Mindolo Mission of the London Missionary Society: Origins, Development, and Initiatives for Ecumenism. (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kangwa, Jonathan
• Is Part Of: Expository times. Volume 131:Number 10(2020:Jul.)
• Page Start: 423
• Page End: 435
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: Mindolo Mission -- Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation -- United Church of Zambia -- United Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia -- Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia -- Ecumenism -- Zambia -- Africa.; 200
• DOI: 10.1177/0014524619884162
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0014-5246

Abstract

This paper considers the origins and development of Mindolo Mission of the London Mission Society in Zambia. First, the factors that led to the formation of the mission are analyzed. Second, the paper traces the shifts in ownership of Mindolo Mission and the negotiations to attain church union and increased ecumenism resulting in the foundation of the Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia (CCAR), United Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia (UCCAR), the formation of Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation (MEF) and the United Church of Zambia (UCZ). Third, the present paper discusses the ownership of the mission land. The paper concludes that Mindolo Mission is an offspring of the ecumenical movement and the churches who were the forerunners of the UCZ and the MEF.