Zambian Vocal Group in Concert at First Baptist Church (Updated) - January 4, 2011
Submitted by Eric Beechem

“The Zambian Vocal Group will be in concert at the First Baptist Church in Center this Sunday, January 8th at 6 P.M. The group is comprised of 5 men from Zambia, a land-locked country in south central Africa. Their program will include acapella music sung in both English and African languages.

The original group was formed in 1985 in a small church in Kalingalinga, a suburb of Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. The original group had ten members. The group was “discovered” by a visiting American missionary in 1989. At that time, they never dreamed of visiting the United States. They started touring the USA in 1993 as Zambian Acapella. At the time, they were raising funds to help different schools in Lusaka, Zambia.

However, in 2000, the group changed its name to the Zambian Vocal Group. Since that time, its focus has been to help a rundown school that caters to orphans and other disadvantaged children in the Chainda community of Lusaka, Zambia. They introduced an initiative called “Reach Out” to raise money to purchase the land for the school. A group of people from a small church in North Carolina were among the first donors to the “Reach Out” program, and before long the program caught momentum. They soon had more than 600 people from across the United States donating money towards this noble cause. This work continues under the auspices of Teach One International's "Make A Difference" program.

First Baptist Church of Center has supplied the traveling expenses for the Zambian Vocal Group. A love offering will be given on Sunday night to benefit Teach One International’s “Make A Difference” program. You don’t want to miss this phenomenal concert.