peace

Churches pray for peace

May 27, 2013
On Saturday churches from across the country congregated to pray for peace as the country goes towards elections. Since 1998, Intercessors for Zimbabwe, a grouping of churches, has dedicated May 25, as a national day for prayer, seeking repentance, reconciliation, revival and restoration of Zimbabwe which has fresh political wounds ...

ZEC asks for prayers

May 18, 2013
After helplessly watching a chaotic mobile voter registration exercise that was characterised by a miserly turnout ZEC, the body in charge of all electoral processes, asked for prayers from the church to ensure a smooth sailing as the country plunges into elections. Speaking to members of the church recently, Makarau ...

“Zimbabwe will not go through the ballot,” Shamu tells bishops

May 12, 2013
The Minister of Information and Publicity Webster Shamu told church leaders that the country will not be lost through the ballot since independence was attained after a protracted struggle. Shamu made the remarks as he addressed hundreds of bishops drawn from the apostolic church at the party’s headquarters on Friday ...

Let’s pray for peace, says Tsvangirai

April 28, 2013
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called the church to pray for the country ahead of a potentially explosive election that will be held this year. Speaking to bishops drawn from the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe, the Anglican Church, the Salvation Army, the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe, and the ...

“Put your faith in God”, Tsvangirai urges Zimbabweans

April 21, 2013
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday urged thousands of people that thronged Chinhoyi stadium to champion peace and put their faith in God not in earthly powers. Speaking at a peace-building event organised by the Zimbabwe Pastors Fellowship, Tsvangirai urged Zimbabweans to uphold peace. “You must not put your faith in ...

Elshaddai Ministries International challenges political party

April 19, 2013
President and Founder of Elshaddai Ministries International, Dr Patience Itai Hove, said political party leaders must strive for maintain and promoting peace so that the country holds violent free elections. Dr Hove, who was the guest preacher at the country’s 33rd Independence celebrations held at the giant National Sports Stadium ...

Bulawayo pastors denounce police clampdown on civic organisations

February 25, 2013
Shalom Projects’ Trust director Pastor Anglistone Sibanda has denounced the recent clampdown on civic organisations like Christian Alliance are part of, saying such moves curtail freedom of expression. A number of civic organisations recently came under fire from police for allegedly inciting violence and being used by the MDC. Organisations ...

Zimbabwe’s Oprah: Anglican church members should unite

January 17, 2013
Television personality Rebecca Chisamba, popularly known as Mai Chisamba through her talk show, has dismissed as “malicious, wishful thinking and baseless” allegations that she was involved in an extra-marital affair with Anglican Bishop Nolbert Kunonga. “Maybe it’s a Christmas joke. I don’t actually know where this is coming from, but whichever way, ...

In 2013, educate an indigenous church member!

December 26, 2012
As this year draws to an end, politics is no doubt going to leverage influence on believers in Zimbabwe. We are told to think that the next elections will take place in 2013. With this in mind, I would like to look at what appears to be two most prominent dynamics ...

Christians urged to register as voters

December 18, 2012
Christians in Bulawayo were urged to register as voters in the 2013 elections so as to chart their own destiny through the ballot. Speaking at a pastors’ Conference in Bulawayo last Thursday, Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals Gorden Moyo said the church plays a pivotal role in the governance ...