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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]]. | 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]]. | ||
[[File:Lumpa Church members slaughtered.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Bodies of some of Lumpa church members who were killed during the raid]] | |||
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/> | 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/> | ||
