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Correspondence of R. K. Orchard (Secretary for Africa, LMS, 1946-1955) relating to work of the LMS in the Copperbelt and relations with its mission partners. Correspondents include Rev J. A. T. Beattie (Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee), B. D. Gibson (International Missionary Council), Frank John Dobson (LMS missionary, Northern Rhodesia, 1948-1967), Rev Ralph Calder (Colonial Missionary Society), Rev George Fraser, and Rev Canon G. W. Broomfield (UMCA). Subjects include the appointment of Rev G. C. Morris of the Church of Scotland to the UMCB with responsibility for Free Church work; statements on the objects, procedure and constitution of the Copper Belt Free Church Committee (formed in 1949 in association with the UMCB, consisting of representatives of the Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee, the Methodist Missionary Society and the LMS to care for the Free Church work on the Copper Belt); discussion on the relationship between the Free Churches amongst the "Europeans" and the Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia (CCAR), and the stated desire of moving towards the development of a united Free Church in the Copper Belt; the appointment of Rev Harold Livingstone Cave (LMS missionary to Northern Rhodesia/Zambia, 1948-1969); the appointment of Rev A. Baxter as Secretary of UMCB Committee, and discussions with the UMCA re Chairmanship of the UMCB. Also includes minutes and notes of the Copper Belt Free Church Committee.
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In the early years, work of the missions in the industrial development of the Copperbelt was on a united basis. A report produced by the International Missionary Council in 1933, entitled 'Modern Industry and the African' led amongst other things to the formation of the United Missions in the Copperbelt (UMCB), in which the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Missionary Society (MMS), the London Missionary Society (LMS), the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) and the United Society for Christian Literature (USCL) became partners. The UMCB had a London Committee consisting of representatives of the participating missions, responsible for planning its general policy and caring for the interests of cooperative work. The British Committee was a sub-committee of the International Missionary Council. |
In the early years, work of the missions in the industrial development of the Copperbelt was on a united basis. A report produced by the International Missionary Council in 1933, entitled 'Modern Industry and the African' led amongst other things to the formation of the United Missions in the Copperbelt (UMCB), in which the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Missionary Society (MMS), the London Missionary Society (LMS), the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) and the United Society for Christian Literature (USCL) became ... View more |
