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This article examines engagements of the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (COCZ) in light of religious, social, political and economic changes associated with postmodernism on the continuity of its Christian mission and identity. This empirical study was conducted with the aim of finding the contemporary view of the identity and mission of the COCZ. Understanding the COCZ’s ideological duty as a Christian denomination and the underlying consciousness of the Lukuluba people who are serviced by the conference centre can be regarded as a first step towards successful mission and identity continuity. The conference centre project here plays a mediatory role between the church’s transforming theological identity and its past missionary successes which included evangelism, education and health delivery (Reed 1972:39–41). Somabhula Conference Centre thus is a recap and recapture of the church’s mission and identity in a broader milieu of Zimbabwe’s transforming religious landscape, especially the ethical and moral struggles of political leaders. Somabhula Conference Centre is a significant context for this study because it is the first project of the COCZ conducted by indigenous people without external help from white missionaries and foreign funders. The project benchmark shows that all future responses by local Christians will be done. Somabhula Conference Centre helps appraise identity and mission continuity in the COCZ’s engagement in evangelism and social development, and hence, this study proposes for the need to understand the geography, the history, the religious institutions and the methods to use for effective ministry, mission and service to the Lukuluba community. The research question was the following: what role is the COCZ playing at Somabhula Conference Centre, and how is it upholding its missional endeavour on the Lukuluba people in a postmodernist era? This is elaborated by the following questions: (1) what impact does the conference centre have on the Lukuluba community? (2) What role does the COCZ play in changing the religiosity and spirituality of the Lukuluba people? (3) In what way is the COCZ’s response to postmodernism useful for Christian mission and identity among the Lukuluba people?

Postmodernism, identity and mission continuity in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe