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Church Verification Report

Reference FN-VET-0302-20260914  ·  Review date 2026-09-14
This document records the verification of
PURIFYING WORD CHURCH
Mufulira, Zambia · listed since 2026-09-11
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)
  • A Facebook page was provided; Facebook blocks automated reading, so it was weighed through the independent search
  • Independent web search performed: see the findings on the right

What we found

We searched for "Purifying Word Church" together with Mufulira and Zambia and found no entry under that exact name in local church directories or map-based business listings (Cybo's Mufulira churches page, Rentech Digital's Mufulira church dataset), and nothing in news reports or denominational registers. The closest match is a related name on a ministerial training site, where "Purifying Word Ministries" is described as working with a Christian Clergy and Church Council, and Bishop Kennedy Songwe is presented as a spiritual leader, academic and engineer, with Purifying Word Ministries and a Zambian government gazette number listed among his roles. Our search could not independently confirm the specific Facebook profile given, as those pages sit behind a login wall. The findings are summarized here for space; the full research was weighed in the review.

Search conclusion: weak 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.
7/10SCORE
7–10 Verified
4–6 Provisionally listed, information requested
1–3 Not verified

Our conclusion: The church responded to our request with a photograph of the building or congregation, a specific Facebook page link, the name of its wider network (Purifying Word Ministries) and a named reference, Professor Joshua M. Mpalanga, who can vouch for it. An independent search confirmed that Purifying Word Ministries and Bishop Kennedy Songwe appear online in connection with a Christian clergy and church council in Zambia, which matches the details gi

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-0302-20260914  ·  PURIFYING WORD CHURCH

On our request, the church itself supplied the material below on 2026-09-14. 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/profile.php?id=100088631272365
Denomination or networkPURIFYING WORD MINISTRIES
Vouched for byjshmpalanga@gmail.com Name prof Joshua M Mpalanga
About the congregation, in their own words87
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