The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 68, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 2011 Page: 16 of 35
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FROM THE FRONT
16 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
JANUARY 2011
MALAWI: Nation is 'the Israel of Africa'
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The Theology and Practice
of Congregational Worship
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NEW SOULS IN NYASALAND
Churches of Christ came here through
a native Malawian.
Elaton Kundago traveled to South
Africa for work and was baptized there
in 1906. He returned to Malawi, then
called Nyasaland, and began to preach.
Eventually, Kundago fell away from
his new faith, but three men he con-
verted in Zomba — George Masangano,
Frederick Khonde and Ronald Kaundo
— carried on his work.
In 1915, Baptist missionary John
Chilembwe led an armed revolt against
British rule in Nyasaland, and the
government banned several religious
groups, including Churches of Christ.
Church members were forced to
baptize at night. Masagano, Khonde and
Kaundo were jailed for seven years but
led church work from prison.
In 1957, Andrew Connally, Doyle Gilliam
and James Judd arrived in the Northern
Region and built Lubagha Mission in the
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Priestly Nkhonjera,
a longtime minister
in Malawi. Gospel seed
fell on fertile soil here
more than a century
ago, he said.
Congregations
developed strong
roots throughout the
LABOR FOR LOVE —NOT MONEY
Today there are at least 12 Churches
of Christ in the city of Zomba — and
many second- and third-generation
church members.
Laitoni Misomali grew up in the
church and now serves as one of three
ministers for the Zomba Central Church
of Christ. The church has
eight elders, 10 deacons
and more than 300 mem-
bers. Nearly 100 more
meet in a prison where
the church works.
Few ministers in Malawi
are paid for their labor. In
the village of Jali, Nsapato
works as a farmer, grow-
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The changing face
narrow country’s three regions —
Northern, Central and Southern. Here,
unlike many African nations, gray hair
is common in Churches of Christ, as are
second- and third-generation members.
In the Central Region, it’s hard to go
more than 10 miles in any direction
without finding a congregation, said
Evance Mwapasa, an elder of the Area
47 Church of Christ in Malawi’s capital,
Lilongwe.
Mwapasa grew up in
a Church of Christ in
Zomba — Malawi’s first
capital when the country
gained independence
from Britain in 1964.
Mwapasa’s father also
served as an elder.
“I have never tasted any
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number of church members per capita in
the world. In 2000, church researchers
Mark Berryman and Wendell Broom esti-
mated that one out of every 50 Malawians
was a member of a Church of Christ
Malawi is the Israel of Africa,” said
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Globd?
of the church
ing and planting. Hundreds of churches
sprang to life.
To the south, U.S. Christians settled
in the Zomba area and established
Namikango Mission. Mark Thiesen,
a second-generation missionary, now
serves as director of the mission.
From humble beginnings, Churches of
Christ have prospered. The president of
the country himself, Bingu wa Mutharika,
attended a worship service in the city of
Zomba in 2006, recognizing the centen-
nial of Churches of Christ in his nation.
Thiesen called the celebration “a
watershed event” that reminded the
church of its purpose and energized it to
continue serving the Lord.
village of Rumphi.
Judd’s son, Randy, celebrated his 10th
birthday in Rome, en route to Malawi. He
remembers the family’s old mimeograph
machine, churning out gospel tracts.
‘We would get letters saying, ‘My
brother picked this up and
•j was laughing at it, and
handed it to me. But I want
to do what it says,”’
];■ Randy Judd said.
' A lot of Malawians
Fj - did what the tracts
P| said. The Judds helped
/ launch a Bible college
in Mzuzu and traveled
the region, teaching, preach-
Misomali
ing enough food to feed his family.
Misomali, 80, gets a little financial sup-
port from the church in Zomba, but not
enough to live on. But, like his smiling
counterpart in the village, Misomali has
no plans to stop preaching the Gospel,
he said in Chichewa.
“He will minister until he is called up,”
an interpreter translated.
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McMillon, Lynn. The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 68, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 2011, newspaper, January 1, 2011; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1509300/m1/16/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.