The Gospel of Prosperity debate is alive and kicking in Zimbabwe. Moreover, it was taken to the foreign lands. Some observers like New Zimbabwe‘s Adventist Lot Masiane suggest that Christians need to uphold the standards in their faithful lives. While other Christians have no problem with agitating the poor from their flashy ...

Browsing the net for inspiration, I came across an article by John Blake on the CNN blog with a straight-forward title ‘Why young Christians aren’t waiting anymore.’ The post cites an evangelical publication that claims that young, unmarried Christians are having premarital sex almost as much as their non-Christian peers in the ...

Christian women have been inspired to aspire leadership positions in a book by Jaqcui Ndongwe. Her scintillating Christian book, Mother, the Destiny Connector, makes a unique approach in inspiring her protégées towards self-belief through the use of biblical teachings. Jacqui Ndongwe argues that, “Mothers have become known to be dependable leaders. ...

Earlier this week, RelZim posted two stories that I can’t ignore discussing in public. “Police prepare to deport three satanists” and “Kambuzuma’s “Mother Theresa” invites you to look after children” appeared on our front page on the same day. But they seem to be worlds apart. The former is an account of ...

Switzerland is a country of high mountains covered in snow all the year round. It is invigorating to walk there and breathe the pure air. I was staying with friends and one day we approached the highest peak, the Matterhorn, but we had to be satisfied with seeing if from ...

We recently wrote about some traditional healers and pastors encouraging Zimbabwean families to be more attentive to their relatives’ spiritual life. This story made me think of making a personal appeal to all of my fellow Zimbabweans. Really, whether you are a Muslim or a Pentecostal Christian, traditionalist or a Rasta, ...

The past year or two has seen many international musicians coming into the Zimbabwe. A lot of these shows were held at venues that are also used for worship ceremonies. One such place is Celebration Center and last year the church came under fire for allowing a lot of crude ...

The Rastafari community in Zimbabwe has been steadily growing over the past few years. The growth of the religion and the culture has led to the formation of the Rastafari in Zimbabwe Trust. I spoke to Ras Emmanuel about the trust and what it aims to achieve. What is RASZ ...

The term Gospel music has for me evolved through the years from the euro-centric idea of solemn hymns led by an immaculately robed church choir; sung to the accompaniment of an organ or piano.  The participation of the entire congregation in the singing was a momentous and welcome change as ...

  Christians all around the world are going back on their diets after stuffing themselves with all kinds of goodies, as they celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ during the Christmas period.  Gifts were exchanged; families went on holiday, to church services and to parties.  However the universal aspect of ...