Church Service, Lubwa, Zambia, ca.1905-ca.1940

Photograph of a large group gathered during a church service. The congregation is gathered outdoors sitting on the ground facing 4 men who are sitting on chairs addressing the group. There is a large tree behind the group in the background of the picture.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Lubwa mission. Lubwa mission at Chinsali in north-eastern Zambia began as an outpost of the Free Church of Scotland mission in Malawi. The first missionary expeditions to the Chinsali area were carried out by student teachers from the Overtoun Institute at Khondowe. The Bemba are the largest ethnic group in northern Zambia and the first Free Church of Scotland establishment among the Bemba was a school at Lubwa, opened in 1905 by the Malawian teacher David Kaunda and his wife.