Regional church structure
Zinga Presbytery
The Eastern Province presbytery named in 2014 to preserve the historical connection with the first Protestant mission activity at Zinga in 1907.
Historical background and location
The EPR profile identifies Zinga Village, in Cyanya Cell, Kigabiro Sector, Rwamagana District, as the location where missionaries from the German Bethel Mission began Protestant mission activity in Rwanda in August 1907. The missionaries later moved to the Southern Province. During the Church centenary in 2007, EPR and Bethel Mission participants remembered Zinga and agreed to renew the presence there through a chapel and primary school.
When EPR restructured 17 former regions into seven presbyteries in 2014, the Eastern Presbytery was named Zinga to recall this history. The head office is listed in Bigabiro Village, Cyanya Cell, Kigabiro Sector, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province.
Parish structure by district
- Rwamagana: Rwamagana (Parish), Bihembe (Parish), Muhazi (Missionary Parish), Zinga (Missionary Parish), Nyagihanga (Missionary Parish), Musha (Missionary Parish).
- Kayonza: Kayonza (Missionary Parish), Kabarondo (Parish), Nyankora (Parish), Rugwagwa (Missionary Parish).
- Ngoma: Kibungo (Parish), Rukira (Parish), Murwa (Parish), Gituza (Missionary Parish), Rujambara (Missionary Parish).
- Kirehe: Nyarubuye (Parish), Karwihura (Parish), Musaza (Parish), Nyakarambi (Missionary Parish), Bukora (Missionary Parish).
- Nyagatare: Nyagatare (Parish), Matimba (Missionary Parish).
- Gatsibo: Kiramuruzi (Parish), Nyabubare (Parish), Matunguru (Missionary Parish), Karambi (Missionary Parish), Ngarama (Missionary Parish).
The parish and missionary-parish classifications above follow the EPR source table.
Public directory contact
Head office: Bigabiro Village, Cyanya Cell, Kigabiro Sector, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province.
Postal address: P.O. Box 56, Kigali, Rwanda.
Telephone: +250 781 058 480.
Email: zinga.presbytery@epr.rw.
Representative shown in the directory: Rev. Paul NKURUNZIZA.
Source and verification
The parish register and historical narrative come from the detailed EPR article updated 15 August 2022. Current parish classifications, district coverage, contacts and representative appointment should be reconfirmed with the presbytery.
Sources: EPR Presbyteries directory · The Presbytery of Zinga.
Presbytery photographs
Images reproduced from EPR’s public presbytery directory. The individual presbytery profile did not contain a separate photograph gallery.