Two pastors, Pastor Howard Malenga and Pastor Shepard Hampako, were ordained and a seminar for training Christian leaders was held during the Zambian Union reorganization at the IMS from March 24 to March 29, 2025, in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, the Facebook profile International Missionary Society, University Campus Fellowship confirmed yesterday, on April 2, 2025, by publishing a video reportage of the event both on Facebook and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tz8Hdzp3tU. The reportage was the first episode of the News of the Month the International Missionary Society, University Campus Fellowship issued.
One of the newly ordained pastors, Pastor Shepard Hampako, was elected as Zambian Union President. Elder Mukelabai Mukelabai was elected as Zambian Union Secretary. Pastor Benjamin Madisha, President of African Division at IMS, and Pastor Alfred Ngwenya, Vice President of African Division at IMS, attended the event. Pastor Madisha emphasized the importance of training the leaders, because God changes the leaders from time to time, while Pastor Ngwenya underlined the big influence of the excellent education, because better educated brethren could reach souls who would not been reached and won for Christ otherwise. Elder Mukelabai revealed that a strategic Christian missionary plan of the Zambian Union will be created soon.
Written by Margarit Zhekov
Pastor Shepard Hampako with a sister in the faith; a photo from the personal archive of Pastor Hampako, taken on January 5, 2024.
