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Founded
by Pastor Eugene Kalunga himself a teacher and lecturer at
one of the Colleges Mongu Teachers College
had a burden to serve the Lord through schools. He and his
fellow Christian teachers began by taking pupils for picnics
during school holidays and teaching them the Word of God.
Many of whom subsequently gave their lives to the Lord and
some are now Pastors, Elders and Deacons in the different
churches.
He
saw the need to spread the Word of God and used this as the
basis while teaching and later lecturing.
After
his training at Highway Christian Academy (Accelerated Christian
Education) and Durban Christian Centre (Degree in Theology),
he returned Zambia. His first child was working in second
hand PACES (module of accelerated Christian Education) but
there was a severe lack of commitment from the group and the
pupils were left alone so he decided to remove his children
from public schools altogether and started educating them
in a house, with his first child as the first student.
Pastor Kalunga was forced to sell his photo camera in order
to cover the costs of the first PACES as the other four pupils
who had since enrolled had yet to pay their fees.
To
begin with there were some tables which were made available
on credit and some borrowed chairs but there were taken away
after 8 months. An
Indian parent Mr Parekh then stood surety for the school
so that cheap board could be obtained and new tables and partitions
made.
The
school then began on 13th February 1997 with five pupils Among
them an Indian girl Kirnah Parek who was doing her grade 10.
She subsequently made a commitment to Christ and was baptised
in the bath tab in the school house. The other pupils were
primary school level.
In
2000, the school received financial assistance from In
Touch Mission International which was used to buy
the buildings seen in these photos. The school has also received
assistance from Frontline
Fellowship books, t-shirts, and additional
finances to finish the new block of the building.
It was a great joy to have these premises and the community
began to acknowledge and respect the school and the work of
God evident here.
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