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Contact: PO Box 413, Blantyre, Malawi, Central Africa.
General Secretary: Rev. Alex Maulana
For the Development Commission branch of the Synod please follow
this link.
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The CCAP is a Christian Church denomination within the world-wide church.
Blantyre Synod is the component part for the southern region of Malawi with the following mission: -
the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of mankind; the shelter, nurture and spiritual fellowship of the of the children of God; the promotion of divine worship; the preservation of the truth; the promotion of social righteousness and well-being of mankind. Different departments and institutions have been set with specific mandates to pursue programmes to achieve the objectives in order to fulfil the mission of the Synod. |
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ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH 
Minister: Rev. Andrew Kamponda (andrewkamponda@yahoo.co.uk)
Services at St. Michael and All Angels Church on Blantyre Mission
News:
The first stage of the planned renovation of the St Michael and All Angels Church begins in the coming week and it is scheduled to last two and a
half months. Starting from 25th September, all Sunday Church services will take place in the Multi Purpose Hall at the following revised times:
A Short History of the St. Michael and All Angels Church In the dry season of 1888 the foundations of the Church were dug, and building commenced immediately after. The church was dedicated on 10th May 1891. In his "Romance of Blantyre", Dr. Hetherwick said that the dedication of the church was "one of the graet days in the history of Blantyre and of Nyasaland, in fact of Central Africa; for this was the first permanent Christian Church erected for the worship of God between the Zambezi and the Nile." not even a plan or a sketch to show what was in his mind. Scott started with a simple sketch, "the ground floor has been the guide to the whole structure; it was carefully proportioned to begin with. The form was a Latin cross with very short transepts, a short choire, a semi-circular apse of 8 feet radius. The aim was to make a comely Presbyterian place of worship." each detail was "effected" on the spot in brick without clay or mortar before the bricks were actually laid. every brick of the building was made on the spot, made out of the clay from ant-hills the church was built by African hands there was nothing plain, bricks of various moulds were used: pineapple, ogree, flower, circle, oak-leaf - all pure invention. There is no dull back to the Church the whole being so managed as to present frontage on every side. hundred of thousands of bricks were used "Why were we not consulted and the plans of all this submitted to us?" said one in authority. Another still in higher authority replied, "If we had been consulted it would never have been built. Now we are proud of it." few save his own immediate circle of friends sympathised with him in his undertaking. Many criticised and prophesied disaster. In fact one such, up country, wrote condoling with him on the "fall of the Church." during the early months of the actual building Scott had the aid of Mr David Buchanan, of the firm of Buchanan Brothers, himself a trained stone-mason. Mr Buchanan's help was invaluable in giving their first lesson in bricklaying to the African builders. The keystone of the west door is the work of Mr. Buchanan. 1907 - an organ was installed in the north transept. 1912 - electric light was installed |