This article documents the narratives of David Julizya Kaunda and Paul Bwembya Mushindo, first and foremost so that their stories will not be lost—that is, to preserve their memory. Secondly, they are told in order to demonstrate the contribution of indigenous Africans to the 19th-and 20th-century missionary enterprise in Africa, particularly Zambia. Thirdly, they are told as stories of resistance to colonial forces that often have sought to diminish the power and status of black Africans. Lastly, their stories represent a possibility to retrieve some of the values on which the United Church of Zambia was founded and that may inform its future missiological vision.
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