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Church Verification Report

Reference FN-VET-0153-20260917  ·  Review date 2026-09-17
This document records the verification of
Wesleyan Nazarene Church
Salima, Malawi · listed since 2026-08-31
Verified

What we checked

  • Not a duplicate: no similarly named church is listed with us
  • The name reads as a real congregation
  • Contact email reviewed (gmail.com, common for small churches)
  • No website or social page was provided
  • Independent web search performed: see the findings on the right

What we found

We searched for this congregation by name with Salima and with Malawi. An independent blog by writer Bruce Barron (brucebarron.substack.com) describes Dalitso Mpanje as founder of the Wesleyan Nazarene Church of Malawi and says he planted churches in Ntchisi, Lilongwe and Salima, where he now lives, and the same source reports that a lawyer helped him write bylaws and incorporate the church, that it is registered with the government, and that it has grown to 15 congregations in central and southern Malawi and Zambia. Church directories for Salima (joinmychurch.com) list many Nazarene congregations but not this church by name, and we found no map listing, denomination register entry or website for the Salima branch itself. We found no scam reports, fraud complaints or warnings about this church or its founder. Note that the similarly named wesnaz.org is an unrelated Wesleyan Nazarene organization formed in Bentonville, Arkansas in 2008.

Search conclusion: strong evidence. An independent web search is part of every review; an online page alone does not prove a congregation exists.
On our request, the church itself supplied additional evidence for this review; it was weighed in the verdict. See the appendix on page 2.
9/10SCORE
7–10 Verified
4–6 Provisionally listed, information requested
1–3 Not verified

Our conclusion: An independent article by writer Bruce Barron describes Dalitso Mpanje, the contact person named on this signup, as the founder of the Wesleyan Nazarene Church of Malawi, a government-registered body that has planted congregations in Ntchisi, Lilongwe and Salima, where he now lives. In response to our request the church also supplied a photograph of its building and congregation, a Facebook page for Malawi Wesleyan Nazarene Church, a Methodist (W

No further action is needed. This report is refreshed whenever the church is reviewed again.

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Appendix: Evidence provided by the church

Belongs to report FN-VET-0153-20260917  ·  Wesleyan Nazarene Church

On our request, the church itself supplied the material below on 2026-09-17. It was weighed in the verdict on page 1. The church agreed to publication.

Photo supplied by the church
Pages and linkshttps://www.facebook.com/p/Malawi-Wesleyan-Nazarene-Church-61567441561712/
Denomination or networkMethodist
Vouched for byLimbani Katsuka: +265991990199
About the congregation, in their own wordsExisted in 2025, now there is a membership of over 40
Material on this page was supplied by the church itself and is published with its consent. Faith.network reviewed it as part of the verification on page 1; supplying material does not by itself constitute verification. Errors are possible and no rights can be derived from this document. © Faith.network