Bulawayo

Makandiwa launches “spiritual air time cards”

August 2, 2011
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 ...

World Youth Day – an elite event for the Catholics?

August 1, 2011
My Catholic friends, here is a question that has been tormenting me since I first heard about the enormous efforts done by the parish in Entumbane to raise enough funds to send their only representative to Madrid for the World Youth Day this month. Is this spiritual event, in the ...

Over 30 Bulawayo youths to participate in the World Youth Day in Madrid

August 1, 2011
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 ...

Jewish preacher: differences between Christianity and Judaism are in their packaging

August 1, 2011
 The differences between Christianity and Judaism are only in the packaging of the two religions. The rest is just the same says Dr. Eric Bloch, a Bulawayo Jewish preacher. Talking to RelZim.org on fundamentals of Judaism at his office on Thursday, July 21, Dr. Bloch said both Jews and Christians believe ...

Joyous Celebration coming to Bulawayo

July 27, 2011
Its joyous time! In August, Joyous Celebration (JC), a widely celebrated South African  gospel choir, will treat its fans in Bulawayo for the first time. The renowned choir will be in Zimbabwe’s second biggest city  as part of the Harvest House International (HHI)  Apostolic and Prophetic Conference. Tickets for the concert are already ...

Annual bazaar at the Dutch Reformed Church in Bulawayo

July 21, 2011
On July 30, the annual bazaar at the Dutch Reformed Church Hall, George Silundika/13th Ave at 9:30 am. There will be home-made boerewors, meat cuts, chicken, koeksisters, melktert, beskuits and preserves, plants and vegetables on sale.  ...

Praise and Worship Centre launches Christian monthly

July 21, 2011
Praise and Worship Centre, one of the leading Pentecostal churches in Bulawayo, began publishing a monthly Christian community newspaper. The newspaper, by the name El Shaddai, first hit the streets at the beginning of July this year. “El Shaddai” is one of the seven Biblical covenant names through which God revealed himself to Abraham. Speaking to ...

Church reintegrates sex workers into normal social life

July 13, 2011
In response to HIV-AIDS pandemic, City Pentecostal Assembly Church’s social arm in Bulawayo is running a Nehemiah AIDS Project in which commercial sex workers are rehabilitated into the society. The programme seeks to reduce the number of ladies engaged in the commercial sex by offering them the alternatives of starting ...

National Gallery in Harare to celebrate early mission schools’ crafters

July 13, 2011
Until the end of July, the National Gallery of Zimbabwe is presenting an exhibition “Returning to Early Conversations”. It touches on the history of contemporary art in Zimbabwe which stretches way back when there was no formal art gallery. RelZim.org readers may find the exhibit particularly interesting because of its relation ...

Orthodox Church pays school fees for children in Bulawayo

July 13, 2011
As part of its social ministry, the Orthodox Church, one of the oldest missionary churches in Zimbabwe, is paying school fees for a number of pupils in Bulawayo. Visiting the Church’s Mzilikazi high density suburb parish, through which fees payments are made, we found out that more than 50 pupils are benefiting from ...