St Michael and All Angels Church, Blantyre

15°47′02.71″S 35°01′14.54″E / 15.7840861°S 35.0207056°E / -15.7840861; 35.0207056

West-facing facade
South side of St Michael and All Angels Church

St. Michael and All Angels Church is a church that was constructed from 1888 to 1891 of brick at the Blantyre Mission in Blantyre, Malawi. It is located on the original Scottish mission site, off Chileka Rd, and is in the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian’s Blantyre Synod.[1][2] Since 1991, it has been partnered with Hiland Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3] In 1885, Lieutenant H. E. O'Neil determined the longitude of Blantyre to be 2 hours 20 minutes 13.56 seconds east of Greenwich by means of a series of 365 sets of lunar observations, and a plaque installed in the side of the church commemorates this achievement. The church has been described as

the first permanent Christian Church erected ... between the Zambezi and the Nile. – Rev. Alexander Hetherwick C.B.E., D.D., F.R.G.S.
  1. ^ "The Presbyterian Church in Canada". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  2. ^ "CityInfo Guide, Blantyre, Malawi". Retrieved 2010-01-22. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Financially Supported". Hiland Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 2012-12-30.