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Domboshawa Vapostori stifle government’s mother-to-child-transmission campaigns

May 4, 2012
reprinted from the Newsday by Edgar Gweshe   Members of the Apostolic church sects have been accused of stifling government prevention of mother-to-child transmission-campaigns (PMTCT) in Chinamhora, Domboshawa, because of their strongly-held disbelief in medical treatment. The revelations came out during the launch of a maternal health campaign organised by the ...

Members of Apostolic churches shun Western medicine: it diminishes their supernatural powers

May 3, 2012
Some members of the religious objector communities have called for the development of mandatory immunization and public health responses that protect the rights of women and children, a 2011 UNICEF report revealed.    According to the survey “Apostolic Religion, Health and Utilization of Maternal and Child Health Services in Zimbabwe,” the ...

Call to Worship Africa celebrations unites various churches in prayer

May 2, 2012
reprinted from the Newsday   Musicians from different Christian denominations belted out praises to the Lord at this year’s two-day Call to Worship Africa celebrations at the Harare International Conference Centre.   The gospel musical fiesta, which last year featured a Grammy-award winner Don McClurkin, has this year been extended ...

UCCZ partners with Norwegian Refugee Council to train 150 youth in Manicaland

May 2, 2012
At least 150 students are set to benefit from a youth training organized by United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) at Chikore Mission and Tongogara Horticultural College.   The youth-training centre is part of Norwegian Refugee Council targeting school dropouts for training in various ...

Mthulisi Dube launches 3 gospel albums in Zimbabwe

May 1, 2012
reprinted with minor corrections and additions from the Newsday   Mthulisi Dube, a Zimbabwean gospel musician based in the United Kingdom, recently launched three albums in Bulawayo: “Isinqumo,” “Uhlalekhona” and “Wenzeni Na?”  Dube, who has been out of the country for the past 10 years, told Newsdaythat he decided to ...

AFM’s Secretary-General: Makandiwas and Chiweshes ungrateful

April 27, 2012
reprinted with corrections and additions from the Newsday by Problem Masau    Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) described pastors that leave this historical Pentecostal church to start their own ministries as “ungrateful.”   The list of most notable pastors that left AFM to establish their own independent congregations includes United Family ...

Another Christian magazine appears on Zimbabwean streets

April 26, 2012
reprinted with minor additions and corrections from the Newsday   A new Christian magazine Emmanuel hit the streets of Harare at the beginning of April. The magazine’s managing editor Stanley Katungamidza said, “Emmanuel is a Christian magazine that is published and printed in South Africa and distributed throughout Zimbabwe. At present, the monthly ...

Singing Video: Arcadia SDA Church choir

April 26, 2012

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Zimbabweans are a singing nation. Taken at Arcadia Seventh-Day-Adventist Church in Harare on February 24, 2012, this recording marks the beginning of RelZim column, Singing Video . It is dedicated to Zimbabwean religion-related singing feats that were caught on video by fans, both professional and amateur. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSl9iwE-IRA[/youtube] ...

Former Anglican bishop of Matabeleland ordained Catholic priest in UK

April 25, 2012
reprinted with additions from the Catholic Herald  Robert Mercer, the fourth Anglican bishop of Matabeleland, was ordained a priest for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the UK end of last month.  The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is a personal ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church immediately subject to ...

Makandiwa’s followers buy up stands in Chitungwiza

April 25, 2012
reprinted from Into Zimbabwe Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s United Family International Church (UFIC) has launched a housing scheme, dubbed the Promised Land, in Chitungwiza. The scheme will see over 200 UFIC parishioners taking up stands in the dormitory town’s Nyatsime area. Chairman of the Promised Land Housing Scheme, Reginald Msika, confirmed that ...