Around 1911, though, Lekganyane split from Protestantism with the arrival of the Apostolic Faith Mission in his home area.
Not long afterwards, Lekganyane seceded with his congregation and went with his new bride, Salfina Rabodiba, to Basutoland in 1920 to join Edward Lion's utopian community under the auspices of the newly formed new Zion Apostolic Faith Mission (ZAFM).