United Church in Zambia

The United Church in Zambia is the largest Protestant church in Zambia with coverage of all the ten provinces of the country ^[1] The church formed in 1965, this is a result of the union of Church of Central Africa, Rhodesia (a mission work of the Church of Scotland), the Union Church of Copperbelt, the Copperbelt Free Church Council, the Church of Barotseland and the Methodist church.^[2]

The United Church in Zambia has partnership relations with the United Church of Canada.^[3] The church maintains its own Theological Colleges in Zambia.^[4]

The United Church in Zambia has 3,000 000 members in 1,060 congregations. The United church has Presbyterian church government with 9 presbyteries and a Synod. It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the World Methodist Council Close contacts with the Church of Scotland, the Presbyterian Church (USA) was established.^[5]

External links

United Church website

References

Christianity in Zambia

Protestantism	Reformed Church in Zambia United Church in Zambia Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Synod of Zambia Church of the Province of Central Africa

Roman Catholic Church	Roman Catholicism in Zambia

Mission Stations	Macha Mission Namwianga Mission

Christian missionaries in Ghana	François Coillard Jean Jacques Corbeil Joseph Dupont Arthur Morris Jones Adam Kozłowiecki Étienne-Benoît Larue Luise Radlmeier Bill Ritter

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