The UMCA's intent was to bring Christianity to the multitude of souls living in central Africa, around lake Nyasa which Livingston had so eloquently described.
Lengo la ujumbe wa vyuo vikuu kwa Afrika ya kati (UMCA) lilikuwa ni kufikisha dini ya kikiristo kwa watu wengi sana waliokuwa Afrika ya Kati, kuzunguka ziwa Nyasa, ambalo Livingstone alilizungumzia kwa ufanisi.