government to lift the ban on the Lumpa Church and restate the name.<ref name=economist/> | ||
[[File:Lumpa Church members slaughtered.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Bodies of some of Lumpa church members who were killed during the raid]] | [[File:Lumpa Church members slaughtered.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Bodies of some of Lumpa church members who were killed during the raid]] | ||
