Renowned Seventh Day Adventist leader Pastor Joe Lubasi passed away last week and will be buried today.
In a statement to ZANIS yesterday, SDA president Harrington Akambwa said Pastor Lubasi died on Friday, November 20, 2009.
Burial is expected to take place at Old Leopard Hill Cemetery after a funeral service at the Libala SDA church along Nationalist road starting at 09:00 hours.
SDA President Akombwa described the death of Pastor Lubasi as a great loss to the church adding that he will be missed by the SDA church in Zambia and abroad.
He said that the late Pastor was an effective and committed evangelist and great soldier of the gospel.
He has described late Pastor Lubasi as a highly sought after speaker who traveled around the country and abroad preaching the gospel and baptizing thousands of people thereby initiating them into Christianity.
The late SDA pastor was also presenter of the television programme Voice of Prophesy and a Communication and Music Director.
He also served as a minister in the SDA church for many years in various capacities including District Pastor and Central Conference Departmental Director.
Pastor Lubasi also served in the Youth, Chaplaincy, and Campus, and Evangelism Ministries. He succeeded the late SDA leader Pastor Corneluis Matandiko who died last year.
He is survived by a wife, Chitalu and one child.
ZANIS