Excellence Christian Academy
Location: Kabwe, Zambia
Timeline: On-going
Status: Currently operating
Topics: Christian education
The History
Pastor Eugene Kalunga, himself a teacher and lecturer at Mongu Teachers’ College, had a burden to serve the Lord by spreading the Gospel of Christ Jesus through education. He and his fellow Christian teachers began taking students for picnics during school holidays and teaching them the Bible. Many of these gave their lives to the Lord and later became pastors, elders and deacons in churches all over Zambia.
After his training at Highway Christian Academy (Accelerated Christian Education) and Durban Christian Centre, where he received a degree in theology, he returned Zambia. His first child was involved in the public education, so Eugene removed his child from public schools and started educating him to share the gospel. Because of Eugene’s love for teaching and for using education to share the gospel, he began teaching other children in the area as well. ITMI discovered that this dear brother was home schooling 50 students in his tiny house and began to raise support for Eugene’s not-so-little school. ITMI was able to help them purchase some property that was previously owned by the Zambian Railway to use as the grounds for Excellence Christian Academy. Reverend Kalunga and his dedicated teacher-team have turned it into a first-class educational institution for grades K-12.
The Need
For years, the Satanists have been recruiting children from Zambian public schools and initiating them in pagan rituals. Muslim influence is also increasing in Zambia. Muslim schools are being opened so more and more Zambian youth are raised in a world view that doesn’t center on Jesus. Zambia is in desperate need of Christian schools to teach African children about Jesus while their hearts and minds are still open to him. We all know the law of physics that states: “Anything that moves produces friction.” ECA is moving for God. The powers of darkness have noticed, and are busily causing friction. According to Reverend Kalunga, there have been numerous cases of children being initiated into Satanism by their parents or relatives, especially girls. There are testimonies of such at ECA. Children are discipled so they may stand firm in their faith. Teachers at ECA are aware that they must intercede at their homes for their students so that God may reveal Himself in the scriptures to both themselves and the students.
The Description
Excellence Christian Academy has been offering a Christian worldview based curriculum, so the children have the opportunity to share truth with friends, parents and neighbors. Communities are being impacted as learners share their understanding of different subjects. Eugene has a desire to see others use the ECA curriculum and use it to educate children from a Christian worldview. With this desire in mind, he has sent educational teams to Malawi and Lusaka, where they are building local Christian schools following the plan developed by Reverend Kalunga. He also hopes someday to start a college offering degrees in Education. This will create more educators capable of teaching the Bible-based curriculum currently being used at ECA. On the same property as the college, Eugene hopes to build an orphanage/boarding school as well as a medical clinic, which he hopes will grow into a hospital due to the lack of any other facilities nearby. Eugene’s plan is to sustain all of these facilities by running a farm on the same property and hopefully making the college, boarding school and clinic self-sustaining.
Goals
- To educate and share God’s love with children and their families.
- To raise funds to maintain current facility and grow as more children come.
- To provide a Biblical world view with encouragement to spread the truth.
- To reverse the humanistic philosophy in Zambian education.
Needs
- Prayer exposure to those who understand the need for teaching truth to children.
- Monthly operating expenses for students, teachers, and facilities.
- Funds to build additional buildings for future growth.
- Personal support for Eugene and Audrey.
Who’s Involved
- ITMI provides oversight and US exposure.
- Faithful supporters provide needed materials and funds.
- Charl van Wyk, South African missionary provides local oversight and mentoring.
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