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'''Lubwa Mission''', located in [[Chinsali District]] of [[Zambia]], is a Christian mission established in the early 20th century by the United Church of Zambia. The mission is dedicated to providing education, healthcare, and spiritual guidance to the local community. The provision of education was a major method of evangelisation. | '''Lubwa Mission''', located in [[Chinsali District]] of [[Zambia]], is a Christian mission established in the early 20th century by the United Church of Zambia. The mission is dedicated to providing education, healthcare, and spiritual guidance to the local community. The provision of education was a major method of evangelisation. | ||
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The mission also operates a vocational training center, which offers courses in practical skills such as carpentry, tailoring, and other trades. | The mission also operates a vocational training center, which offers courses in practical skills such as carpentry, tailoring, and other trades. | ||
Lubwa Mission used literacy and intellectual agreement with the contents of the catechism as criteria for admission to church membership. New members were incorporated into the structure of the Mission as teachers, evangelists, catechists, or paid employees of the Mission.<ref [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-development-of-Lubwa-Mission%2C-Chinsali%2C-Zambia%2C-Ipenburg/1c11dab1f9b7215d2e30b9ce9a3720e2dfaad0d9 The development of Lubwa Mission, Chinsali, Zambia, 1904-1967], 1991</ref> | |||
==Prominent people trained at Lubwa== | ==Prominent people trained at Lubwa== | ||
Some of the prominent people who went to Lubwa Mission include Zambia's first republican president [[Kenneth Kaunda]] (whose father was a missionary there), [[Simon Kapwepwe]] and [[Alice Lenshina]]. | Some of the prominent people who went to Lubwa Mission include Zambia's first republican president [[Kenneth Kaunda]] (whose father was a missionary there), [[Simon Kapwepwe]] and [[Alice Lenshina]]. | ||
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[[Category:Missionaries in Zambia]] | [[Category:Missionaries in Zambia]] | ||
[[Category:Chinsali]] | [[Category:Chinsali]] | ||
Revision as of 04:22, 14 January 2023
Lubwa Mission, located in Chinsali District of Zambia, is a Christian mission established in the early 20th century by the United Church of Zambia. The mission is dedicated to providing education, healthcare, and spiritual guidance to the local community. The provision of education was a major method of evangelisation.
Education
The mission also operates a vocational training center, which offers courses in practical skills such as carpentry, tailoring, and other trades.
Lubwa Mission used literacy and intellectual agreement with the contents of the catechism as criteria for admission to church membership. New members were incorporated into the structure of the Mission as teachers, evangelists, catechists, or paid employees of the Mission.<ref The development of Lubwa Mission, Chinsali, Zambia, 1904-1967, 1991</ref>
Prominent people trained at Lubwa
Some of the prominent people who went to Lubwa Mission include Zambia's first republican president Kenneth Kaunda (whose father was a missionary there), Simon Kapwepwe and Alice Lenshina.
