Reflections from the Zambezi

Basil Medgett was the second pastor of Lusaka Baptist Church from 1961 to 1967. He was instrumental in establishment of Baptist Churches in Luanshya, Ndola and Lusaka and also for the establishment of Fiwale Hill Bible College. Basil A. Medgett was born on 1 January 1924 in Whitstable, Kent, England. He attended Faversham Grammar School. He was born in a Christian home where the example of Christian parents meant a lot to him. His father, Cyril, was a lay preacher of the Church of England. Basil learnt of the of the gospel from his parents. He became a Christian at the age of fifteen during a series of special services held in his home town. His parents hoped he would become a Minister of the Church of England, however the Lord had other plans. Basil was posted to then Southern Rhodesia while serving in the Royal Air Force in World War Two and joined the Bulawayo Baptist Church. He did this after coming to see the Scriptural pattern for the Church.

Derek Harris (1959 - 1961)  was the first pastor of Lusaka Baptist Church.He played a pioneering role in establishing the church. He was passionate in evangelistic work.   Derek was born on 6 April 1927 and was the fourth child of a family of eight. The eldest and youngest were girls with the rest boys. Derek was born, educated and worked in London. Derek was converted during his teen years through the Youth Ministry of the Brethren Assembly. In 1945, just before the end of World War 2, he received his Call-up papers to serve in the Royal Navy. During those years he became involved in a “Force Witness Team”. He always showed a keen desire to win souls for Christ. Derek married Barbara Irene Monro on 8th January 1949 at a Brethren Assembly, where both had been converted and were actively engaged in the Lord’s work. They emigrated to Ndola in Zambia in 1951 where they got involved in Youth Work. To-date some testify of how this Youth work was a blessing to them sp

Introduction 28th July 2007 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the death of our late father Josiah Konayuma (shown on photo on the left). He was born (number six in a family of ten) in Simulyamana village in Choma to Syamatendu and Ntozye Konayuma. This brief article is a memoir of dad and the impact he had on us as a father, relative, husband, worker and friend. Remembrance as husband Dad's marriage to mum was his second one. Dad's first marriage ended in 1966. Dad married mum in 1967, a marriage which ended twenty-five years later due to dad's death. The fact that the second marriage lasted this long and was terminated by death is a testimony of how dad and mum did their best to make their marriage work despite the many challenges they faced as a married couple. Dad met mum in Mwinilunga and married her in Kitwe. This marriage was blessed with five children: Gabriel (1968), Linda (1971), Catherine (1972), Kenneth (1972) and Tendai (1983). Remembrance as father One of the