The Baptist Mission of Zambia

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.
 

Highlights

Featured Work Story

Life in Lusaka
Many children in Lusaka go to bed each night feeling hungry. Praise God for a feeding program at one local community school that makes sure they get at least a bowl of porridge each day Monday-Friday. Some have spoons to eat with while others use pencils or rulers. Several will only eat a portion of it and save the rest of their bowl to take home to share with other family members. Can you imagine sending your child to bed at night knowing they had not been able to eat a meal? There are many thr...
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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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