Nkhoma
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Nkhoma is a small town in the Dedza District of Malawi.
In 1889 missionaries from the Dutch Reformed Church started missionary work in Nkhoma.[1] Nowadays, Nkhoma still hosts the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - Nkhoma Synod and several affiliated institutions:
- Nkhoma Institute for Continued Theological Training
- Nkhoma Hospital
- Nkhoma College of Nursing
[edit] Sources
- ^ Brown WL. The development in self-understanding of the CCAP Nkhoma Synod as Church during the first forty years of autonomy: an ecclesiological study. University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
Nkhoma is a hill (mountain) in the Dedza district of Malawi. Dutch missionaries established a mission and the mission is named after the hill. Nkhoma is also a surname common among the Chewa and Tumbuka people. All those that have this last name can trace their ancestors' migration route through the Dedza area in the 17th century. The name is common in the Eastern province of Zambia especially in Chipata and Lundazi.
