Zambia, Christianity in

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Zambia, Christianity in. Missionary work began relatively late in the area of central Africa known as Zambia since it became independent in 1964. In 1886 the French Evangelical Missionary Society began work among the Lozi. About the same time the LMS established a mission in the north of the country and Scottish Presbyterians came in the east. The main RC missions were White Fathers in the north and Jesuits in the south. An early attempt in the 1930s to unite denominational missions resulted in the formation of the African United Church (the United Missions in the Copperbelt) and in the establishment of the Mindola Ecumenical Foundation. In 1965 the United Church of Zambia, comprising Congregationalists, Methodists, and the Paris Mission, was inaugurated. Other major denominations are the Anglican, African Reformed (founded by the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa), and Jehovah's Witnesses. Most Zambians are members of one of the Churches, the RC being the largest.

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