13 souls, ten sisters and three brothers in the faith of Jesus, were baptized recently by Pastor Shepard Hampako, Zambian Union President at the IMS, during a camp meeting in the Zambian Union at the IMS, held from August 23 to 29, 2026, under the motto “The Hour of Judgement Has Come”, according to the Lord’s Word in 1 Peter 4:17, in the Midlands region of Zambia, a landlocked country in Southern Africa with a population of 20,216,029 inhabitants, as of the 2023 estimate, the Facebook profile Ims Sda North Zambia Field announced via publishing a video of the event on Friday, August 28, 2026: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1077772938543209. The daily temperature in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, reached 28 degrees Celsius on August 28, 2026, which is, of course, the perfect weather for a Christian baptism.
The Midlands geographical region of Zambia is primarily centered on the Central Province with its capital Kabwe, a city, founded when lead and zinc deposits were discovered in 1902, with a population of 288, 598 citizens, as of the 2022 census, situated about 130 kilometers (81 miles) north of Lusaka. The independence of Zambia, known earlier, from 1911 to 1964, as “Northern Rhodesia” under the rule of the UK, was declared on October 24, 1964.
Written by Margarit Zhekov
The brethren from Zambia during a Dorcas seminar in June 2026; a photo by Ims Sda North Zambia Field.
