A) traces its roots to the Baptist work which began in 1905 at
Kafulafuta Mission station by Nyasaland Industrial Mission which was connected to the Baptist
Union of Great Britain. The early mission activities were among the ethnic tribe of the Lamba
people who were the indigenous of the current Copperbelt Province and were a rural ministry. The beginning of mining operations on the Copperbelt led
to the formation of towns and
consequently mission activities expanded into these newly formed towns. In 1971 the number of Churches which were in towns was thirteen (13) churches which came
together and resolved to form Zambia Baptist Association with the following broader objectives;
1. To develop strategies for leadership development.
3. To serve as a channel of expression of social concerns and alleviate human need.
4. To provide channels of communication.
5. To promote unity and cooperation with other believers. VISION STATEMENT:
To see equipped member churches committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, united, in
obedience to the great commission. MISSION STATEMENT:
Motivated by the love of Jesus Christ, obedient to the Holy Scriptures and guided by the Holy
Spirit, we exist to assist the ministry of the local church through mobilizing, equipping and
coordinating member to reach the lost holistically, promoting unity, love, fellowship and
establishing indigenous New Testament churches for the glory of God. CURRENT MEMBERSHIP
We have two hundred (200) member churches scattered across the country. Some are in urban
areas while others are in the rural areas. Most of our member churches in urban areas are situated
in high density locations where poverty is higher that is living on less than one dollar per day. Some member churches have their own church buildings but more than half of the members do
not have their own church buildings and are meeting in classrooms. The most serious need is the development of leadership. The ratio of pastors to churches is 1 to 4
posing a big challenge to developing healthy churches. LEADERSHIP
The association is led by the general executive committee which is comprised of twenty one
people, seven elected members by the general assembly while the rest are ex officious from the
district executive committees, executive director and mission partners. Further, we have committees coordinating and leading the work for youths, children, social and
community development department, Christian education department, rural health centre, Dawn
Trust Community Care (an organization of Z. promoting other social work)
Agricultural project and women (ZBA Farm). The agricultural project is meant to serve two purposes; 1. It will serve as a demonstration centre
for peasant farmers in the surrounding communities to improve their livelihood. It will provide
trainings and marketing for their farm produce. 2. It will also be used as a source of revenue to
support other activities for the association. We are still seeking for partners for this project. OTHER ACTIVITIES
CHURCHES;
We have most churches on the Copperbelt, North Western, Northern, Lusaka and Muchinga
Provinces while in other Provinces our presence is as follows; Southern- 11, Eastern- 4,Western-
1, Central-9 and Luapula-2. SOCIAL CONCERNS;
We have been running a rural health centre in Mungwi district in Northern Province since 1993. We are providing in-patient, out-patient, ambulance service and outreach programs. We are also involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and testing programs through Dawn Trust
Community Care which is our organization. The organization is also offering agricultural
training for food security and provides a place for young people for games, studying and
informational source. We are running on small scale economic empowerment programmes for women and support
with school requisites for vulnerable children. ofiices
The association has been operating from rented facilities since its inception. Last year(2015) someone
who got land from the council in Ndola learnt about that need and decided to donate part of that
land to the association. This was a rare experience from an individual Zambian. Our next task
was to develop that land of which we shared that challenge with some friends. By God’s
grace our brothers in Christ felt moved by God to help in that need.Building is in process
FUTURE FOCUS:
1. To plant more churches locally and beyond our borders.
2. To seek partnership with other organizations in leadership development for short and
long term.
3. To collaborate with others in social concerns.
4. To facilitate church buildings where the needy is great.
5. To increase pastorate team as a way of reducing the current adverse ration of Pastors to
Churches.
6. To complete the building project for Z. centre within the time frame of one year.
