Sikalongo is a rural community in the Southern Province of

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are ...

. It is located 30 km east-south-east of Choma in the Singani Chieftaincy, not far from the

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north-west of

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. It existed as a traditional community until the early twentieth century when American

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from the

Brethren in Christ Church The Brethren in Christ Church (BIC) is a River Brethren Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite church, Radical Pietism, and Wesleyan holiness. They have also been known as River Brethren and River Mennonites. The Canadian denominati ...

established a

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there. During the first half of the twentieth century, missionaries established a church, a clinic, and a primary school. In 1968, the Brethren in Christ church established a Bible Institute which continues to the present. With help from the local community, the mission station established a secondary school during the 1970s.

References

* Engle, Anna R., J. A. Climenhaga and Leoda A. Buckwalter. There is No Difference, God Works in Africa and India. Nappanee, Ind.: E. V. Publishing House, 1950. * Davidson, Hannah Frances. South and South Central Africa. Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Publishing House, 1915. * Wittlinger, Carlton O. Quest for Piety and Obeidence: The Story of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, Ind.: Evangel Press, 1978.

External links

Sikalongo Bible Institute

Brethren in Christ Church
Christian missions in Zambia Populated places in Southern Province, Zambia {{Zambia-geo-stub

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