UCZ History: On the 16th of January 1965, the United Church of Zambia was formed. Four mainline separate missions came into union representing different Christian traditions namely; the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society (PEMS) under the leadership of Francios Coillard, a French Calvinist missionary who arrived in August 1884; The London Missionary Society (LMS), in the northern of Zambia came second just before colonization an dafter David Livingstone’s death. This missionary society was under the leadership of Mr Stevenson, who established the first mission station at Niamukolo in 1885. After the LMS, came the Primitive Methodists who were later on joined by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1885. The Rev H. Buckenham was the founding leader who established a mission station at Nkala-central of Zambia. In 1932, a synod was formed to merge the Primitive and the Wesleyan Methodists in Zambia.The fourth mission to come into the union was the Church of Scotland (the Presbyterians) in the North–Eastern of Zambia in 1885. This mission played a very important role in the evangelization of Malawi and some other parts of Zambia. J. Weller singles out missionaries who played a significant role to establish the first permanent mission in Zambia at Mwenzo, near Tanzania in 1894.Opposed to previous local unions organized by white colonial missionaries,the formation of the United Church of Zambia was truly driven by the word of God and the African spirit of integration.The concept of the unity of the Church can only be appreciated and its significance grasped when we take a hind look at the growth of Church throughout history to draw lessons from more than two thousand years of its existence for use by the Church. Paul in trying to address the lack of unity in the Epistle to the Romans wrote:“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus”(Romans 15:5)Both Jesus and the Apostles labored to unify the believers as is evident in the many instances found in Scripture. The political liberation of Zambia contributed to the urgency union of the Churches echoing the slogan of “One Zambia, One Nation” coined by the first Republican president, Dr Kenneth David Kaunda. The United Church of Zambia is a church that has membership across the country.According to the 2009 latest church statistics, the UCZ has a membership of 2,000,000 Christians. Out of this membership, 60% are women and therest are men and youths .Leadership The Synod Bishop May 22, 2013th General Secretary May 21, 2013 Subscribe to receive Updates! (237)Subscribe to receive updates from Synod!Bible Verse of the Day For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. — Romans 6:23 (NKJV)Popular Recent Comments Golden Jubilee Celebrations – Message from GS!June 30, 2014 General Secretary And Chairperson Of The Mwandi America Board Visit Jagaimbo Clinic In North Western Presbytery August 3, 2013th General Secretary May 21, 2013 Join the Pilgrimage to Israel July 4, 2013 UCZ Congregations Celebrates 50 Years of the Gospel and Unity September 5, 2014 Downloads CHAZ HIV NFM_Prevention Reporting Template 2015-LSR138 downloads 13.80 MB Download Report for Sexual Behavior Change Technical Support 119 downloads 498.56 KB Download News in Pictures Featured Video Archives February 2016 (3)January 2016 (1)October 2015 (4)August 2015 (1)July 2015 (7)May 2015 (2)January 2015 (1)November 2014 (5)October 2014 (6)September 2014 (20)June 2014 (1)May 2014 (6)April 2014 (1)March 2014 (3)January 2014 (2)August 2013 (10)July 2013 (6)May 2013 (6)Join us on Facebook News in Pictures Downloads CHAZ HIV NFM_Prevention Reporting Template 2015-LSR13.80 MB Download Report for Sexual Behavior Change Technical Support 498.56 KB Download Address The UCZ Synod Headquarters Nationalist Road off Burma Road,P.O. Box 50122,Lusaka, Zambia.Phone: +260-211-250641 Fax: +260-211-252198 Email: inf@uczsynod.org ©Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved.
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