Bell Charles Mary Frances 1970 Zambia

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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

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Summer I970 GEP2

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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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^

^- a

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)

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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

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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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l and

Ki

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N d ^ o

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Kapyonga - *

n g s t o n

RHO S I A

TANGANYIKA

M A L

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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.

I * --

45V

Two

Z a m bi a n

y o u n g

people.


12/22

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.


15/22

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 .


16/22


17/22

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


18/22

^ 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 .


19/22

T - .T ^

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.


20/22

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


21/22

(^Anc^iceut

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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DIRECTORY OF M ISSIONARIES

FIELD

ADDRESS

BELL CHARLES I.

Mrs.

Mary

Frances, Todd

and

Julianne

P.

O. Box 2733

Lusaka, Zambia

BRANT, WILLIAM

Mrs.

Jackie,

Vonnie n Leslie

P. O.

Box

2280

Kitwe, Zambia

DAVIS.

L.

DEAN

Mrs. Judy Jim and

Cindy

P. O. Box 873

Ndola, Zambia

DELANEY

CHARLES

Mrs.

Betty

Shanda and Robin

P. O. Box 2191

Ndola, Zambia

MECHEM, E. E. DON

Mrs.

Linda,

Shelly

and Tim

P.

O. Box

1805

Lusaka, Zambia

OAKLEY, VERNON L.

Mrs. Kathryn Cheri Cynthia

and

Doua

P. O. Box 2591

Kitwe, Zambia

PACE, MRS. MILDRED

P.

O.

Box 2280

Kitwe,

Zambia

RANDALL, LEROY

Mrs. Gayle, Shannon and Max II

P. O. Box 2184

Lusaka,

Zambia

SAPP, RONALD D.

Mrs. Amy David Jenny

and

Mike

P. O. Box

128

Livingstone,

Zambia

SINCLAIR,

A. G.

Mrs. Char lotte, Michael ,

Richard,

Wayne

n

Michelle

P. O. Box 160

Livingstone,

Zambia

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