Faith in Action Blog

Rethinking Christian position on sexual minorities

March 6, 2014
In a century blighted by two catastrophic world wars, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stands out as a great moral achievement. It affirms the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all human beings and insists that those rights should be protected by the law. As the former ...

Serve faithfully and be grateful

February 28, 2014
Have you ever considered on what premise your relationship with Jesus is anchored? You have to check if you really love Him and are genuine in worshipping Him. Human material need should not be the foundation for looking for Jesus, but a deeper and inner hunger for fellowship, communion and ...

Inside Prophet Passion’s church

February 26, 2014
It is without doubt that the gospel of prosperity has become the talk of the town as worshipers rush there in prospects of  a better life. Flamboyance and miracles of all sorts have reigned supreme in these churches . After coming across a newspaper headline of one Prophet Passion Java, ...

Gumbura: Role of Church Leadership or ‘Acts of Satanism’

February 23, 2014
His Excellency, the President Robert Gabriel Mugabe once grilled ‘Mr Bush’ and ‘Mr Blair’ saying, “….but I have one God and He is in Heaven!”  True to the statement, Zimbabweans you agree with me that the Church of Jesus Christ, the Bride, has one God and He is in Heaven. ...

Can religion solve mystery of climate?

February 20, 2014
As I was writing this instalment at the weekend in the dying hours of United Nations climate negotiations, hundreds of campaigners occupied the conference centre halls in Doha, Qatar, to call on countries to “Reject the Text”. It appeared two weeks of negotiations were not all rosy as the final ...

Churches: When salt loses taste

February 16, 2014
Virtues of good work, monogamy, vigilance, sobriety, good behaviour, hospitality, readiness to teach, lack of greed and patience are some of the virtues that Paul in the book of Timothy says should be the hallmark of any man who aspires to lead a church. A bishop should not be a ...

Shona Traditional Religion Explored

February 14, 2014
Shona Traditional Religion or Chivanhu is part of what is understood as African Traditional Religion (ATR) that is practiced all over Africa. It is a belief in God or Mwari or Musikavanhu. However, there is no direct communication between the living and Musikavanhu but through ancestors. The religion is based ...

Women of faith called to impact the world

February 12, 2014
Christianity has since time immemorial been accused of seeking to subjugate women, shoving them into some kind of a straitjacket where they have to pander to the whims of men who control the levers of power not only in society in general, but in the Church, in particular. Admittedly, in ...

Corruption? What’s wrong with it? Everyone does it.

February 12, 2014
Going through a toll gate recently I paid a dollar but then noticed that the lady who should have given me a receipt got distracted, whether by accident or design, with someone else. I got impatient and did not wait for my receipt but as I drove on I could ...

Corruption ? What’s wrong with it? Everyone does it.

February 11, 2014
Going through a toll gate recently I paid a dollar but then noticed that the lady who should have given me a receipt got distracted, whether by accident or design, with someone else. I got impatient and did not wait for my receipt but as I drove on I could ...