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In the Churches Blog
Are we behaving with holiness in unholy situations? – the Chipinge example
January 9, 2012
Jesus said, “If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.” (Matthew 6:14). What would you do if someone wrongs you a Christian? What would you do if you knew someone who’s been wronged? Would you help in revenging or ... Annual contributions to Njelele pilgrimage compulsory in Hobodo community
January 9, 2012
Despite one‘s religious orientation, annual contributions of money and grain towards the Njelele Shrine pilgrimage are compulsory in Hobodo community in Mangwe district of Matabeleland South Province. Every year towards the beginning of the rainy season in the month of August or September, Chief Hobodo, as the custodian of Kalanga ... Come to a Prayer Mountain!
January 6, 2012
Would you allow anyone to share a house with you if you didn’t know them? And do you truly know someone if you don’t have a relationship with that person? The Bible says that Jesus is the only way to God . “No-one comes to the Father except through me” ...
What the Pope’s document on Africa means for Zimbabwe
January 4, 2012
Between Nov. 18-20, the head of the Roman Catholic Church Benedict XVI was on a visit to Benin, the pope’s second outing to Africa. The official motive was to present the conclusions from a 2009 Synod of Bishops for Africa, which Benedict did in the form of a 138-page document titled Africae Munus, ...
Looking forward to more blessing and teaching conferences in 2012
January 2, 2012
There are three kinds of people. Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who ask what happened. The bad news is, it is possible that many people can miss out on eternity because they take certain ‘requirements ‘ too lightly, or ignore them altogether . ...
The Voice of an African Muslim Woman
January 2, 2012
I recently sat down with Nebila Abdulmelik, a 25 year old woman who has lived in Harare, but is of Ethiopian heritage. She did her university studies in the United States of America and at the moment she is doing some work with an NGO in Kenya. She shares ... On Catholics’ solidarity with Zimbabwe’s Anglican community
November 2, 2011
This report is reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #166, a Jescom publication. If you ask party members and leaders they are all against violence as a political tactic. In the meantime, political intimidation and terror continue. The mere running around of those well-known agitators in large groups, singing militant songs, is ...
Nature gives to the one who is tired with work
October 31, 2011
reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #166, a Jescom publication. “Makandiwa cashes in” was a recent headline. Religion has become a business. It seems to be as fraudulent as stock exchange speculation where people make money not by production, but by playing with figures. The “prophet” promises prosperity if the gullible pay ...
Tobacco farming and Churches in Zimbabwe
October 24, 2011
republished with corrections and additions from The Herald of August 2011 Tobacco farming has become a hot “potato” in most Churches, as leaders fear it might cause serious factionalism and great loss of much-needed revenue for the upkeep and sustenance of the institutions. Most Church leaders contacted by The Herald refused ...
Mbare Report No. 101 Staying alive in Mbare
October 11, 2011
This report is reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #165, a Jescom publication. Some unknown “artists” managed to get into our parish centre and paint their party slogans on the walls. Our people were very annoyed. Within 24 hours these “works of art” were scraped off and painted over. A lively discussion ...
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