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Welcome to

Bread of Life Church International

The prophetic word “I am giving you thousands, you will possess the land and feed the people with the Bread of life” .

However, God spoke again through a prophetic word "I am giving you Tens of Thousands". Consequently our vision changed to "Bringing Tens of Thousands ".

OUR CHURCH SERVICES
First Service Starts @ 08:00 HRS,
Second Service @ 10:30 HRS &
Youth Service @ 12:30 HRS

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The prophetic word has proved to be the power of God behind Bishop Joseph Imakando’s work as the Church has grown significantly over the years and keeps growing.

Bread of Life Church International (BLCI) was born from a prophetic word on 13th September 1992. At the time, BLCI was known as Emmasdale Church with a little over 120 members situated at plot no. 136, Chinyunyu road in Lusaka’s Emmasdale, Zambia. The Lord gave a clear word; “I am giving you thousands, you will possess the land and feed the people with the Bread of Life.”  Therefore, the prophetic word gave birth to the vision of the church, “Bringing thousands into the Kingdom”

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‘Bringing Tens of Thousands into the Kingdom’.

The prophetic word “I am giving you thousands, you will possess the land and feed the people with the Bread of life” was later transformed to “Bringing thousands into the Kingdom” which was in line with the vision of the church. However, the vision has now been transformed to ‘Bringing Tens of Thousands into the Kingdom’.

Bread of Life Church is also composed of various ministries,

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

The Children’s Ministry is a vibrant department in Bread of Life Church which is established to carter for the development support of children from age 3 to 16 years. The Ministry’s fundamental scripture is Proverbs 22: 6 “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not turn away from it” (NIV).

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COUNSELLING MINISTRY

The vision of the church states: "Bringing tens of thousands into the Kingdom.’ which implies that there will be thousands of people coming to Bread of Life Church. Counseling Ministry is one responsible to nurture them (people) to relative maturity in the Christian faith.

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MUSIC MINISTRY

This is the ministry which functions as the heart of Praise and Worship at church. It is responsible for Sunday worship, singing auditions, holding of concerts in order to enhance the quality of praise and worship. In conformity with the vision of bringing thousands into the kingdom, feed them with bread of life and possess the land,

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General Overseer's Profile

Bishop Joseph Imakando answered the call of God to minister in 1976. Thereafter, he attended Bible College in Kenya and the United Kingdom.

Bishop Imakando is the General Overseer of Bread of Life Church International providing oversight to all the branch and mission churches as well as the Senior Pastor of the church at the Headquarters in Emmasdale, Lusaka. He is an apostle, teacher, author, conference speaker, broadcaster, bridge builder and advisor whose ministry has taken him to many nations. He previously served as the Chairperson of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia for 10 years and is currently a member of the African Apostolic Council.
He served as a Baptist Church Pastor for 9 years before resigning to serve the wider body of Christ as the Executive Director for the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ), an umbrella body that unites Pentecostal and Evangelical churches in Zambia. Having served faithfully at EFZ, he answered the call and returned to full time ministry under Bread of Life Church.
In 1990, Bishop Imakando had an encounter with the Holy Spirit that transformed his life; he encountered the person and power of the Holy Spirit as he experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit. As a result of this encounter, there was a tangible change in his life and ministry which was also evidenced in his preaching and ministration of God’s word. In August 1992, while in Lagos, Nigeria, God gave him a vision that led to the birth of Bread of Life Church International.
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Holy BIBLE

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. JOHN 6:35

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About Our Branch Churches

When the Lord gives a word, He is faithful to bring it to pass. The prophetic word has proved to be the power of God behind Bishop Joseph Imakando’s work as the Church has grown significantly over the years and keeps growing. As it was said of the New Testament church, the Lord keeps adding to Bread of Life Church. To date, the Church has had the privilege of planting 135 branch churches across the ten provinces of Zambia and 13 mission churches in various foreign countries. The mission churches include (2) Australia, (1) Democratic Republic of Congo, (1) Malawi, (1) Namibia, (3) South Africa, (2) Tanzania, (2) United Kingdom and (1) Zimbabwe. In addition, BLCI also runs a weekly television ministry called the ‘Hour of Blessing’ which has brought hope, encouragement and a timely word to many viewers.