Muganda, Ezekiel Kaneja (1910-1974)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1974 Jan 17 p. 7

Birth date: 1910

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PASTOR DIES IN TANZANIA

Salunga, Pa. (EMBMC) — Word has been received here that Pastor Ezekiel K. Muganda of Tanzania died there on Jan. 4. Death was attributed to a heart condition.

In 1961, he and Zedekia M. Kisare were the first fraternal visitors to the churches in the U.S. and Canada from the Mennonite Church of Tanzania.

He was noted for his warm testimony and fluency of the scriptures. In addition to being a pastor, Muganda served the Tanzania Mennonite Church as assistant chairman.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1974 Feb 14 p. 7

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The late Pastor Ezekiel Muganda (left) standing in front of the Musoma Mennonite Church in Tanzania where he served as pastor for 20 years. With him is Bishop Zedekia Kisare (center and Ezekiel Masinde, a member of the congregation

Tanzania Minister Dies

SALUNGA, PA. (EMBMC). — Ezekiel Kaneja Muganda, Assistant chairman of the Mennonite Church of Tanzania, died on Jan. 4 at Shirati from compilations following a prostate operation last year. When he realized his strength was ebbing he asked everyone to pray and during the prayer his spirit departed. He was 64.

The funeral was held Sunday afternoon, Jan. 6, with more than 2,000 persons in attendance. President Julius Nyerere was represented by his wife. Burial was in the cemetery behind the Musoma Mennonite Church, where Muganda had served as pastor since the early 50s.

Pastor Muganda is survived by his wife, Raheli, and 12 children.

AN EARLY GRADUATE of Bukiroba Bible School, Muganda was an active church worker from the beginning. He served as teacher and evangelist in Mugango district, and became the natural leader in the area following the 1945 death of Bishop Ray Wenger. He was in wide demand as a Bible conference speaker.

On Oct. 6, 1950, he was ordained to the ministry together with Andrea M. Mawawa. In 1963 he graduated from Mennonite Theological College.

In 1961 Pastor Muganda visited the churches of United States and Canada together with Zedekia M. Kisare. They were the first fraternal visitors to come from the Mennonite Church of Tanzania. His fervent testimony and biblical expositions were deeply appreciated.

"THIS HAS BEEN a great blow to me," wrote Bishop Zedekia Kisare. Muganda and Kisare were close personal friends, and had worked together in the church councils and in Bible conferences from the early years of the church. Within the past two months they had shared in preaching in Christian life conferences in two of the church districts.