Editing Lumpa Church (section)

==Origin==
The group began with the ideals of Alice Mulenga Lubusha who rechristened herself [[Alice Lenshina]] or essentially "Alice Regina."<ref>{{cite web |date=1 August 2018 |title=Alice Lenshina became a pain in the butt of the Zambian government |url=https://face2faceafrica.com/article/this-badass-prophetess-became-a-pain-in-the-butt-of-the-zambian-government-in-the-1950s}}</ref> She claimed to have undergone a temporary death, during which angels brought her before Jesus, who instructed her to return to earth as his witness and to be the bearer of a purifying message.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Fernandez |first=James |date=1964 |title=The Lumpa Uprising: Why |journal=Africa Report |volume=9}}</ref> This formation reflected a wider movement where African Indigenous churches were established by people who were unhappy with features of Christianity preached by missionaries. Lenshina's criticism of [[witchcraft]], [[Magic (paranormal)|sorcery]], [[polygamy]], and alcohol made the Lumpa church popular.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Kangwa |first=Jonathan |date=2018 |title=Sage Journals: Discover world-class research |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/action/cookieAbsent |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=Sage Journals |language=en |doi=10.1177/0966735018794485}}</ref> The group was what could be deemed the "eradication movement" in African religion. 'Lumpa' comes from the Bemba word, meaning 'excelling all others, most important.'<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Allan Heaton |title=African reformation: African initiated Christianity in the 20th century |last2=Anderson |first2=Allan Heaton |date=2001 |publisher=Africa World Press |isbn=978-0-86543-883-5 |edition=1. printing |location=Trenton, NJ}}</ref>

By 1955, Lenshina was leading a clear separatist movement, which spread from the Northern province into the [[Copperbelt]], Broken Hill, and [[Lusaka]]. Members of the church contributed significant amounts of time and money.<ref name=":0" /> In 1958, cathedral was built in Kasomo, Lenshina's home village.<ref name=":1" /> They also maintained a strong allegiance which was seen in the Lumpa uprising in 1964. By the end of the 1950s membership was around 90,000 with 199 churches established in the north-eastern region.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hudson |first=John |title=A Time to Mourn: A Personal Account of the 1964 Lumpa Church Revolt in Zambia |date=1999 |publisher=BookWorld Publishers |isbn=978-9982-24-131-1 |edition=1st |location=Oxford}}</ref>