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In the Churches Blog
Is Kunonga’s power leading to a schism?
October 8, 2011
RelZim.org asked Dr. Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, a leading intellectual of the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe to comment on the situation in his church. What impact will the Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit have? I don’t think that this visit will make any particular impact, because Kunonga is not worried about the ...
CPZ comments on the Archbishop’s visit to Zimbabwe
October 6, 2011
This extensive comment was submitted to RelZim.org in response to the post “Mission staff evicted, bishop robbed, as Archbishop of Canterbury plans to visit Zimbabwe.” The commentator identified himself/herself as the bishop’s office and provided the following address for further contact [email protected]. But the address is not functional. So we remain ...
Beware Of False Prophets and False Teachers
October 6, 2011
“I did not send these prophets, but they ran. I did not speak to them, but they prophesied” (Jer. 23:21) The body of Christ is in crisis today with the rise of the so-called prophets and many are there to deceive many. I am sitting at Rainbow Hotel in ...
Opinions differ on reasons for proliferation of Churches in Zimbabwe
September 26, 2011
The proliferation of Churches has left many people wondering on whether Christianity in Zimbabwe is being taken by greedy individuals who are in it to make money. Officially, there are now four Methodist Churches in Zimbabwe, two Anglican ones and numerous Apostolic Faith Missions. RelZim.org interviewed people in Harare who ... How to register and manage a church in Zimbabwe II
September 15, 2011
Last month RelZim.org featured an overview of legal procedures required in order to register a religious community in Zimbabwe. Following the publication, a pastor, whose Church plans to plant a religious community in Bulawayo, approached us and wrote that Ministry of Social Welfare do not register Churches as PVO. We asked an attorney in ...
Scarcity of research on rastafari movement in Zimbabwe
September 14, 2011
Rastafari movement is an Africa-centred religion that developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, following the coronation of Haile Selassie I as King of Ethiopia in 1930. Rastafarians believe Haile Selassie is God, and that he will return to Africa members of the black community who are living in exile as the ...
Ecumenical Support Services: Church in Zimbabwe faces leadership crisis
September 8, 2011
Ecumenical Support Services Zimbabwe director Johah Gokova says there is a serious leadership crisis within the Church in Zimbabwe, as religious leaders have largely remained quite in the face of socio-economic and political problems facing the country. Contributing to debate during a recent discussion on the role of the Church ...
Zion Christian Church in Zimbabwe as seen by a member
September 6, 2011
While members of other Christian denominations can attend church services dressed in their ordinary attire, members of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) have special regalia, treated with sacredness. Briefing RelZim.org recently on the rituals of his Church, a ZCC member in Bulawayo, who preferred anonymity for fear of victimisation by elders, said ...
Moshe Silberhaft, the Travelling Rabbi
September 5, 2011
reprinted from The Jewish Chronicle Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, affectionately known as “The Travelling Rabbi”, seems to recoil when he is asked if he ever dreams of being a conventional community leader. “No… I’m not a pulpit rabbi,” he insists. “I’m an on-the-ground, hands-on, ceremonial rabbi… and I’m as comfortable officiating ... Ezra Chitando: Church increasingly playing political role
August 26, 2011
Professor Ezra Chitando, a religious studies lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, has said the Church and religion in general are becoming a vehicle to engage government and are increasingly playing a significant role in the country’s political terrain. Speaking at a Southern African Political Economy Series (SAPES) policy dialogue forum on the ...
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