Chimala Mission Church

There is a church building on the mission property. It is a self-supporting church with about 250 in attendance on Sunday. The children living in the Primary School dorms attend the church every Sunday, so attendance numbers fluctuate greatly according to whether or not school is in session. The church leaders are already trying to make decisions on how to accommodate the students who will attend the new Secondary School beginning in January, 2010.



The grass is mostly brown because it is winter time in Tanzania. Temperatures were from the 50's at night to the low 70's during the daytime.



The following photo was taken inside the building during a worship service.



The baptistry is in the front right corner of the church building. The girl on the left is getting ready to be baptised.

The church has a really neat custom of forming a line outside after every church service. Each person goes down the line shaking hands with every person in line and then takes his place at the end of the line. Songs are being sung during the whole time.

There were two women's conferences while we were there. One was for older women and one was for young women. Each conference lasted a week, and women came from villages all around. They stayed in the empty dorms (Students were on break.).

The following photos were made one morning as the women were waiting for the conference to begin.

Next are some videos that you might find interesting. The first is of the singing at the Mission Church.

The following video is of the singing at one of the women's conferences.

This last one is of the greeting time after a worship service. (Sorry some of the video is blurry!)