Mormons

Professional golfers help US Mormons with shipment to Zimbabwe

November 19, 2012
From American Fork (Utah, United States) to Zimbabwe sounds like an advertisement for something that covers the entire alphabet. In reality, it’s a humanitarian service project. Members of the American Fork Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been sorting, packing and preparing items to ship ...

US right-wing report adds oil to homosexuality and religion in Africa debates

August 1, 2012
Christian evangelical groups in the US are attempting a “cultural colonisation” of Africa, opening offices in numerous countries to promote attacks on homosexuality and abortion, according to an investigation by a liberal thinktank. American religious organisations are expanding their operations across the continent, lobbying for conservative policies and laws and ...

Latter-Day Saints donate 10 boreholes to BCC

April 17, 2012
The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints donated ten boreholes to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), a move which is expected to go a long way in alleviating water shortages currently gripping the city. Speaking at the hand-over ceremony in Nkulumane last Wednesday, the church’s country director of charities, John Benich, said ...

Tobacco farming and Churches in Zimbabwe

October 24, 2011
republished with corrections and additions from The Herald of August 2011 Tobacco farming has become a hot “potato” in most Churches, as leaders fear it might cause serious factionalism and great loss of much-needed revenue for the upkeep and sustenance of the institutions. Most Church leaders contacted by The Herald refused ...