Rev. Conrad Mbewe and his jewel that keeps shining
Rev. Conrad Mbewe with wife Felistas in Paris. Rev. Conrad Mbewe and his jewel that keeps shining JACK ZIMBA ON JANUARY 2, Conrad Mbewe and his wife Felistas celebrated 32 years in marriage, and the Baptist preacher still describes her as “a jewel that keeps shining brighter and brighter”. Conrad and Felistas first met in the small mining town of Mufulira on the Copperbelt. Conrad had just graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, but still inclined to preaching rather than mining. He would abandon a career in mining altogether to become a preacher, and since he made that decision in the mid-1980s, he has gone on to obtain a Master of Philosophy in theology, a Master of Arts in Pastoral Theology, and a PhD in Missions. But despite his high academic qualifications, Conrad is not fastidious about titles. “I honestly do not mind what titles people use,” he once told me. As for Felistas, she was working as a nurse at Malcolm Watson Hospital in ...