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In the Churches Blog
My prayer with African Apostolic Church
March 30, 2012
It is Saturday around noon and everyone is rushing to the Senga shops in Gweru. People talk as if they all know each other. They encourage each other to walk faster. Fascinated, my best friend Tariro Guwira and I, two students at Midlands State University, decide to join the mob. ... Epworth church seeks help to start children feeding program
March 16, 2012
by Pastor Edward Fusire Christian Family Worship Center (CFWC) in Epworth looks for help to establish a feeding program for children in the community as well as construct a shade for church meetings. CFWC has a membership of close to 90 adults and approx. 120 Sunday school kids. We celebrated our ...
Mbare Report No. 105 Our little miracles
March 16, 2012
This report is reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #169, a Jescom publication. This morning a young woman came to say good-bye. She had come from New Zealand to attend the funeral of her grandmother. This afternoon she is flying back to her family and her job as a nursing sister. “Don’t ...
Dr Gunda resumes blogging on religion from Germany
March 13, 2012
RelZim recently received an email from our contributor Dr. Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, a leading intellectual of the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe. Former Secretary-General of Zimbabwe Anglican Youth Association (1998-2000), Dr. Gunda currently resides in Germany as Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at University of Bamberg. A former lecturer at University of Zimbabwe, he asked us to ...
Senga elder disputes youth group prayer
March 4, 2012
They say when you pray you should be yourself and God will surely bless you (Jude 21 –speaking in tongues is energizing of the spirit). One is determined to do a prayer that can bring miracles but the question is: is there really a way one should pray for God ...
Zimbabweans celebrate birthday of Prophet Muhammad
February 18, 2012
by Ibrahim Mpache and RelZim staff Eid Milad-Un-Nabi marks the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. It may seem strange to non-Muslims, but many Muslims do not believe in celebrating birthdays or death anniversaries because there is no historical evidence that Prophet Muhammad ever did this. Despite this, large numbers of Muslims do commemorate the birth anniversary of ... Before I came to this church, my life was a mess and I was jobless
February 16, 2012
reprinted with amendments and additions from The Sunday Mail As early as 7 am on a Sunday morning, the City Sports Centre in Harare is already a hive of activity as people jostle to take seats for a church service. One might be deceived into thinking that the service is already ...
Rural churches launch Christian Union in Matobo
February 8, 2012
A new Christian Union, known as Bidi Christian Union (BCU) was formed last year in Matobo, Matabeleland South Province. Local churches based in Bidi area demonstrated unity in the body of Christ when they came together to form the union, the first of its kind to incorporate all existing Churches ... Churches – places for Zimbabwean youth
January 24, 2012
Everyone should have a source of inspiration, a point to which they can return when times of depression settle upon their spirits. Especially when the purpose of living becomes obscure and the monotony dulls the spirit of expectancy. Everyone needs an ‘Esther’ in their lives. Especially the youth. By ‘Esther’ ...
Zionists baptize as many times as one needs
January 10, 2012
While for the majority of churches baptism is a once-in-a-lifetime event, that is not the case with the Holy Apostolic Church of Zion. MaNcube of Pumula South in Bulawayo, who attends the Old Magwegwe parish, said that at the beginning of every year church members who feel they have “heavy ...
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