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A church that allows beer drinking has been opened in Zimbabwe with members saying they felt they were outcasts in other churches due to their love for beer.
<a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/beer-drinkers-church-when-the-love-of-god-and-booze-meet/">NewZimbabwe.com reports</a> that the Ziva Mwari Church which is located at Trojan Mine, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Bindura">Bindura</a>, about 86km from Harare was formed just under a month ago and has about 140 congregants.
It has already hand branches in Shurugwi and Gutu districts.
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<a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/beer-drinkers-church-when-the-love-of-god-and-booze-meet/">NewZimbabwe.com was told</a> that congregants can drink, smoke and do anything else they want as long as they remember the one-hour Sunday worship time.
As if to cap it all, their place of worship is a disused bar with an equally funny name: Six million.
The church’s founder is Richard Twabi, a diesel fitter/engine technician at Trojan Mine. He used to be a Muslim.
They say an unidentified person reported them to the company authorities that they were up to some political games, resulting in them being locked out of the beer hall-turned church two Sundays ago.
They then approached the local police post; pleading to be given permission to worship under the tree.
The church has become popular in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Bindura">Bindura</a> and Mashonaland Central, with some congregants saying they travelled 20km for the service.
Twabi<a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/beer-drinkers-church-when-the-love-of-god-and-booze-meet/"> NewZimbabwe.com</a> that they conduct their services like any other church as they start with the praise and worship session and then pray before hearing the word of God. He added:
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We said since we do not a proper pastor among us, we better invited preachers from other churches and we have hosted a number of them here, including <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Methodist_Church_in_Zimbabwe">Methodist</a>, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Seventh_Day_Adventist_Church">Seventh Day Adventists</a>, CCAP and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Apostolic_Faith_Mission_in_Zimbabwe">AFM.</a>
We have an open-door policy, we want to learn from other churches, that is why we invite them to our church.
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<a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/beer-drinkers-church-when-the-love-of-god-and-booze-meet/">NewZimbabwe.com</a> was told that the Ziva Mwari congregants do not take alcohol at their church.
Soon after the service, they disperse and normally get to the nearby compound bar where they enjoy the drink as a group.
Twabi said as a church they are trying to mould their congregants into reputable characters.
For instance, if a member is a female who is in the habit of snatching other women’s husbands, they preach against that. They also preach against gender domestic violence.
Twabi has plans to take his church countrywide and also has plans to open another branch in Harare soon.
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Ziva Mwari: Church Of Beer Drinkers Opened In Zimbabwe

The United Methodist Church (UMC) has stated its position on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) movement.
In a statement, UMC leader, Bishop Eben Kunakayi Nhiwatiwa, warned congregants against accepting homosexual marriages as it is against the teaching of the Bible.
This comes after claims that the LGBTQ issue is on the agenda at the United Methodist Church Special General Conference of seven days expected to begin towards the end of August this year. Said Bishop Nhiwatiwa:
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The future of the church is in the hands of our able master and Saviour Jesus Christ, who is the author and finisher of our faith.
Marriage is defined in Genesis 2:24 as a union between one man and one woman.
Any sexual activity outside this context is sinful and is an abomination.
Such action upsets God’s divine order for human sexuality.
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<h2>What does Genesis 2:24 say?</h2>
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh [Revised Standard Version].
The LGBTQ issue was raised ahead at the 2016 General Conference and the Council of Bishops then agreed to have a Special General Conference in 2019 to make a final decision.
This is according to another letter circulating among church leaders expected to attend the General Conference scheduled for August 29 to September 6 2022.
The letter informs the church leaders that the rejected One Church Plan of 2019, has resurfaced with a different name “The Christmas Covenant”. The letter reads in part:
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Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) group kept growing and pushing for the Book of Discipline to be amended to allow for gay marriages and the ordination of gay and lesbian pastors.
Things got to a head at the 2016 General Conference.
The 2016 GC, through the Council of Bishops, then agreed to have a Special General Conference in 2019 to put a finality to this conflict.
The two main petitions at the 2019 GC were: The One Church Plan (this intended to allow Gay &amp; Lesbian marriages and ordination of Gay &amp; Lesbian Pastors through a decentralisation process with the church remaining as one THE ONE CHURCH PLAN).
Those who have followed these events carefully will have noticed that the One Church Plan, rejected in 2019, has resurfaced with a different name – The Christmas Covenant.
The same people, who campaigned for the One Church Plan, are back campaigning for the Christmas Covenant.
And The Traditional Plan – This advocated to keep the church in the current set-up and upholding the current BOD, which does not allow Gay &amp; Lesbian Marriages and ordination of Gay &amp; Lesbian Pastors.
Allow us to point out that because the General Conference is yet to sit, there is no position taken by the General Church at the moment, therefore, no one should be victimised.
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<h4>More: <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/united-methodist-fights-against-gays/">H-Metro</a></h4>

Methodist Church Rejects Same-sex Marriage

An Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) pastor was on Sunday assaulted and stripped naked during a church service for allegedly sleeping with two blood sisters.
Pastor Grayton Sixpence (33) of AFM Sunningdale in Harare, had to be rushed into a vehicle naked after he was attacked by two women; Lebani Ncube and her unidentified sister.
Sixpence allegedly uses his Warren Park-rented room for bedding several female congregants.
Lebani told H-Metro that she decided to attack the pastor after she discovered that he was sleeping with her two daughters – Shylet (20), and Tatenda (18). She said:
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Akajaidzwa Pastor Sixpence. He has a record of bedding female congregants and has now done it to the wrong family.
He has been dating Tatenda and he went on to seduce her sister Shylet and the two admitted to being sexually abused by him.
Ndamuendera pachurch ipapo ndikamurova chaizvo ndikabvarura nguwo dzake dzose akazotiziswa nasenior pastor vakanomuisa kumba kwavo.
I could not let him continue to sexually abuse my daughters using the word of God, never.
He is free to lodge a police report against me if he so wishes.
The senior pastor took us for counselling and promised to deal with Sixpence.
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Sixpence refused to entertain H-Metro for his side of the story while Pastor Bhosha promised to give more details after consulting other church elders.
Sixpence was yet to be given an assembly to lead after graduating from the AFM-run Living Waters Bible College.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/pastor-bashed-stripped-for-bedding-sisters/">H-Metro</a></h4>

AFM Pastor Assaulted During Church Service For Bedding Sisters

The Roman Catholic Church has announced the death of Bishop Emeritus Martin Munyanyi.
The Bishop of the Diocese of Gweru collapsed and died at his Shurugwi house on Sunday morning.
He was aged 66.
Gweru Diocese’s vicar-general, Reverend Father Simon Mavhiya confirmed Munyanyi’s death. He said:
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To all priests, religious brothers and sisters and all the lay faithful, dear brethren, my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord it is with a heavy heart to announce to you the sudden passing on of Bishop Emeritus Martin Munyanyi of Gweru Diocese, who collapsed and died at his home in Shurugwi.
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Munyanyi was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru by Pope Benedict XVI in May 2006.
He succeeded the late Bishop Francis Xavier Mugadzi as bishop of the more than 196 000 Catholics in the Diocese of Gweru.
The late Munyanyi was born on 3 January 1956 in the Bikita district, Masvingo province then in the Diocese of Gweru.
He attended Beardmore Mine Primary School and Silveira Mission School.
Munyanyi studied for the priesthood at Chishawasha and was subsequently ordained a priest on 3 September 1983.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/prominent-roman-catholic-bishop-munyanyi-dies-aged-66/">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Prominent Roman Catholic Church Cleric Dies

The Johane Marange Apostolic Church has ordained Mutumwa Nimrod Taguta as the sect’s new high priest.
Nimrod took over the reins of both the church and the family following the death of his father, Noah Taguta Momberume, who died recently.
In an interview with The Manica Post in Mafararikwa, Marange, the Taguta family spokesperson, Phillip Taguta, confirmed Nimrod’s ordination. He said:
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We now have a new High Priest who was chosen and anointed by our late father, Mutumwa Noah Taguta, while he was still alive.
He will lead both the church and the family just like our departed father used to do.
Nimrod is one of the late Mutumwa Taguta’s sons. The process of choosing the successor takes time and it started long back, well before our late father fell ill.
Nimrod would always accompany our father on the various missions they embarked on in and outside the country.
All congregants have accepted the new leader and everyone is following the dictates of the spirit.
Rebellious members will be excommunicated just like what happened to Clements Momberume who rebelled when our late father was ordained.
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The late Noah Taguta Momberume was ordained as a priest in 1992. He is survived by 25 wives, 125 children, 300 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.manicapost.co.zw/mutumwa-nimrod-takes-over-reins-of-johane-marange/">The Manica Post</a></h4>

Nimrod Taguta Ordained New Johane Marange Apostolic Church High Priest

Elon Musk, one of the richest people in the world who <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/04/26/the-richest-man-elon-musk-buys-twitter-for-us44-billion/">recently acquired a microblogging site, Twitter</a>, has said he might die under mysterious circumstances.
It’s not known why Elon Musk posted such a message. He wrote on Twitter:
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If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin ya.
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The message received mixed reactions with some of his followers saying Elon Musk must not die now because the world needs him.
One Mohammed @Almisehal responded to the message urging Elon Musk to make some confessions before his death. He wrote:
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You won’t die before your day Elon.
Anyhow, you are/were a unique figure in this world.
I’m only wondering one thing:
As a genius, haven’t you find out that there is a great creator of this world yet?
If you did, make sure you confess this before your last heartbeat.
Bless u.
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Elon Musk responded by suggesting that he is comfortable with going to “hell” if that is his destination. He wrote:
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Thank you for the blessing, but I’m ok with going to hell, if that is indeed my destination, since the vast majority of all humans ever born will be there.
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Another Twitter user, @edipyuksel wrote:
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9 days ago I reminded Elon his death!
Many criticized me for doing so.
Today Elon wrote about his death.
But, Elon lost any chance to die unmysteriously. Even if he dies at age 114 his death will be considered mysterious.
So, his mysterious death is not a matter of IF but WHEN!
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Elon Musk is also the owner of Tesla, a Texas-based company that designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, and related products and services.
More: Pindula News

Elon Musk Speaks On His "Death" And "Going To Hell"

Clements Momberume, the brother of the late Johane Marange Apostolic church leader Noah Taguta has been granted an interim interdict barring the sect from using the sacred burial shrine in Mafararikwa Village, Mutare where Taguta was buried.
The legal challenge could result in the exhumation of his remains from the sacred Chinyamukumba Mountain in Marange.
Momberume was granted a prohibitory order by Mutare High Court last Wednesday.
He filed the application through his lawyers, Maunga Maanda and Associates, under case number 353/22, on the basis of the separation of family and religious affairs.
The order was filed and awarded last week Wednesday, which is on the same day Taguta was buried at the church’s shrine, amid squabbles between church leaders and Momberume who also runs a splinter group dubbed the Johane Marange (Simon Branch).
The first and second respondent includes Saratiel Taguta and Titos Taguta respectively, brothers to the late High Priest.
Mutare magistrate, Langton Carter, granted an interim relief order and further hearing on the matter is set for April 29. Reads the order:
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The 1st and 2nd respondents, their agents or proxies, are barred from interfering with the gravesite of the late Johane Muchabaya Momberume at the southwestern side of Chinyamukumba Mountain Range in Taguta Village, Headman Mafararikwa, Chief Marange.
Pending the return of this matter, the 1st and 2nd respondents, their agents and proxies be,  and are hereby barred from pointing, marking, preparing for burial site of the late Johane Machabaya Momberume, which is at the south-western side of Chinyamukumba Mountain Range in Taguta Village, Headman Mafararikwa, Chief Marange.
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The interim order further barred respondents from burying Noah Taguta at the sacred summit of the Chinyamukumba Mountain Range.
The Johane Marange sect violated the interim order, as in the past, where it went against a number of court orders by Momberume, a direct sibling of the late Johane Marange Momberume, who was the founder of the apostolic sect.
There has been a longstanding brotherly feud between late Noah and Momberume.
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/brother-pushes-for-late-johane-marange-high-priest-noah-tagutas-exhumation/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>

Johane Marange Apostolic Church: Brothers Push For Exhumation Of Noah Taguta Momberume

Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Walter Magaya says construction works are underway in Waterfalls where he is building a church that will accommodate 40 000 people at full capacity.
The church is yet to re-open since it was forced to shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. He said:
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We are building a church that will accommodate 40 000 people. Work has already started and there have been a lot of volunteers who are coming on a daily basis to assist in building the church. There are also engineers with a lot of expertise who are leading in the construction of the new church.
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He added that the church members were providing funds for the construction.
Magaya said the reopening of the church would coincide with the church’s night of turnaround on May 27. He added:
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We are fighting to attain the goal of finishing the altar and the shed by May 27 so that we will be able to handle our Night of Turn Around service on that day.
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Only recently, another local preacher, Emmanuel Makandiwa, the founder of the United Family International Church (UFIC) opened the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/04/18/makandiwa-invited-mnangagwa-to-witness-new-ufic-church-building/">new UFIC church in Chitungwiza</a> at an event that was attended by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other senior government officials.
More: Pindula News; NewsDay Zimbabwe

We're Building PHD Ministries Church To Accommodate 40 000 People - Magaya

Johane Marange apostolic sect leaders spent two days massaging and bathing the late high priest Noah Taguta Momberume’s body with hot water in an attempt to resurrect their leader, NewZimbabwe.com reports.
Members of the Taguta family confided with NewZimbabwe.com that the priest died on Thursday last week but was only announced early Sunday morning after fervent efforts to bring him back to life failed.
NewZimbabwe.com reports that the sect leaders kept Taguta’s death a secret for two days and only announced the sad news only after they had given up on the resurrection effort which went on for two days and two nights.
The sect’s counsels, for the two days, blocked his sons from accessing their father’s body as they performed their rituals and warned them against announcing his demise hoping they would succeed in their undertaking.
The relatives, who declined to be named, said church prophets chased Taguta’s sons away from his palace. One relative said:
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After being informed of Mutumwa’s death on Sunday around 8am, we later received news from the palace, around 11am that he had risen from death. Since people were not allowed to enter the palace, the leaders who were allowed inside started peddling falsehoods that Taguta had resurrected.
The priest’s sons, Noah and Nisbert, were chased away from the palace after their plea for church prophets to announce the death. They instead chased them away claiming they were no longer in good books with their father.
They kept massaging the high priest’s body with cloths and washing it with hot water waiting for his resurrection.
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Another close relative said there were squabbles which only subsided after headman Mafararikwa intervened.
The source said that is when a consensus to announce the death was reached and then people started to properly mourn. Added the source:
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Headman Mafararikwa was given the opportunity to check inside and they realised that Mutumwa’s body was now in an inflammation state. The corpse was now decomposing. A coffin was then brought. Had it not been for the cold spell, Mutumwa’s body could have burst.
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Taguta is survived by 25 official wives, and more who are alleged to have been offered to him during the church’s gatherings numbering over a hundred.
He is said to have left 120 children.
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/noah-taguta-priests-dead-body-was-massaged-bathed-in-hot-water-for-two-days-in-futile-resurrection-effort/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>

Johane Marange Church Leaders Concealed Taguta's Death As They Attempted To Resurrect Him - Report

The leader of Johane Marange Apostolic Church, the self-proclaimed High Priest St <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Noah_Taguta">Noah Taguta Momberume</a> was laid to rest in Marange this Wednesday
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/04/18/johane-marange-leader-noah-taguta-momberume-dies/">Momberume died on Sunday</a> afternoon aged 82 years.
He was buried today in Marange at their church’s shrine in a state-assisted funeral. 
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s eulogy was read by <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nokuthula_Matsikenyere">Nokuthula Matsikenyere</a>, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution in charge of <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Manicaland_Province" title="Manicaland Province">Manicaland Province</a>.
<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tino_Machakaire">Tino Machakaire</a>, Deputy Minister of Youth, Sport, Art and Recreation was also in attendance together with thousands of other mourners.
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PICTURES: Johane Marange Apostolic Church Leader St Noah Taguta Momberume Laid To Rest

The late self-proclaimed High Priest St Noah Taguta Momberume, the leader of Johane Marange Apostolic Church had 25 wives and 120 children.
Taguta (82), who died last Sunday, will be buried at Mafararikwa in Marange on Wednesday.
The Taguta family spokesperson, Phillip Taguta, who is the late’s Taguta’s son, confirmed the development.
He said his father was born in 1940, adding that he died in Marange last Sunday and will be buried at Mafararikwa Shrine. Said Taguta:
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Our High Priest died on Sunday and will be buried at Mafararikwa Shrine tomorrow. He is survived by 25 wives and 120 children.
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Taguta led the church for the past 30 years after being ordained in July 1992.
The Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Nokuthula Matsikenyere will represent the Government at Taguta’s burial.
The Johane Marange Apostolic Church, which has the largest number of mapostori (white garment) followers in Marange, is notorious for child marriages.
Last year, a 15-year-old girl, Anna Machaya, died during childbirth at the Marange shrine in Bocha and was allegedly buried in a secret place.
The man responsible for the pregnancy, Hatirarami Momberume, coincidentally shares the same surname as the late Mutumwa Noah Taguta Momberume, though it is not known whether the two are related or not.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.manicapost.co.zw/just-in-high-priest-taguta-to-be-buried-tomorrow/">The Manica Post</a></h4>

"High Priest" Noah Taguta Had 25 Wives, 120 Children

The leader of Johane Marange Apostolic Church, the self-proclaimed High Priest St Noah Taguta Momberume has died.
Taguta died on Sunday afternoon and is believed to have been in his 90s.
The Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Nokuthula Matsikenyere confirmed Taguta’s death. She said:
<blockquote>
I have been informed by the Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Mr Edgars Seenza, that Highest Priest Noah Taguta is no more.
The DDC (District Development Coordinator) Mutare advised that he died around lunchtime.
</blockquote>
Seenza told The Herald on Sunday night that he was still to get more details regarding Taguta’s death.
The Johane Marange Apostolic Church, which has the largest number of mapostori (white garment) followers in Marange, is notorious for child marriages.
Last year, a 15-year-old girl, Anna Machaya, died during childbirth at the Marange shrine in Bocha and was allegedly buried in a secret place.
The man responsible for the pregnancy, Hatirarami Momberume, coincidentally shares the same surname as the late Mutumwa Noah Taguta Momberume, though it is not known whether the two are related or not.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/johane-marange-leader-taguta-dies/">The Herald</a></h4>

Johane Marange Leader Noah Taguta Momberume Dies

The Archbishop of Canterbury, who is the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion of about 85 million Christians, has condemned a British plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Delivering a sermon on Easter Sunday at Canterbury Cathedral, Justin Welby said the British Government’s policy to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda is unethical and did not stand “the judgment of God”. He said:
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The details are for politics and politicians. The principle must stand the judgment of God and it cannot.
It cannot carry the weight of our national responsibility as a country formed by Christian values, because sub-contracting out our responsibilities, even to a country that seeks to do well like Rwanda, is the opposite of the nature of God who himself took responsibility for our failures.
</blockquote>
Under the deal, which has been widely condemned, Rwanda would take responsibility for asylum-seekers, put them through an asylum process, and at the end of that process, if they are successful, they will have long-term accommodation in Rwanda.
According to the UK Home Office, this will tackle illegal migration, control the country’s borders and crack down on the criminal gangs exploiting the international crisis.  
Last year, more than 28 000 migrants and refugees crossed the English Channel from mainland Europe to Britain.
Twenty-seven (27) migrants drowned when their dinghy deflated in November.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/archbishop-canterbury-condemns-britains-rwanda-asylum-plan-2022-04-17/">Reuters</a></h4>

Archbishop Of Canterbury Condemns Britain's Plan To Send Asylum Seekers To Rwanda

United Family International Church (UFIC) founder and leader Emmanuel Makandiwa said that Zimbabweans should not expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to create jobs for them.
Addressing a church service in Chitungwiza on Saturday which was also attended by Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Makandiwa said the Government’s role is to create an environment for individuals to prosper. He said:
<blockquote>
It is never the responsibility of the Government to create jobs for you. The creation of an environment is their responsibility so that you and I prosper and we have that opportunity in Zimbabwe.
There is something wrong with a citizen who keeps complaining and shifting blame.
</blockquote>
Watch the video below for more:
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<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

Not Govt's Responsibility To Create Jobs - Makandiwa

Several people were reportedly injured on Friday during clashes at Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church headquarters in Wedza, Mashonaland East.
Two factions emerged in the sect following the death of the leader and founder Thadeu Mugodhi in 2019 and the two camps have been fighting for the control of the church.
In 2019, one Tonny Sigauke claimed to be the rightful successor to Mugodhi, citing the church’s constitution.
He sought the intervention of the courts to bar Mugodhi’s son Washington from taking over control of the sect.
Sigauke also filed another application stating that one Aaron Munodawafa was the substantive bishop of the church with him as the deputy.
In September 2021, High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba ruled Sigauke did not have authority to represent the church.
She also nullified Washington’s appointment as the new leader of the church.
Since then, Washington and Munodawafa have been fighting for control over the sect.
Both camps were recently given access to the church buildings pending a court outcome on the legitimate leader of the shrine.
The spokesperson of the Munodawafa camp, Reverend Mike Mukarati told The Standard that clashes erupted on Friday after they were denied access to the church building to conduct morning prayers. He said:
<blockquote>
We gathered together as a group and moved to enter the building.
They hired hooligans, some with dreadlocks calling themselves security from Washington’s camp and denied us access.
Suddenly, they started throwing stones, sharp objects and logs into a crowded congregation injuring more than 20, some seriously.
We retreated when we realised there were bound to be fatalities.
Police arrived 30 minutes later and statements were taken and the injured were rushed to St Mary’s hospital in Wedza.
</blockquote>
A few months ago, violent clashes erupted at the same shrine pitting one faction against the other.
The violent clashes occurred during a gathering known as Synod resulting in malicious damage to property including the church building.
Police arrested more than 15 congregants and charged them with assault among other charges.
<h4>More: <a href="https://thestandard.newsday.co.zw/2022/04/17/scores-injured-in-fight-over-church/">The Standard</a></h4>

Scores Injured In Fight Over Church Shrine

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Saturday attended a church service at the United Families International Church (UFIC) International Easter Conference.
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana, said Mnangagwa was invited for the service by Emmanuel Makandiwa, the UFIC founder and leader.
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<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

PICTURES: Mnangagwa Attends Makandiwa Church's International Easter Conference

Information, Publicity and Broadcast Services, Monica Mutsvangwa, will be the guest of honour at the Johane Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Sect Easter celebrations in Bulawayo’s Selborne Park suburb on Sunday.
In an interview with the Chronicle, the leader of the sect, Madzibaba Emmanuel Mutumwa, said they chose Mutsvangwa because she is a role model to women. Said Mutumwa:
<blockquote>
We chose Minister Mutsvangwa because she is one of the women who have made it in life, politics and business in Zimbabwe. She is a role model to many a woman out there.
That is why we are gathering to pray for challenges faced by women and mothers in all aspects of life.
Mothers are the cornerstone that has helped build our communities and this beautiful country of ours.
They are the keys that every nation needs, without them the world would not exist. We applaud women for their work.
</blockquote>
Mutumwa said his sect does not condone child marriages or any form of gender-based violence. He said:
<blockquote>
In my ministry, we frown upon child abuse in the form of child marriages. We have a committee in the church that was set up specifically to deal with child marriage perpetrators.
Child marriages are not tolerated in this church, instead, we want to build a girl child with a future to look forward to.
We encourage the girl child to concentrate on their education and establish a good career path so that they have a brighter future and be prayerful mothers of tomorrow.
We also encourage men to let their wives and daughters flourish. Gender equality cannot be achieved if men don’t support the efforts.
We also condemn gender violence, no one woman must be assaulted for whatever reason.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/president-slams-wanton-price-hikes/">Chronicle</a></h4>

Mutsvangwa Invited To Madzibaba Mutumwa's Easter celebrations

Zion Christian Church (ZCC) leader, Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi, said the church will provide material, psychological and spiritual support to the families and survivors of the Chimanimani bus disaster.
Thirty-six (36) ZCC members were killed while 70 were injured when a St Charles Lwanga High School bus in which they were travelling crashed in Chimanimani on Thursday night.
The bus, which was carrying 105 passengers en route to Mbungo for an Easter gathering, lost brakes on a steep slope about 5km before the Jopa turn-off before it veered off the road and rolled over 200 metres downslope.
The accident was declared a national disaster by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday.
In a statement on Saturday, Bishop Mutendi said the church was praying for the departed and the families of the victims. He said:
<blockquote>
The entire Zion Christian Church is profoundly saddened by the Jopa accident which claimed the lives of [36] of our congregants.
Our prayers are with the departed and their families at this trying time.
The Church’s relief arm RUCORS is now extended to offer material assistance such as food items and clothing, while on the other hand Church Elders are engaged in psychological and spiritual support to victims of the accident and their families.
Our hearts have been touched by the outpouring of condolence messages we have received from people from all walks of life.
We also express our sincere gratitude to His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe for offering appropriate State assistance in mitigating the effects of this disaster.
We also thank our partner Ecosure for standing by our side at this time.
May the dear souls of the deceased rest in eternal peace.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/our-hearts-have-been-touched-bishop-mutendi-mourns-chipinge-bus-disaster-victims/">H-Metro</a></h4>

Bishop Mutendi Mourns Chimanimani Bus Disaster Victims

A 62-year-old man from Muchatisi Village under Chief Tandi drowned in Rusape Dam on Sunday during a baptism ceremony.
Muzondiwa Jana, who was a new convert of the Nyenyedzi Nomwe Apostolic Sect, drowned while he was being baptised by Ashid Deda, a senior member of the sect.
Jana was a well-known cart-pusher in Rusape and was a member of the Guta RaJehovah (GRJ) church before he joined Nyenyedzi Nomwe Apostolic Sect.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) acting spokesperson in Manicaland Province, Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka, confirmed Jana’s death. He said:
<blockquote>
The body of Muzondiwa Jana was retrieved with the assistance of the Sub-aqua Unit near St Joseph’s High School and it has since been positively identified. The matter is still under investigation and the body awaits a post-mortem.
The incident happened on March 13, around 12 when the Nyeredzi Nomwe Apostolic Sect leader, Ashid Deda (65) of Cheneka Village was baptising church members in the dam. Deda baptised Jana who afterwards tried to swim to the banks and drowned.
Efforts to rescue him were in vain. Sect members formed a search party but failed to locate him.
They later notified the police who attended the scene but failed to locate the body. The Sub-aqua Unit attended the scene on Tuesday and retrieved the body.
</blockquote>
When Jana’s body could not be found on Monday, locals speculated that he had been taken by a mermaid, an imaginary supernatural creature that allegedly lives in water.
It is believed by some local people that there is a mermaid in Rusape Dam, known as Daniel, who sacrifices one person between March and August every year.
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">The Manica Post</a></h4>

New Convert (62) Drowns During Baptism

Some traditional healers and self-styled prophets from various suburbs in Harare have turned the waterfall along Mukuvisi River, opposite Houghton Park suburb, into a shrine where they conduct cleansing ceremonies for people believed to be possessed with alleged marine spirits (Manjuzu).
The rituals are conducted in the wee hours of the morning. The spiritualists conduct the cleansing ceremonies using rice, sweets, coarse salt, eggs, fresh milk, wine and snuff.
One of the traditional healers who frequents the waterfall, Gogo Soko, real name Tabeth Chidanda (42) of Dzivaresekwa, told H-Metro that she cleanse people with marine spirits.
Gogo Soko’s clients include both grown-ups and minors whom she caused to kneel and sit down under the falls. She said:
<blockquote>
I am not a church spiritual leader, but a traditional healer. I am here to cleanse my clients with marine spirits.
Vanamanjuzu vanoda kugezwa, kutonhodzwa, uye kupfekedzwa nekuti njuzu haipfekedzerwe pakawoma.
I only visit this place when I have clients who need marine spirit cleansing and dressing only. Besides that, I operate from home.
</blockquote>
Across Mukuvisi River, some people stood some distance, watching women changing their clothes, before and after the cleansing.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/manjuzu-cleansing-in-waterfalls/">H-Metro</a></h4>

'Manjuzu' Spirits Cleansing In Mukuvisi River

A rock split into two with the other half sliding down a mountain destroying vegetation at the ‘sacred’ Njelele Shrine in Matobo district in what culturalists believe is a communication of a bad omen. 
Many trees were felled by the rolling rock which knocked other rocks on its path as it slid down the mountain covering a distance of about 100 metres.
Njelele is believed to be a holy place where Africans used to communicate with God before the place was desecrated by colonialists.
Some traditionalists still believe in its supernatural powers and visit the shrine to consult hence anything that happens near the site like the recent splitting of the rock, is believed to be of cultural significance.
A Chronicle news crew on Thursday visited the area and were directed to Dewe village head Mr Micah Moyo who took the news crew to the site where the rock fell.
He said the incident occurred on February 25 at about 2 am and the community is still looking for answers. Said Mr Moyo:
<blockquote>
Initially, the community thought the noise was from a gunshot at the nearby national park.
In the morning one of the villagers came and informed me that a rock had split into two at a mountain near Njelele but because of its proximity, it is safe to say the mountain is part of Njelele.
</blockquote>
He said they hope the custodian of Njelele will organise spirit mediums so that they can consult the ancestors on what is happening as they believe the “ancestors are communicating.”
When they approached the site, Mr Moyo prayed seeking approval from the gods to allow the news crew to take pictures.
A traditional healer Mr David Nduna Mlilo said the fall of the rock at the shrine could be some communication from the ancestors or God.
Historian Mr Pathisa Nyathi said while the incident could be geological and scientific, the cultural aspect cannot be ignored considering the developments surrounding the custodianship of Njelele.
The Chronicle visited the homestead of the shrine’s caretaker custodian, Mr Ncube and his wife MaNyathi said she was not aware of her husband’s whereabouts. 
She said he has been missing since December adding, “I have not seen him since but what I can tell you is that something is not right. I don’t know where he is and he is no longer phoning me.”  
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/balancing-rock-splits-and-falls-at-njelele-shrine/">The Chronicle</a>

Balancing Rock Splits Into Two And Falls At Njelele Shrine

Director of Isaiah 61 Ministries International Church, Elizabeth Mabhugu Chademana died Saturday afternoon as she was praying at Mangwandi Hills on the outskirts of Masvingo.
She was 62. 
Isaiah 61 Ministry International Church was founded by Mama Gladys Mwangi in Kenya
The preacher was at the mountain with a Kenyan woman, Maureen Oboge, her spiritual daughter when she died. Obegi told The Mirror that Chademana died peacefully. Said Oboge:
<blockquote>
She asked me to open the Bible and read her Psalms 124. As I opened the Bible ready to read, I realised that she was now sleeping on her back. I tried to wake her up but failed and I called people back home.
Blaki Chawapiwa and Pastor Peter Dhima came and they also failed to wake her up. We called Mars only to confirm that she was dead.
</blockquote>
Psalm 124 generally says our enemies will not make us perish because God is on our side.
Mourners are gathered at 1443 Protea Avenue in Rhdhene and burial will be on Monday at Mangwandi Cemetery.
The deceased’s niece, Blaki Chawapiwa said that the death came as a shock as she was fit and did not complain of any ailment.
She said that the deceased woke up in the morning and watered her garden and washed her clothes before leaving for Mangwandi. Up in the hill, she showed Oboge around the places before they sat down to read the bible and pray.
The postmortem says she died of High Blood Pressure.
Oboge said that death came when they were fasting. However, on the day Chademana encouraged Oboge to take food as a long journey awaited her.
More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/prominent-preacher-chademana-dies-at-prayer-in-the-mountain/">Masvingo Mirror</a>

Preacher Chademana Dies While Praying On Mountain With Spiritual Daughter

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s special envoy to Europe and the Americas <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Uebert_Angel">Uebert Angel Snr</a> has two identity documents while his British passport has a different date of birth raising serious questions about his integrity.
Mnangagwa last year appointed Angel Snr, aka <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Uebert_Angel">Uebert Mudzanire</a>, to the new position of special envoy to the president and ambassador at large to the Americas and Europe “to promote investment for the country.”
An investigation by The Standard established that the man of the cloth has two different Zimbabwe national identity cards.
His first ID, with registration number 83-099297X83, was issued at the Zaka registry offices in Masvingo in 1996 while the second one, with the registration number 29-195587H83, was obtained in Gweru in the Midlands a year later.
The two identity documents show that Angel Snr was born on September 6, 1978, but the ID numbers are different.
<blockquote>
1). A check at the registry showed that Angel Snr has more than one national identity registration.
2). He used the 1997 ID to secure a passport in Zimbabwe, passport no ZE 306043.
3). His British passport, number 464932598 issued on November 6, 2009, showed that he was born on March 4, 1972.
4). On March 9, 2021, Angel Snr appeared before a Harare lawyer, Tichavona Mutebere, where he made an application to change his name from Uebert Mudzanire to Uebert Angel Snr claiming he was born on September 6, 1978, a birth date inconsistent with his British one but consistent with his two Zimbabwean national IDs.
5). Angel Snr has a biological brother, Samson Mudzanire, ID number 83-066977R83, who was born on April 14, 1972, which means that if he sticks to the 1972 date, then his mother, Rose Mudzanire, gave birth to two sons in 1972 within 40 days of each other.
</blockquote>
There are also questions around Angel Snr’s academic qualifications with evidence suggesting that some of his degrees are fake.
The United States Department of Justice through Operation Gold Seal flagged Angel Snr’s Bachelor of Business Administration degree obtained from Saint Regis University as fake.
Angel Snr denies buying a fake online business degree with a “diploma-mill scheme” that was eventually shut down by the US.
More: <a href="https://thestandard.newsday.co.zw/2022/03/13/uebert-angels-double-ids-mystery/">The Standard</a>

The Standard "Discovers" Uebert Angel's Double Identity

Zimbabwean preacher Walter Magaya is in Kenya where a large group of people thronged the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to welcome him.
Magaya’s followers could be seen lying prostrate on the ground and kneeling before him, weeping in fervent prayers while others were speaking in unknown tongues.
The self-proclaimed prophet, who is the founder and leader of Prophetic and Deliverance Ministries (PHD), is the East African country to attend a crusade organised by the Christ Pinnacle Embassy Ministries.
The crusade was organised by Apostle Backson Saning’o and Prophet David Losojo of the Christ Pinnacle Embassy Ministries.
Speaking to reporters in the company of Losojo and Backson earlier on Friday, Magaya promised his adherents “great sermons”. He said:
<blockquote>
I’m delighted by the kind of reception you have given me. Expect nothing but great sermons from the Lord.
</blockquote>
Magaya was expected to be in Kenya for at least three days before he flies back to Zimbabwe.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/444569-zimbabwean-prophet-magaya-receives-unusual-reception-jkia-landing-kenya/">TUKO</a></h4>

Walter Magaya Receives 'Unusual' Reception In Kenya

A Chitungwiza self-styled prophet, who reportedly fired shots at his Chipinge shrine, said he had to discharge the firearm to escape from a mob that was baying for his blood.
Bornservia Gumira (Madzibaba Bond) of Masowe Enyenyedzi apostolic sect’s aides, including his younger brother Adam Gumira and Mathew Chatara, were assaulted and injured at his shrine by some machete-wielding people.
They were beaten up when they inquired about the noise that was coming from outside their homestead, in Gumira Village at Chidjururwi under Chief Musikavanhu.
Madzibaba Bond reportedly fired six warning shots to escape during the attack, but his aides were not so lucky as they were assaulted by the mob.
The incident was reported at Chisumbanje Police Base.
H-Metro reported sources as saying some members of the community alleged to have been involved in witchcraft teamed up to attack Madzibaba Bond. Said a source:
<blockquote>
There is a serious rift in the community where some people who were alleged to have items of witchcraft were exposed, with some surrendering their tools of trade.
Some members of the community then teamed up to attack Bond and his team.
They had machetes and other dangerous weapons.
Some surrendered their voodoo but there were others who were against it resulting in the fight.
</blockquote>
Madzibaba Bond, who comes from the Gumira Village, allegedly stirred a hornet’s nest when he challenged the alleged witches who now want him to leave his home area.
Speaking to Pindula News, Madzibaba Bond claimed that there was a ritual murder in the area sometime last year and the case is still under police investigation. He added:
<blockquote>
The murderers harvested the victim’s private parts and eyes and some people were now coming to his shrine to confess their involvement in ritual murders.
These confessions made at his shrine resulted in the fights because those implicated in the rituals murders were angered by the exposures.
… Chidjururwi is a mountain that was a stronghold for witches and traditional leaders and was frequented by government officials in the past.
A powerful traditional healer called Meki also used to stay in the mountain and he had made the place a no-go area even for the police. At one point police officers were attacked with bows and arrows.
</blockquote>
Madzibaba Bond claimed that God sent him to cleanse the area and his success angered his enemies resulting in the mob attacking him and his aides.
Following the shooting incident, the self-styled prophet handed himself in with his gun that was later cleared.
He was facing charges of discharging a firearm. He said:
<blockquote>
I had to escape and spent the night away in hiding after the incident.
The firearm helped me get away as I fired warning shots to gain my freedom.
The firearm has valid paperwork.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>, <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/prophet-survives-attack/">H-Metro</a></h4>

'Madzibaba Bond' Fires Six Shots As He Escapes Mob Attack At Shrine

Violence erupted at the Mugodhi Apostolic Shrine headquarters in Wedza at the weekend as factions clashed over control of the church.
About 20 police officers from Wedza had to be called in to stop the violence involving the Washington Mugodhi followers against those following Aaron Munodawafa, with both parties claiming ownership of the church.
The factional wars started when <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/17/mugodhi-apostolic-faith-church-leader-has-died/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tadewu Mugodhi who succumbed to cancer</a> last year was on his death bed.
 Tadewu anointed his son Washington reportedly against the church’s constitution which stipulated that a deputy bishop would replace him in the event that he vacated office. 
During the late Mugodhi’s memorial service, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/12/04/power-wrangle-in-mugodhi-apostolic-church-in-new-turn/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Washington imposed himself on the position and continued to hold the office to date.</a>
Mashonaland East provincial police spokesperson Inspector Simon Chazovachii confirmed the incident, adding that investigations were in progress.
According to the police, on February 11, Munodawafa led his followers to the popular gathering known as Synod, but was denied entry to the shrine by security details hired by Mugodhi.
Munodawafa then took his followers to Matsine Primary School near the shrine where they spent the night.
The following day, about 600 members of the faction then returned to the shrine and forced their way in, resulting in the confrontation.
Both parties filed police reports against each other. 
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/02/mugodhi-sect-factional-wars-turn-nasty/">NewsDay</a>

About 20 Police Officers Called To Stop Violence At Mugodhi Church

The Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) has implored church members and assemblies to desist from using the church logo to brand their merchandise.
In a circular addressed to all church members and copied to provincial secretaries/treasurers and the treasurer-general, the church’s secretariat said members and assemblies are not allowed to sell AFM branded merchandise without authorisation. Part of the memo reads:
<blockquote>
USAGE OF AFM IN ZIMBABWE LOGO AND PRODUCTION AND SALE OF AFM IN ZIMBABWE BRANDED MERCHANDISE
Greetings
The above subject refers
We are concerned with the unauthorized use of the church’s logo and the production of AFM in Zimbabwe branded merchandise for resale by members and assemblies in our provinces.
We are also concerned by the unauthorized use of AFM in Zimbabwe name and logo on social media especially on private and personal pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms.
In most of these instances, the users are accruing personal gains by the use of the church’s name and logo. We appreciate the love for our church. Sadly we have to kindly advise that the practise should stop forthwith.
Authorization should be sought and obtained for the use of the church’s name and logo through provincial secretaries and treasurers.
The production of any material will be allowed only if the Ladies Department and the Youth Department are unable to make and provide the merchandise required.
These are the only departments that are permitted to produce and sell church regalia and other merchandise and such items as hymn books.
We direct and instruct all our members, assemblies and provinces to contact these departments for all AFM in Zimbabwe merchandise that you may require. The contact persons are:
Pastor T. Muroyiwa 0719329277 Youth Department 
Elder L. Ndlovu 0772101342 Youth Department 
Mrs P. Katakwa 0777991543 Ladies Department 
Mrs F. Musasa 0772274051 Ladies Department
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

AFM Bans Unauthorised Use Of Church Logo On Merchandise

A Nigerian pastor based in Cotonou, Benin Republic, has shared pictures of an “angel” which he says was captured on camera in his church.
Posting on his Facebook page, Pastor Ekuma Uche Philips said the “angel” was caught on camera during his church’s cross-over service on January 1, at exactly 12:13 am.  He wrote:
<blockquote>
THIS IS DOUBLE WONDERS INDEED.
An ANGLE was captured on Camera during our cross over Night, on Friday 31th Dec,
Exacting 12: 13am,
I have never seen such thing since l was born,.
We are in the day of great WONDERS.
This is God,
Thank you Jesus. For your great visitation and double wonders in Faith foundation ministries Porto Novo. Benin Republic.
</blockquote>
Social media users quickly noticed that the “supposed angel” was wearing airforce sneakers. Check the pic below:
<img alt="May be an image of indoor" decoding="async" src="https://scontent.fhre2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/271150876_1118712368958419_4324832319927695107_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=730e14&amp;_nc_ohc=5dbejSd9DhYAX9oO0n9&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fhre2-2.fna&amp;oh=00_AT9u5LjWfcIrdcivjH4AF_QI0WdV0bduyiDh_NvkYRWDhg&amp;oe=61DE0C41"/><img alt="May be an image of 1 person and indoor" decoding="async" src="https://scontent.fhre2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/271147976_1118712395625083_1446465809904203054_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=730e14&amp;_nc_ohc=SW6HL4Py4wIAX-zWJdf&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fhre2-2.fna&amp;oh=00_AT_giOONAI6d_oaYsbtekgpDPNg6v2EHL53Mcm4QI0Vksg&amp;oe=61DCE07C"/><img alt="May be an image of 1 person and indoor" decoding="async" src="https://scontent.fhre2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/271147976_1118712395625083_1446465809904203054_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=730e14&amp;_nc_ohc=SW6HL4Py4wIAX-zWJdf&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fhre2-2.fna&amp;oh=00_AT_giOONAI6d_oaYsbtekgpDPNg6v2EHL53Mcm4QI0Vksg&amp;oe=61DCE07C"/>
 
While some said the picture was doctored saying angels cannot appear wearing those sneakers, some said those mocking the picture were agents of the devil. In recent years, some other pastors including Pastor Bushiri have done things claimed to be divine that left members of the public divided. Bushiri, known as Major 1 posted a video in which he is seen coming down the stairs at his mansion in South Africa. 
The fascinating part is when he gets to the last step to connect with the bottom floor, his feet do not touch the ground and he continues to walk slowly in the air and finally touches the ground. 
A South African pastor with an unprintable name and a Zimbabwean pastor, Talent Madungwe, claim they went to heaven, separately, where they dined with God while gold reportedly rained at one of Emmanuel Makandiwa’s services. 
Some believe that miracles are happening in this era and age while some say those claiming to be performing them are just fooling their followers to fatten their pockets. 
<h2>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h2>

Nigerian Pastor Shares "Pictures Of An Angel Captured On Camera" On New Year Eve

Passion Java’s wife, Lily, yesterday claimed that she acquired her gift of prophecy after connecting with her husband.
The claim attracted criticism from some more religious individuals who found it offensive while some found it funny. Said Lily:
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Many people ask me “what can I do to prophesy and minister like you? I’m going to give you the secret today! The easiest way to start prophesying is to connect to someone who already walks in that grace. From the moment I connected to my husband, the prophetic unction was birthed in my spirit. 
I began to prophesy names and numbers, I started seeing house addresses and family members. I was able to describe in detail what’s inside their house what kind of car they drive or what they have only spoken in their heart. 
There is a transference in the spirit when connecting to the right person. I pray you connect to the grace upon our lives or that God will connect you to the right people in Jesus name!
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Some social media users who responded to Java’s remarks urged her to “repent, fear God, stop preaching peoples phone numbers and their address, rather preach the gospel of Jesus,” before it is too late.
Some said the couple were not genuine servants of God but conmen on a mission to mislead the unsuspecting public as the gift of prophecy should come through connections with God and, not fellow human beings. 
<h2>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h2>

Lily Java Claims She Acquired The Gift Of Prophecy When She Connected With Passion

A self-proclaimed prophet who leads the Johane Masowe Chishanhu apostolic sect, Madzibaba Emmanuel Mutumwa, has come up with a concoction which he claims can cure COVID-19.
Madzibaba Mutumwa claimed that the Holy Spirit instructed him to make a boiled mixture of mubestrich tree leaves and honey to cure COVID-19 patients. He said:
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The medicine was an instruction to me by the Holy Spirit so that the people could survive and live long.
People should practice COVID-19 precautions that are to sanitise, mask up and practice social distancing at the same time drinking the medicine so that they recover from COVID-19.
I produced the medicine by boiling the tree leaves (of mubestrich tree) then mixed the solution with honey and prayed for the mixture before I gave people.
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He said he prepares the medicine every Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and gives it to congregants who are willing to take it.
Madzibaba Mutumwa conducts church services at his shrine in Selborne Park suburb along Cecil Road in Bulawayo. He added:
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From 30 December 2021 to 1 January 2022, I will be at the shrine preparing the medicine and giving it to those who are willing to take it.
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Several congregants gave testimonies claiming that the Madzibaba Mutumwa’s brew has healing properties.
James Moyo (48) from Mahatshula suburb, Knowledge Hungwe (34), Munenyasha Takavimba (32) were among those who gave testimonies.
More: <a href="https://www.bmetro.co.zw/holy-spirit-gives-madzibaba-mutumwa-covid-cure/">B-Metro</a>

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