This church is the result of a union of four churches effected in 1965, less than three months after Independence: the Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia (itself a union of the Church of Scotland and the LMS Churches with the Union Church of the Copperbelt), the congregations of the Copperbelt Free Church Council, the Church of Barotseland, and the Meth Church. It is the largest Protestant Church in Zambia.
The components of the United Church of Zambia are the following. In the plains of the Zambesi, in the west of the country, the Paris Mission, with the active participation of people from Lesotho, had started work in 1885. The beginnings were rough. The first group of missionaries, under the leadership of François Coillard, was arrested and mistreated. This mission worked among the Lozi. In 1964, under the name Evangelical Church of Barotseland, the church became independent. In the North the LMS and later the Presbyterians started missionary work. The first LMS station was established in Niamkolo among the Lungu. In 1894 a Scottish missionary, Alexander Dewar, and a Tonga Christian, John Banda, came over from Malawi and began work at Mwenzo near the Tanzanian border. In the early years of the 20th century teams of students from Malawi were making evangelistic journeys into Zambia, among them David Julizya Kaunda, the father of Kenneth Kaunda; he founded the Lubwa mission station. Since 1894 the Methodists have been active in the center of the country among the Ila. In 1920, when copper began to be mined, a mission church was formed among the workers in the Copperbelt. In the ’30s the United Missions in the Copperbelt (UMCB) was formed in which both the Presb and the LMS were involved. For a long time Presb and LMS had been in close contact. In 1945 they formed, together with the union churches on the Copperbelt, the Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia (CCAR). In 1958 the Central Free Church Council, which coordinated seven European congregations in the Copperbelt, merged with the CCAR; its name was changed to United Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia. In the following years negotiations began with the Methodists and the Church of Barotseland. In 1965 the United Church of Zambia was inaugurated. The church comprises several tribes — from the Bemba in the northeast to the Lozi in the west.
 

UCZ has 5 Aided Schools: 2 for Girls: - Chipembi, Njase 1 for boys - Kafue and two for boys and Girls; Sefula and Masuku.
Two hospitals: Mwandi and Mbereshi and five rural health centres: Maheba, Chipembi, Kafue, Njase and Masuku. We have a couple of projects at Synod, Presbytery and Congregation level to try and respond to poverty, HIV/AIDS and related issues.

Youth Ministry: Boys Brigade, Girls Brigade, Sunday School, Youth Choirs, Youth Fellowship Groups, Women Christian Fellowship, Mens' Christian Fellowship.
 

Note: We did not manage to contact this church. Therefore, we cannot exclude that its address has changed or that the church does not exist any more.
Whoever has information about this church may contact us. We will be happy to update our information.
 

 
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• English
• Nyanja
• Zambian languages
• Lozi

• Apostles´ Creed
• Nicene Creed (381)

• United Church of Canada
• Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Church of Scotland

International assiciations

• World Alliance of Reformed Churches
• World Council of Churches
• Council for World Mission