The United Church of Christ in Mozambique was founded by American missionaries in the 1970s. In 1905, an American missionary with the help of Zulu workers from South Africa started mission work in Manica and Sofala. This suffered hardship because of the Portuguese authorities. In 1931, Gulhierme Tapera Nkomo was the first national pastor. Later the Basel Mission supported the work. Today the church works in Manica, Sofala, Tete, Imhambane, Maputo Provinces.[1] The headquarters located in Beira. It has 15,000 members and 22 congregations. Member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.[2] The President is Rev. Lucas M Amosse, the moderator is Rev Dandoga Chivaca.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". Reformiert-online.net. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Member Churches :: World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)". Archived from the original on April 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Home - United Church of Christ in Mozambique (UCCM-ICUM)". Uccm-icum.webs.com. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
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