Church Verification Report
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 the parent body and for the named assembly. The denomination is clearly real: Bible Gospel Church in Africa (BIGOCA) is an established Zambian church led by Presiding Bishop Peter Ndhlovu, with a well-known branch in Matero, Lusaka, and it appears regularly in Zambian news coverage (Lusaka Times, Daily Nation via PressReader). A Daily Nation report describes BIGOCA in Matero marking 22 years of existence, and a map listing shows a BIGOCA congregation in Lusaka on Chipata Road (Yandex Maps). We found no page for a Lusaka branch called "Healing Word Assembly"; the closest match is a Facebook page for "Healing Word Arena - BIGOCA" in Kabwe, a different city. We found no scam reports, fraud warnings or complaints against this name. The spelling errors in the submitted name and the free Gmail address are weak points, though common for small congregations.
Our conclusion: The parent body is clearly real: Bible Gospel Church in Africa (BIGOCA) is an established Zambian denomination led by Presiding Bishop Peter Ndhlovu, with well-documented congregations in Lusaka, including Matero and Chipata Road, and regular coverage in Zambian news outlets. A local assembly of this church in Lusaka is entirely plausible, and the naming style matches another BIGOCA congregation, "Healing Word Arena - BIGOCA" in Kabwe, even thoug
No further action is needed. This report is refreshed whenever the church is reviewed again.