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A page for your first Saturday: what Samba is, what happens, what to have ready, and what we believe — in a few lines, with links to the rest.

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Your first Saturday

What to expect.

  • Samba begins Friday at sundown

    Our set-apart day runs sundown to sundown, wherever you are. The home page counts down to it in your own time.

  • Service is Saturday, 9:00 AM Eastern

    Every week. The calendar shows the next one and the feast days around it.

  • We meet on Telegram, live

    No building. Join the BCA channel and the live opens there on Saturday morning.

  • What happens

    Praise, opening prayer, a welcome, Scripture shared by the assembly, the teaching, and a closing prayer.

Bible study is usually Wednesdays at 7:00 PM Eastern, confirmed week by week on the calendar.

Have ready

Four things. None of them hard.

  1. 1

    Telegram

    A free account, and the BCA channel joined before Saturday.

  2. 2

    A Bible

    We study from the King James Version, and we hold the Apocrypha, Enoch, and Jubilees as Scripture too.

  3. 3

    A Scripture to share

    Members read Scripture aloud at every Samba — the readings are listed with each teaching. Bring one if you have it; it’s fine if you don’t.

  4. 4

    Your name

    Or what you prefer to be called, and where you’re joining from. That’s the whole introduction.

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

— Matthew 18:20 (KJV)

Three words you’ll hear

uSoNINI NaNINI
BCA’s primary name for the Most High — “I AM THAT I AM” in isiXhosa.
Akobi
Jacob, and the people Israel. In speech the assembly also says Abantu — the people — interchangeably.
Samba
The weekly set-apart day, kept from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown wherever you are.
The full vocabulary

What we believe

In five lines.

  1. uSoNINI NaNINI — the Most HighBCA's primary name for the Most High is uSoNINI NaNINI.
  2. Samba and Sabbath gatheringSamba is our weekly set-apart day, kept from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown wherever we are.
  3. Commandments and righteous livingWe seek to learn the commandments and practice truth in daily life, not only discuss it.
  4. Identity, history, and the Bantu perspectiveOur African/Bantu perspective informs how we study biblical identity, history, and inheritance.
  5. uMsindisi — the SaviorWe believe uMsindisi was exactly that: a savior.
All eleven, with Scripture

What we don’t do

So you know going in.

  • No giving appealsThere is no offering, no tithe request, and no donate button. Nothing on this site asks you for money.
  • No building, no bordersWe are a remote assembly, gathered from different cities and time zones. The gathering is the people.
  • No titles, no pedestalBrother Jaylon teaches. Worship and ultimate glory belong to the Most High alone.
  • No one is turned awayWhether you’re new, returning, or just seeking — there is room for you, and no one will press you.

Questions

Ask before you come, or after.

We are a small assembly, so there is no form and no ticket — just an inbox the assembly reads, and a Telegram channel where you can say hello.

Write to us Say hello on Telegram

Read ahead

The whole archive of teachings has notes. A good first one is the newest Samba, or the series on trust.