Joyfull Praise, an upcoming 18-member musical choir consisting of musicians drawn from praise and worship teams from churches dotted around the Midlands capital, will launch their maiden DVD project early next month. Group founder Gamaliel Blessing Madhindi informs that supporting acts Sharon Manyonganise from ZimPraise, Mabel Madondo (Thousand Voices) Minister ...

Roman Catholic Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Xavier Munyongani, currently Chaplain of Zimbabwean Catholics in England and Wales, as Bishop of Gweru in Zimbabwe. Mgr Xavier Munyongani was born on 1 January 1950 in Mutero mission in Gutu district in the diocese of Masvingo. His parents Joachim Mudhodhi and Anna ...

Greater Gweru is a women’s fellowship which started in 2009 under the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) in Harare. In an interview with Relzim.org during the official opening of the chapel at Connemara Open Prison recently, the organization’s Midlands Chapter chairperson Martha Nyamutora said that they have adopted Connemara as their ...

Fr Constantine Mashonganyika, a Roman Catholic priest of the Gweru Diocese, died at Driefontein Mission on December 11 after a battle of ten years with cancer.  He was born in the Christian village at Driefontein Mission in Midlands Province. The family was later moved to Mvuma and then to Sibolela villages ...

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Masvingo Michael Dixon Bhasera, who is also the acting Bishop for Gweru Diocese, ordained 10 priests. The function held at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru was attended by hundreds of peolpe from different cities and towns. Bishop Bhasera urged the newly ordained reverends to be resilient. “God will tremendously bless you  for voluntering and dedicating yourselves ...

A Harare evangelist was given a rock-star welcome in Gweru after stopping at a fast-food outlet in his USD 200,000 Bentley. But Uebert Angel, the founder of Spirit Embassy, left Chicken Inn still hungry after fleeing a throng of “fans” who descended on the restaurant, a newspaper reported. The bizarre scenes ...

While the likes of United Family International founder Emmanuel Makandiwa and Spirit Embassy’s Uebert Angel have taken Harare by storm, smaller cities in Zimbabwe are abuzz with the same gospel and flair. Gweru was recently brought to a standstill when Pastor Richard Chiwara of Champions Ministries was getting married. Stretching for what could ...

As Midlands Christian College continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, many exciting activities have taken place. The culmination of these activities is the Sponsored Ride which will take place from October 17 to 19. With the help of professional riders, students, staff and associates will make their way from ...

Members of the Gweru-stemming gospel group Voice of Prophecy Ephraim and Respina Patai enrolled at a theological college.  “We are studying theology at Mt Hermon College and we hope to resume shows once we are done with school,” Madzibaba Patai said. Baba naMai Patai could be forming a breakaway outfit from their ...

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. ...