Midlands Christian College (MCC) is a private co-educational high school of about 450 pupils ranging from form 1 to form 6, located in the city of

Gweru Gweru, originally known as Gwelo, is a city in central Zimbabwe. It is on the centre of Midlands Province. Originally an area known to the Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the Gweru River's high banks, in 1894 it became the site of a m ...

, Zimbabwe. The college has boarding facilities as well as providing for day-scholars. Its name refers to its location in the

Midlands Province Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of and a population of 1,811,905 (2022). It is home to various peoples. Located at a central point in the country, it contains speakers of Shona, Ndebele, Tswana, Sotho and Chewa, as well as ...

in central Zimbabwe. Midlands Christian College is a member of the

Association of Trust Schools The Association of Trust Schools (ATS) is an organisation of independent primary and secondary schools in Zimbabwe that was founded in 1962. Each of these schools are run by their own Board of Governors and are not for profit entities. The Heads ...

(ATS) and the Head is a member of the

Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe A conference is a meeting, often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject, or to bring together people who have a common interest. Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always d ...

(CHISZ). MCC is a

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school which teaches

Creationism Creationism is the faith, religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of Creation myth, divine creation, and is often Pseudoscience, pseudoscientific.#Gunn 2004, Gun ...

as well as

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but teaches students that creationism is what the school believes in and also encourages students to research on arguments against evolution. It also actively encourages conversion to

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

on the part of its pupils. MCC's campus provides both primary school education and a small Teacher Training Complex. The Teacher Training Programme was closed in 2014.Mcc A notable ex-student who excelled in sport,

David Pocock David Willmer Pocock (born 23 April 1988) is an Australian politician and former professional rugby union player. Raised in Gweru, Zimbabwe, Pocock moved to Australia as a teenager and played for the Australia national rugby team. He played p ...

, he made a name for himself in rugby and

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thanks to values and skills he learnt at MCC.

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Midlands Christian College website
{{Zimbabwe private schools Midlands Christian College Private schools in Zimbabwe Boarding schools in Zimbabwe Cambridge schools in Zimbabwe Educational institutions established in 1987 1987 establishments in Zimbabwe Member schools of the Association of Trust Schools

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