Mutare-based gospel musician Blessing Shumba has been appointed brand ambassador for the Manicaland National Blood Services Zimbabwe. The gospel artist, who scooped an award at the National Arts Merit Awards last February, joins the list of other artists such as Sandra Ndebele, Tryson Chimbetu, Jah Prayzah and Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave who have ...

When we meet in a New York café, Stella Cohen is far from home, which is Harare, Zimbabwe. She’s also far from the roots of her cooking, which is the island of Rhodes, in Greece. But for Cohen, a cookbook writer, artist, textile designer and communal leader, the past has ...

The Minister of Education, David Coltart, who is on record as saying school premises should not be used for political meetings, said the ban does not apply to private schools. “Because this appears to be a private school, I cannot prohibit it from allowing political meetings of this nature. My ...

Baptist Pastor Nhamo Chigohi, the son of a witchdoctor, first heard the Gospel while lying sick inside his hut as missionaries showed the JESUS film outside. He trusted Christ for healing, but his father was furious and, a few days later, kicked him out. Nhamo began living on the streets. ...

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency recently donated medical textbooks and journals to the University of Zimbabwe library. ADRA director for programme implementation, Rodolfo Monsalve, said the network had worked with government departments including the UZ.  “We have chosen to put our focus on the medical faculty because we are in ...

Forward In Faith Ministries International (this is how Zimbabwean Pentecostal church ZAOGA is known abroad) is celebrating its 52nd Anniversary this year, with a highly- attended service having taken place at the Glamis Arena in Harare earlier this month.  The Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University is currently under construction in Bindura ...

With theological education characterized by “reverence or biblical authority and respect for open inquiry and responsible scholarship” as one of its core commitments, Alliance of Baptists members voted in 1989 to give birth to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, the first moderate Baptist seminary formed after the fundamentalist takeover of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) seminaries. ...

reprinted with additions from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #172, a Jescom publication based on information provided by Fr Tony Bex SJ Fr James Berry SJ died after a short illness on Sunday, 4th March, at the House of Adoration where he was chaplain to the senior Dominican Sisters.  He was very well-known in ...

reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #172, a Jescom publication Key posts in Zimbabwean province are being taken over by young Jesuits. Earlier this year, Fr Gibson Munyoro SJ took over as director of Silveira House and Fr Sylvest Kasirori SJ as parish priest of Mabelreign.  Now Fr Ugenio Phiri SJ has been appointed rector of St Ignatius ...

Pentecostal churches were recently challenged to support Zimbabwe’s ailing education system in the same manner the traditional missionary churches have all along been doing. The call was made end of April by stakeholders attending a conference at the Large City Hall in Bulawayo with the aim of reviewing the state ...