QSL Cards: F0-9SR – “Salcombe”
“Salcombe”
F0-9SR
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe The Church of Sweden became an independent church in 1963 as the Evangelical Lutheran Church now known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ). As such, it took over administration of all work (including the missions) previously directed by CSM. Jonas Shiri was consecrated as the first African…
Cairns Ltd
St David’s Mission Bonda Mission Hospital The first medical work in Southern Rhodesia by the Church of England among Africans began at St. David’s Mission, Bonda in 1928 with the arrival of Miss L. Adlam, a retired matron of Salisbury Hospital. With the assistance of a grant from the Society for the Propagation of the…
Mbuma Mission Series 46923
Brethren in Christ Church Pumula Mission Pumula (Phumula) Mission, begun 1955 approximately 65 miles west of Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North Province, was the last of the missions established by Brethren in Christ Church (BICC) in Southern Rhodesia. The mission came about due to the forced movement of Chief Siphoso Dlodlo and his peoples to the Gwaai…
Mount Selinda Mission Medical Department Medical work began at Mount Selinda in the mission’s first year with the opening of a dispensary by Dr. W. L Thompson in 1893. It was the first permanent missionary medical mission staffed by a medical doctor in Southern Rhodesia. The dispensary became a full-fledged hospital in 1912. Dr. Willis…