Nevers Mumba

Nevers grew up with his parents together with 11 brothers and sisters in Chinsali, in a religious home. His Father Mr. Sunday Mumba was a teacher and Pastor at the United Church of Zambia. He was baptised as amember of the UCZ by the famous Rev. Paul Mushindo.

He attended his primary education at Chinsali Basic School. After getting Very good grades at his Grade 7 Examination, He was selected to go to one of the two best schools in the country. He went to Hilcrest Technical High School. Whilst at Hillcrest, He joined the Zambia Cadet Cooperative Force (ZCCF) and rose to the rank of Provincial Commandant for Southern Province.

After Completion of School, he then went to the Zambia National Service for the 1 year compulsory training. Here he had hoped to become a full military man but hechanged his mind and left and went to work in the mines on the Copperbelt province.

It was whilst there, that he decided to join the Pentecostal Movement and joined Maranathan Church where he became a church elder under Bishop Sky Banda at the age of 19 years. The Following year in 1980, he left and founded Victory Bible Church and Victory Ministries International.

In 1997, he then founded the National Christian Coalition, as a Political Movement for Christian. It was later registered as a Political Party in 1998 and it participated in the 2001 Zambia GeneralElection where Dr. Mumba emerged as 5th out of over 11 Candidates.

He was Zambia's High Commissioner to Canada from 2009 until 2011.

On 25 May 2012, Mumba was elected as President of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) political party, which had been in opposition since its defeat in the 2011 presidential election. He defeated rival Felix Mutati along with several other candidates.

• BBC biography
• Nevers Mumba: Zambia for Christ
• Zambia High Commission in Canada
• MMD Victory