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Friday, May 31, 2024
The Christian Recorder - 17th Episcopal District Bishop David R. Daniels Visits President of Zambia
By Rev. Royd Mwandu, 17th Episcopal District Field Representative
Covid-19 was a threat to the entire globe. Lives were lost due to the devastating effects of the pandemic.
Instead of the General Conference to be held as originally planned in 2020, it was moved to 2021.
The 51st session of the General Conference was classified, hybrid because unlike any other previous one's, Overseas delegates of 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 participated virtually.
At the end of the 51st session of the General Conference, the Episcopal Committee assigned Bishop David R Daniels to the 17th Episcopal District.
The official residence and Bishop's office of the 17th Episcopal District is in Zambia, a country with about twenty million people.
Since 2021, efforts to secure an appointment for Bishop Daniels Jr to meet the President of Zambia, His Excellency Mr Hakainde Hichilema failed.
Bishop David R Daniels Jr requested the Field Representative of the 17th Episcopal District, Rev Royd Mwandu if he could secure an appointment for him to meet the President.
Finally on Wednesday May 29, 2024, Bishop David met the President of Zambia.
It was just another day in the history of the 17th Episcopal District, as South West Zambia Conference in particular is the place where the Bishop met the President.
The steering committee and good friend of the Field Representative, Bishop Joseph S. Kazhila facilitated the appointment. He is the Presiding Bishop of Life Gospel Ministries Church International, whose head office is in Chingola.
The President started by officially opening the Copperbelt Mining and Agricultural Exposition CAMINEX. Immediately following the official opening, the President went to meet the Clergy drawn from all the Districts of Copperbelt Province. The gathering was at the Oasis of Love Church in Nkana West area of the city of Kitwe.
Bishop David R Daniels Jr and his three special guests were among the people that welcomed the President to the Oasis of Love Church.
The Bishop's Administrative Assistant Rev Margaret Nkana Mwanza, Presiding Elder's Rev Amigo Mwansa and Rev Yoram Kaoma, respectively were in the Bishops entourage.
A good number of pastors from South West Zambia Conference were present at the Oasis of Love Church where the President of Zambia was meeting over two thousand clergy drawn from different churches along the length and width of Copperbelt Province.
The Lay and Son's of Allen Leadership of Copperbelt East kicked off with welcoming the Bishop at the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport.
The Christian Recorder is the official newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the oldest continuously produced publication by persons of African descent.
Bishop David R. Daniels, Jr., Chair of the General Board Commission on Publications Rev. Dr. Roderick D. Belin, President/Publisher of the AME Sunday School Union Dr. John Thomas III, Editor of The Christian Recorder
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