The Baptist Mission of Zambia
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Zambian children enjoy a sugarcane treat
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Welcome
Welcome to the Baptist Mission of Zambia website. We hope you'll take the time to browse around the site. Here you can learn more about the people of Zambia, where there are more than 72 language/tribal groups. You can also learn about how God's working here among the people, and the part he's letting us play in it.
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Highlights
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Kids in a compound in Lusaka
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Featured Work Story
Encouraging Words Make a Difference
This past week when I went to teach the Palliative Care ladies in Ng'ombe compound I strayed away from my original lesson plans and taught on encouragement. I knew that as these ladies went out into their compound to help those who were very sick and confined to their homes that encouragement would be a great issue for us to talk about. I started off by asking the ladies, "Have you ever known someone who believed in you, someone who frequently spoke words of encou...
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From Zumbo
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Featured People Group
About the Chikunda
The Chikunda people were not formerly a tribe. Chikunda is a word for soldier; the Portuguese used these people as soldiers on their plantations. Over the years as the Portuguese influence waned between Tete and Zumbo, several slaves ran away and several of the warlike soldiers who had traded their services for helping their masters catch slaves also ran away. They were warlike and over the years raided neighboring tribes like the Nsenga and Soli and captured wives. They carved out a small secti...
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