Cover -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Founding Charisms 1860 -- 1910 -- Chapter 1 -- Livingstone and Friends in Malawi -- Zambezi Expedition -- The UMCA at Magomero -- Halala Livingstone! -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2 -- Faith Taking Roots: Livingstonia Mission -- The African Lakes Company -- Connecting with Tonga and Ngoni -- Education and Revival -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3 -- Faith in the Vernacular: Blantyre Mission -- Emergence of an African Church -- Blantyre Mission and Colonial Rule -- Faith in the Vernacular

Further Reading -- Chapter 4 -- Evangelical Spirituality: Dutch Reformed and Early Evangelical Missions -- The Dutch Reformed Church Mission: its Beginnings -- Making Connections with Chewa and Ngoni -- The First Evangelical Missions -- Industrial Missions -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5 -- Catholic Vision: Return of the UMCA and the Launch of Catholic Missions -- The UMCA's Return to the Lake -- First Catholic Presence: Mponda's 1889-91 -- Arrival of the Montfortians -- Emergence of the Catholic Church -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6 -- New Missions, New Ways, New Churches

Trying to Win the American Black Baptists -- Sabbath Evangelizing and Industrial Association (Seventh Day Baptists) -- Seventh-day Adventist Mission -- Local Expressions of Worldwide Denominational Families -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7 -- Charisms, Comity, Competition and Cooperation -- Founding Charisms -- Comity and Competition -- Cooperation -- Further Reading -- From Mission to Church 1910 -- 1960 -- Chapter 8 -- Independent African: The Chilembwe Rising -- Causes of the ""Native Rising -- Strike a Blow and Die -- The Aftermath of the Rising -- Further Reading

Chapter 9 -- Missions ""Non-Descript"" and ""Native Controlled -- The Non-Descript Evangelical Missions (1915 -- 1960) -- Machona African Independent Churches -- Early Local AICs -- Further Reading -- Chapter 10 -- Togetherness and Tensions: The Making of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian -- The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian -- Malawian Leadership -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11 -- Expansion and Consolidation: The Making of Malawian Catholicism -- Organisation and Leadership -- Faith and Culture -- Catholic National Hierarchy 1959 -- Further Reading

Chapter 12 -- Touching the Heart: Christian Spirituality -- Waves of Revival -- Word of Life -- Anglican and Catholic Spirituality -- Women's Guilds -- Further Reading -- Chapter 13 -- Serving the Community: Education and Health -- Educational Policy: Deep or Wide? -- Partnering with Government -- Writing and Publishing -- Healthcare -- Further Reading -- Chapter 14 -- Wind of Change: Nationalism and Federation -- Crucibles of Nationalism -- The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland -- The State of Emergency 1959 -- From Mission to Church -- Further Reading -- Growing Churches 1960 -- 1990

Chapter 15 -- Spread, Expansion and Reorganization: Growing Churches in Independent Malawi

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This is the first attempt to comprehend the whole of Malawi's church history in a single volume. The focus of this book is about documenting the religious experience which was at the centre of founding the new nation of Malawi as we have come to know it. The book strikes a balance in covering issues pertaining to both mission activities and African agency. In many instances interesting pieces of evidence have been marshalled to corroborate or emphasize some of the conclusions reached.