A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THEOLOGICAL
EDUCATION IN THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
MISSION IN ZAMBIA AND ITS ROLE IN THE LIFE OF
ZAMBIAN CHRISTIANITY
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Title
A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THEOLOGICAL
EDUCATION IN THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
MISSION IN ZAMBIA AND ITS ROLE IN THE LIFE OF
ZAMBIAN CHRISTIANITY
EDUCATION IN THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
MISSION IN ZAMBIA AND ITS ROLE IN THE LIFE OF
ZAMBIAN CHRISTIANITY
Subject
Master of Theology (Church History)
Description
Towards the end of the 19th century (1880s) the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa became more active in opening up mission fields outside the boundaries of that country.
Many missions, including the Dutch Reformed Mission to Central Africa, were inspired by the opening up of this part of Africa by the great Scottish Missionary / explorer, David Livingstone
in 1850s.
In 1889 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) started its mission in what is now Malawi with the help of the Livingstonia Missionaries from the Church of Scotland, who had established themselves there in 1875. The DRC Mission in Malawi was followed by a second mission to the Karanga people in the then Southern Rhodesia. The Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church started both these missions. Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni people of what is now Zambia, who had just been defeated by the agents of the British Imperial Government, invited missionaries from the Dutch Reformed Church Mission to come westwards from their station in Malawi. Realising that it was not possible for the Cape Synod to work in yet another mission field in the then North Eastern Rhodesia, the Cape Synod invited the Dutch Reformed Church of Orange Free State to establish this mission.
Their first missionaries opened the first mission station in the eastern part of the country in 1899.
The Dutch Reformed Church was not, however, the first mission to Zambia. The Paris Evangelical Missionary Society established its mission among the Lozi people in the Western Province of Zambia in 1885. In the far north, the London Missionary Society established its first mission station at Fwambo in 1887 after heroic sacrifices (Bolink 1967:39). In 1891 the London Missionary Society moved this station to Kawimbe. Then came the White Fathers who settled in the Northern Province among the Lungu tribe in 1890. The Lungu had provided a “happy hunting ground” for slave trading by the Bemba (ibid. 39).
Many missions, including the Dutch Reformed Mission to Central Africa, were inspired by the opening up of this part of Africa by the great Scottish Missionary / explorer, David Livingstone
in 1850s.
In 1889 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) started its mission in what is now Malawi with the help of the Livingstonia Missionaries from the Church of Scotland, who had established themselves there in 1875. The DRC Mission in Malawi was followed by a second mission to the Karanga people in the then Southern Rhodesia. The Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church started both these missions. Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni people of what is now Zambia, who had just been defeated by the agents of the British Imperial Government, invited missionaries from the Dutch Reformed Church Mission to come westwards from their station in Malawi. Realising that it was not possible for the Cape Synod to work in yet another mission field in the then North Eastern Rhodesia, the Cape Synod invited the Dutch Reformed Church of Orange Free State to establish this mission.
Their first missionaries opened the first mission station in the eastern part of the country in 1899.
The Dutch Reformed Church was not, however, the first mission to Zambia. The Paris Evangelical Missionary Society established its mission among the Lozi people in the Western Province of Zambia in 1885. In the far north, the London Missionary Society established its first mission station at Fwambo in 1887 after heroic sacrifices (Bolink 1967:39). In 1891 the London Missionary Society moved this station to Kawimbe. Then came the White Fathers who settled in the Northern Province among the Lungu tribe in 1890. The Lungu had provided a “happy hunting ground” for slave trading by the Bemba (ibid. 39).
Creator
Foston D. Sakala
Date
NOVEMBER 1996
Contributor
SUPERVISOR: PROF GJ PILLAY
Rights
Justo Mwale University
Language
English
Identifier
CHURCH HISTORY
Coverage
CHURCH HISTORY
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