Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Synod of Livingstonia

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Synod of Livingstonia
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Classification Protestant
Polity Presbyterian
AssociationsPart of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian
RegionNorthern Malawi
Origin1875
Congregations170
Members200,000
Official website http://www.ccapsolinia.org/

The Synod of Livingstonia is a synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. It was founded by missionaries of the Free Church of Scotland in 1875. [1] [2]

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The Livingstonia Synod is located in Northern Malawi, [3] [4] [5] and claims about 25% of the population of that region. [6] It has 170 congregations, about 1,000 prayer houses and 200,000 adult members.

It has 24 presbyteries, namely Bandawe, Champira, Chitipa, Dwangwa, Ekwendeni, Engalaweni, Euthini, Henga, Johannesburg, Jombo, Karonga, Lilongwe, Livingstonia, Loudon, Luwerezi, Milala, Misuku, Mpasazi, Mzalangwe, Mzuzu, Ngerenge, Njuyu, Nkhata Bay, Rumphi and Wenya. [7] The Synod office is located in Mzuzu. [8]

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