The Book

This book emerges out of a life and vocational journey of Rev Dr Nevers Mumba. It highlights how being a man of the collar responded and extended beyond the Pastoral call into public service challenging every odd and barrier one could think of. Many politicians and some church people in Zambia and in other African countries have for long time held the belief that church and politics could not mix and that politics is a dirty game.

This book is an answer to the debate of whether a Christian should be involved in politics or not and presents a strong narrative of the need to have men and women of sound morality in high places. Evil triumphs when good men do nothing is a proverb attributed to Edmund Burke that expresses the idea that inaction against evil allows it to continue or proliferate. This proverb is the hook on which this book hangs challenging the commonly held stereotype ‘Politics is Dirty’. What should rather be known is that ‘allowing dirty people in politics has adverse effect on a nation.

In Pursuit of Freedom provides details of the experiences of Dr. Nevers Mumba as living proof that men and women of right morality are well suited to serve the political office. This book is also designed to align the body of Christ to the fact of knowing that good management of the country and equitable delivery of services depends on the morality and integrity of its leaders.

The discourse “In Pursuit of Freedom” is a clarion call for men and women of faith with right moral values to participate in changing the face of African politics. This is a faith generation voicing out its credentials in the political realm not only in Zambia but as an emerging geopolitical movement.

By Rev. Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera – President of the Republic of Malawi

When it comes to balancing the competing demands of church leadership and political leadership, no Zambian embodies this better than Nevers Mumba. Despite knowing that venturing from the pulpit of biblical sermons to the podium of political speeches would be misunderstood and misrepresented by many on both sides of that divide, he did just that as far back as 1997, making him a pioneer and harbinger of the movement to leverage the strengths and values of Christian leadership for the advancement of national interests and the common good.

THIS FREEDOM

Some things are made whilst some are born. On 24th of October 1964, Zambia was born. We attained our political freedom. Destiny was left in our hands, and we were expected to determine our own political future. We were free to follow our hearts and our traditional values. Prior to independence, a black Northern Rhodesian was not allowed to go into certain residential areas because they were restricted to those of us who were called natives.

We were not free to hold certain jobs. We were not free to attend certain schools. In short, we were not free to do whatever we wanted. We were not free. We were under colonial rule. All this changed when the Union Jack was lowered at midnight of the 23rd of October 1964 and the new Zambian flag was hoisted. We attained our political freedom. But political freedom alone does not translate into immediate enlightenment.

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