The
Lutheran Church of Central Africa or
LCCA is a
Christian denomination of the
Lutheran tradition based in the African countries of
Zambia and
Malawi. Currently (2004), it consists of over 40,000
baptized members in 200 congregations spread throughout both countries.
The LCCA maintains the Lutheran Seminary for the training of ministers, in
Lusaka, the capital of
Zambia, and the Lutheran Bible Institute, a pre-seminary pastoral training school based in
Lilongwe,
Malawi.
Structure
Government
Technically, the two members of the LCCA, the
Lutheran Church of Central Africa - Malawi Conference (LCCA-MC) and the
Lutheran Church of Central Africa - Zambia Conference (LCCA-ZC) are both members of the overarching
synod known as the Lutheran Church of Central Africa. In practice, due to political borders, both conferences operate independent of one another, their only true link being in the sharing of pastoral training facilities in
Lusaka and
Lilongwe.
The LCCA-MC and LCCA-ZC are led by a president and a chairman, respectively, both elected for four year terms in bienual conventions within their own conferences. Synodical conventions are intended to be held regularly, but often are not, due to political borders.
Educational institutions
The LCCA runs two facilities for the training of clergy. The first is the
Lutheran Bible Institute, located in
Lilongwe,
Malawi. It is intended as a three year pre-seminary school and serves students from both of the LCCA's conferences.
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