According to Zimbabwe Mail, Emmanuel Makandiwa last Sunday won a High Court reprieve allowing him to continue selling his spiritual airtime recharge cards to congregants in his church and outside the country. High Court Judge Tedious Karwi ruled that the matter was not urgent, meaning Makandiwa and his church can ...

As part of their reaching out to people of all nations with the Gospel, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bulawayo have cast their net wider to the ethnic Chinese. Every Saturday, between 16:00 and 17:45 there is a congregation Bible study class, theocratic ministry and service meeting in Mandarin at the Kingdom ...

As the world falls apart for firebrand evangelist Emmanuel Makandiwa, with lawsuits and claims that he has fled the country, Zimbabwe takes a breath to see what will happen to perhaps the greatest prophet ever to come from the country. A tall lithe figure, Makandiwa has in a space of ...

This story is part one of a series in which RelZim.org is exploring the evolving state of traditional religion in Zimbabwe. For a long time, traditional medicine occupied the back tiers of the community in predominantly Christian Zimbabwe, but that has changed as many people are taking to old traditions ...

According to Bulawayo 24,  citing ZBC as its source, prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa allegedly flew to the United Kingdom together with his family and close counterparts. Unconfirmed reports say that he fled Zimbabwe. Some eye-witnesses confirmed seeing Makandiwa boarding a plane at the Harare International Airport.  However, his staunch followers confided that ...

As reported by Newsday, it was a night of excitement and bliss when a huge crowd thronged 7Arts Theatre in Avondale on Sunday, July 24, to witness, for the first time ever, Zimbabwe’s own inter-denominational praise and worship group Zim Praise performing at an event dubbed “The Power Live DVD ...

by Sindiso Moyo and Sinikiwe Mlambo The Harare-based prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has launched “spiritual airtime cards”, a service that will link him with his church members in need of spiritual guidance. Members of Makandiwa’s United Family International (UFI), who declined to be named, said the spiritual airtime cards, which are ...

 reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #163, a Jescom publication  based on information provided by Fr. Tony Bex and Fr. Johnson’s homily at the Requiem Mass in  Mt Pleasant parish church Fr. Patrick ‘Paddy’ Moloney, SJ (1920 – 2011) was editor of Mukai, the Jesuit in-house publication for theological reflection, ...

The South Ridge Community Church of Franklin Township in the American state of New Jersey is sending a five-person delegation to Zimbabwe toward the end of August. Rugare, a village in rural Zimbabwe, has lost a generation to HIV/AIDS, according to Steve Sargent, director of South Ridge’s “Extend Ministries,” so-called ...

At least 30 Roman Catholic youths from the Archdiocese of Bulawayo will be part of over 100 young people that will represent Zimbabwe at the 26th edition of the World Youth Day (WYD) in Spain this month.  In an interview with RelZim.org at his office, the Archbishop of Bulawayo Alex ...