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northern Plateau Tonga. About a quarter of the membership lives in Lusaka
and over half in the Southern Province. 35% are townspeople, a degree of
urbanisation which is similar to that of the population as a whole. An ex-
ceptionally high proportion of full-time church workers are Europeans: mainly
medical personnel and teachers.
f. The Lutheran Church of Central Africa
This church, which also includes congregations in Malawi, is a product of the
mission work of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, one of the small
and very conservative Lutheran denominations in the USA consisting largely
of Americans of German descent. Central Africa is this church’s largest mission
Fig. 21: Congregations of the Lutheran Church of Central Africa in Zambia
Source: Compiled by author based on data for 1983 provided by the LCCA
Office in Lusaka
northern Plateau Tonga. About a quarter of the membership lives in Lusaka
and over half in the Southern Province. 35% are townspeople, a degree of
urbanisation which is similar to that of the population as a whole. An ex-
ceptionally high proportion of full-time church workers are Europeans: mainly
medical personnel and teachers.
f. The Lutheran Church of Central Africa
This church, which also includes congregations in Malawi, is a product of the
mission work of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, one of the small
and very conservative Lutheran denominations in the USA consisting largely
of Americans of German descent. Central Africa is this church’s largest mission
Fig. 21: Congregations of the Lutheran Church of Central Africa in Zambia
Source: Compiled by author based on data for 1983 provided by the LCCA
Office in Lusaka