Bulawayo

Pastor Charamba’s advice to Bulawayo: It’s not about the place where one is based but about the confidence

June 8, 2013
Veteran gospel musician Charles Charamba believes Bulawayo music industry — that is experiencing hardships — shall one day rise. That’s if the people in Southern Zimbabwe take his advice. Over the years Bulawayo-based gospel music has failed to rise above the shores due to various reasons. Chief among them: lack of resources and ...

Bulawayo pastors up against Satanism

April 11, 2013
Bulawayo pastors on Sunday prayed against escalating cases linked to Satanism at a gathering comprised of hordes of worshipers from different denominations who converged at Amazulu Sports Stadium for a gospel extravaganza. A few cases of Satanism have been reported in Bulawayo unlike other cities, but the city’s clergy took ...

Video: Canadian Christian, “Trip to Zimbabwe changed the way I teach”

December 27, 2012
“I saw God there. More than I had seen God ever in my life. It’s changed the way I shop, it’s changed the way I buy food, the way that I eat in general. It’s changed the way I teach,” says one of The Meeting House of Canada volunteers to Zimbabwe. ...

Harvest House International hosts Christmas concert in Bulawayo

December 20, 2012
In the spirit of Christmas, Harvest House International Church (HHI) hosted the Christmas Carol Night on Sunday where various choirs performed in celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The concert began with a powerful praise session by a combination of HHI choirs. These included Hosanna, Harvest Tabernacle Choir, Community Churches ...

Dr Goodwill Shana: Corruption is rife in the church

December 17, 2012
Churches in Bulawayo last Thursday commemorated the World Anti-Corruption Day amid revelations that the church has become the most corrupt entity in Zimbabwe. The belated commemorations started with a city march. Various pastors and church heads joined the rest of the world in condemning corruption.  Among the church leaders present ...

Abigail Mwembe to release gospel album in Bulawayo this month

December 5, 2012
Bulawayo gospel music has been on the rise since 2008, as more groups like Worship Addicts and Family Voices have emerged. Abigail Mwembe who recently performed at a concert alongside Family Voices started singing gospel in 2005. Her new album Makabongwe is to be launched this month. “From the time I began, I have matured ...

Bulawayo prays for good rains and industry revival

November 28, 2012
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in conjunction with the Christian community of Bulawayo convened a prayer day for good rains and the industry.  The prayer initiative comes after days of heavy downpours in and around the city, with hopes of a better rainy season. Heartfelt prayer and supplication for the rains ...

Bulawayo residents pray to cleanse suburb of satanism

November 26, 2012
Bulawayo residents conducted a four-hour prayer session, starting at an open space used by the Seventh-Day Adventist church (SDA) to cleanse the Cowdray Park suburb of suspected satanism. Last September, a 16-year-old girl stunned residents by confessing that she was part of a 60 member satanic cult that has killed 38 people in ...

Bulawayo water crisis and prayer

November 21, 2012
Earlier this month, Mayor Thaba Moyo appealed to the churches and Bulawayo residents to pray for the rains ‘because God is the owner of the rains.’  Around that time, the Christian Alliance leader Useni Sibanda spoke about religion and politics in the following terms, “Churches have been hesitant to vote. We want to encourage everyone to ...

Video: Canadians visit Mennonite Central Committee partners in Bulawayo

November 20, 2012
Every year a small team from The Meeting House, a church in Canada, travels to Africa. Last year, they came to Bulawayo to spend time learning about Mennonite Central Committee partnering organizations there. Photographer Paul Bettings who travels the world working on projects with the likes of World Vision, provided ...