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The Synod of Livingstonia is a synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian.It was founded by missionaries of the Free Church of Scotland in 1875. [1] [2]The Livingstonia Synod is located in Northern Malawi, [3] [4] [5] and claims about 25% of the population of that region. [6]
The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) is a Presbyterian denomination. It consists of five synods: one in Zambia (Zambia Synod), one in Zimbabwe (Harare Synod) and three in Malawi – Livingstonia Synod in the north of the country, Nkhoma Synod in the centre, and Blantyre Synod in the south. The CCAP is the largest Protestant ...
"Clay-daubed Ngoni Warrior, Livingstonia" Malawi, c. 1895. Livingstonia was founded in 1894 by missionaries from the Free Church of Scotland. [1] The missionaries had first established a mission in 1875 at Cape Maclear, which they named Livingstonia after David Livingstone, whose death in 1873 had rekindled British support for missions in Eastern Africa.
The general hospital began in the 1890s as a ministry of the Free Church of Scotland. Ekwendeni Hospital is operated by the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Synod of Livingstonia, in partnership with the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Church of Scotland and the Presbyterian Church of Ireland. [1]
The Synod has close relations with the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, the United Church in Zambia and the Reformed Church in Zambia. [2] It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, [3] the Evangelical Fellowship in Zambia and the Bible Society of Zambia. [1] The center of the church is in Lusaka, Zambia.
The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Livingstonia Synod formally launched the first private university in Malawi, known as the University of Livingstonia on 27 August 2003. Former Centralia College President Henry Kirk, a retired educator with 42 years of experience, was the first vice chancellor of the school. [ 2 ]
Charles Chidongo Chinula (1885-1971) was a teacher, an ordained minister of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian for which he composed a number of hymns, the founder of an independent African church and a committed nationalist politician, initially seeking an African voice in Nyasaland politics and later opposing federation with Northern ...
The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Nkhoma Synod was founded in 1889 and is one of the major Protestant churches in Malawi. The Church consists of 124 congregations and 1,298 prayer houses and serves 800,000 members. [citation needed] The churches meet every two years in a synod.