gospel of prosperity

Dying on a Prayer: Preachers tell Zambians to Stop Taking ARVs

March 25, 2013
A trend is emerging in southern Zambia of preachers claiming to be able to cure HIV/AIDS and telling followers to stop taking medication to prove their faith. Over the past few years, Zambia, which has one of the heaviest HIV/AIDS burdens in world, has managed to reduce its HIV/AIDS rate and make ...

Uebert Angel produces ‘miracle money’ in South Africa

March 1, 2013
Pentecostal prophet Uebert Angel recently took his miracle sessions to South Africa where it is claimed congregants received miracle money while dysfunctional electrical gadgets allegedly started working. Angel, who together with Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa have been criticised for their antics, declared that God wanted to prove that everything was possible “in ...

Overview of gospel hip-hop in Zimbabwe

February 27, 2013
For a genre associated with gangsters, thugs and lewdness, music lovers are always skeptical when hip-hop turns to gospel, while tongues are left wagging as to how venerate the genre is. But the dawn of Mudiwa Mutandwa a.k.a Mudiwa of the ‘Ndaita Mari’ fame and Flame B, onto the music ...

Prophet Angel adds Lamborghini to his car park

February 11, 2013
Charismatic preacher Uebert Angel Mudzanire has confirmed that he owns a Lamborghini — a supercar, which costs nearly $1 million to import into the country.  With a 2012 version of the Lamborghini Aventador priced at USD400,000-plus, it would have cost the “man of God” nearly USD800,000 to land the car ...

Prophet Angel buys Mercedes Benz for rapper Mudiwa Mutandwa

February 1, 2013
Prophet Uebert Angel has bought a Mercedes Benz C200 Kompressor for his spiritual son, musician Mudiwa Mutandwa. The gift is in recognition of Mudiwa’s impressive musical year that saw him bagging three awards and ministering the Word of God through song. The surprise gift came barely two weeks after Mudiwa donated ...

An open letter to Prophet Makandiwa

January 31, 2013
Dear Apostle/Prophet Makandiwa, You were recently named the most influential young person of 2012. This was high praise indeed and a testimony to the force of your expanding influence. I am a religious woman and I too have flirted with the Pentecostal persuasion. I point this out for no other ...

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor: Prophet Angel needs to start farming, mining projects to empower his followers

January 24, 2013
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono has challenged Spirit Embassy founder Prophet Uebert Angel to start farming and mining projects to empower his church members, instead of resorting to the “miracle money” stints. Gono said Angel could approach Youth, Economic Empowerment and Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to access loans from a government fund. ...

Prophet Angel insults comedian Gringo

January 21, 2013
One of the Zimbabwe’s most celebrated comedians, Lazarus ‘Gringo’ Boora, has attacked Prophet Uebert Angel saying he is only after money. While Angel had poked fun at Gringo describing him as a small man. He is reported to have said, “Big people don’t talk about small people and that is ...

What I learn from watching Makandiwa’s DVDs

January 18, 2013
There is a widespread debate within and outside Zimbabwe about Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa‘s authenticity as a man of God. Some people believe that he is a true man of God and likewise others believe he is an opportunist fake prophet bent on swindling blind Christians of their hard-earned cash. I am ...

Economists warn about ‘miracle money’ effect. Prophet Angel retaliates

January 16, 2013
Any currency put into circulation without legal sanction would have negative effects on the economy and the general social life of Zimbabweans, financial experts have said. The experts were reacting to news that popular preacher and Spirit Embassy founder Uebert Angel on New Year’s night in Harare performed a miracle ...