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Please Vote on 30th October

Jubilee Centre October 20th, 2008

If you’re a Christian who has given up on politics this year and decided not to vote on the 30th October, do that which is honourable. Go to Joppa and find a ship bound for Tarshish.  There is no reason for you to be a citizen of this country if you perform neither civic […]

The Local Church-Hope for the World

Jubilee Centre August 19th, 2008

My wife and I were privileged to attend the Leadership Summit (August 7-8) at Willow Creek in the USA. “The summit is founded on the core belief and vision that when you change a church leader, you can change a church, when you change a church you can change a community. And when numbers of […]

Nyimba Road Accident

Jubilee Centre June 23rd, 2008

One way leaders establish their credibility and authority is by demonstrating how they act in times of crisis and calamity. In a nation of only eleven million people, a bus accident causing the death of twenty eight people and injuring fifty others is a major disaster. How was this disaster handled?  Who led the people […]

Praying for the Peace of Kenya

Jubilee Centre March 3rd, 2008

We give thanks to God for the political compromises that have been made between the two political parties in Kenya. However, we must continue to pray that these compromises lead to forgiveness, healing and restoration. Let us pray for Kenyan political leaders that they be endowed with wisdom in how to deal with 300,000 people […]

The Post Influence: Where is the Church?

Jubilee Centre February 29th, 2008

While most of the Post each Friday is immersed in sex, sleaze and booze, it was refreshing to read on the front page about Mama Betty Kaunda’s concern over excessive beer drinking among our young people. Interestingly, the concerns she raised also attracted a half page editorial in the newspaper, which stated, “No one can […]

Floods

Jubilee Centre February 11th, 2008

This year Zambia is experiencing one of the worst floods in many years. The water is flowing fast and furious destroying bridges, pulling down houses, washing away crops in the farms, causing human fatalities and creating challenges of water born diseases. Sadly, most of flood victims are people living in low-income communities and in rural […]

The K900 Billion Question

Jubilee Centre January 22nd, 2008

Do our public officials care about the pain, suffering and hopelessness being faced by our people living in poverty especially those in rural areas? The Minister of Education recently informed the nation that 120, 000 children who sat for grade seven examinations did not make it to grade eight. However, he did not tell us […]

Church Role in National Constitution Conference

Jubilee Centre November 14th, 2007

Christians in Zambia watched the 1991 elections more closely than any other in my lifetime. Bishops, Reverends and Pastors of all denominations from the affluent urban churches to rural mud and grass thatched churches motivated Christians with scriptures such as: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when a wicked man rules, […]

Millennium Development Goals Countdown to 2015

Jubilee Centre November 5th, 2007

Evangelical leaders from across Africa joined a meeting with the United Nations (UN) General Secretary Ban Ki-moon at a historic Global Leaders Dinner in Arlington, Virginia, on the evening of October 11. The meeting was convened by Micah Challenge USA and North American Evangelical Alliance (NEA) in cooperation with the United Nations to educate and […]

International Women’s Day

Lawrence Temfwe February 26th, 2007

In 1975, during International Women’s Year, the United Nations began celebrating March 8th as International Women’s Day. The theme for this year is Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women and Girls. On this day, many organizations throughout the world that are concerned with the plight of women will use this platform to inform the public […]