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Mbuma Mission Hospital is a community hospital in Mbuma, which is a remote village within Nkayi District, Matabeleland North (province). It is owned and operated by the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland and largely funded by the Dutch 'Mbuma Mission Foundation'. The hospital compound is close to the Shangani river, at a height of ca. 1157 meter. == Mission history == The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland has been working in Matabeleland for over a hundred years. The first missionary was John Boyana Radasi, originally from Transkei (South Africa). He arrived in Bulawayo on December 21, 1904.〔Quarterly record no. 578. TBS, January–March 2007.〕 After retaining permission of the local Ndebele chief Ngege he founded the Ingwenya Mission: a church, a school and a home. In 1923, due to government resettlement policies, the new chief Bitisani and his people were moved about eighty miles northwards, to the Nkayi District. The chief asked for a preacher, so John Mpofu and his son Alexander went there. In 1924 John Radasi was accidentely killed by a train at Bembesi Siding. Shortly afterwards John Tallach, a Scottish minister, arrived in Bulawayo to join the work, which he did till 1948. James Fraser was a teacher under his supervision, who came to Zimbabwe in 1937. Later he also became a missionary. Between 1924 and 1948 new missions were established: Zenka Mission and Mbuma Mission. Besides this also 'kraal schools' were opened in different communities. In 1954 James Fraser started a Teacher Training Center at Mbuma. The work flourished: in 1965 (before the war for independence) a report listed 31 schools directly run by the Mission, a total of 144 teachers and 5120 pupils. James Fraser died in 1959, only 54 years old. On his death bed he urged the new missionary Jan van Woerden to continue his job: "I will die, but I believe that the Lord will plant a part of His vineyard here. And He uses people for this. May the Lord give you the courage, power, wisdom and strength to carry on the work."〔Mbuma Maandblad. Dordrecht, 38e jaargang.〕 Currently, the Zimbabwe Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland has four ministers serving 30 congregations. According to minister Khumalo there is a great need for more ministers, since the congregations keep expanding.〔(Hoop voor crisisland Zimbabwe - Kerk & Godsdienst - Reformatorisch Dagblad )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mbuma Mission Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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