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This podcast is designed to help Christians around the world to learn from and be encouraged by the African Church. A different pastor is interviewed on each podcast to share experiences and knowledge on various topics. The views expressed by the pastors interviewed do not necessarily reflect the views of the interviewer, Rev. Anthony Sytsma, an American missionary serving with Resonate Global Mission in Uganda. Feel free to recommend a pastor to be interviewed. (anthonysytsma@crcna.org). The podcast introductions were created by Andrew Rienstra.
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Friday May 29, 2026
Friday May 29, 2026
This conversation is with Nelson Phiri, pastor of the Mpika Congregation of the Reformed Church in Zambia in Mpika, Zambia. Nelson shares about his leadership experiences and the people who modeled good leadership for him. He then shares about some of the temptations that cause pastors to compromise their integrity and therefore lose the influence they once had. Interviewed May 28th, 2026. (36 minutes)
19 days ago
Rev. Phiri Nelson is a great leader and his track record dates from as back as his family roots where he comes from as a first born. He has been so hardworking until the time he received the Lord’s call into Pastoral ministry in which during his training in Theological school, he served as the student union president. He is such a unifier, he serves with integrity despite challenges on the way. Upon completion of his theological studies, he was ordained on 10 December 2023 and subsequently posted to the Reformed Church in Zambia Mpika Congregation in Mbala Presbytery. This is where I serve as well, when he came, I preached on his induction service on 17 December 2023. He is now serving as the Presbytery Vice Moderator and Visiting Minister for Chipola and Chinsali Congregations in addition to his role as the Resident Minister at RCZ Mpika Congregation. His leadership is so reliable that when he is not there, impact is felt. He is a minister who serves with integrity especially bearing in mind that he serves in a region which is the most challenging with full of hardships in the context of our church. Our Presbytery is the poorest of all the 19 that are there countrywide, and in addition to that, our Presbytery where Rev. Phiri serves sits far away from the national capital city, Lusaka. The far you are from the capital city, the more the rural you are in the context of Zambia. Despite all these challenging realities, Rev. Phiri Nelson has continued to serve with integrity and without complaints. We are glad for his commitment to the work of God and his response to serving humanity despite challenging environments. May God forever bless him. I remain, Rev. Mhone Victor Jr. Presbytery Moderator