Sitote Mission Station
Sitote (Sitoti) Mission Station was a native mission established in 1933. It’s director was Robert Njekwa and it managed three native schools.
Bethlehem Mission Society Southern Rhodesia Realizing that the English Jesuits lacked sufficient resources, Bishop Chischester, in charge of the Vicariate of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (an area roughly encompassing Mashonaland), began reaching out to other Catholic orders for help. SMB answered the call, with the first Swiss Bethlehem fathers arriving in October 1938. Southern Rhodesia…
Mount Selinda Mission Industrial Department Soon after Mount Silinda Mission (later Mount Selinda) was established, in keeping with the thinking of the time, it was decided to put an emphasis on “industrial” (vocational) training. At various times over the years, the Industrial department operated a sawmill, and taught courses in carpentry (making and selling furniture),…
Roman Catholic Church Kutama Mission Jesuit Jean-Baptiste (John) Loubiere, with his assistant Joseph Dambaza, are credited with the founding of Kutama Mission, located near Norton, approximately 80 km southwest of Salisbury (Harare). Father Loubiere named it Kutama after his first convert the chief. The mission began as an outstation of Chishawasha Mission. Cassiano Ushewokunze, who…
Brethren in Christ Church Wanezi Mission Wanezi Mission was established in 1924 by Brethren in Christ Church (BIC) Bishop Henry P. Steigerwald. Initially, Wanezi was used as a base for oversight of BIC “out-stations” in the Insiza area. A boy’s boarding school (central primary school) was added in 1945, along with a medical clinic –…
The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland According to its website, The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland is “The constitutional heir of the historic Church of Scotland” and “traces its Scriptural roots through the Scottish Reformation to the New Testament.” The original Church of Scotland arose as a consequence of the “Scottish Reformation” of 1560 when,…
The Evangelical Alliance Mission Mavuradontha Mission Missionaries from the Zambezi Mission established the Mavuradontha (Mavhuradonha) Mission and school near Mount Darwin in 1928. The Danielsons, missionaries from the Scandinavian Alliance Mission (later renamed The Evangelical Alliance Mission – T.E.A.M.), stayed at Mavuradonha 1940-41 in preparation for establishing TEAM’s first mission station at Msengedzi. TEAM acquired…
