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Three new district superintendents elected in Africa Southeast Field

Three new district superintendents were elected on the Africa Southeast Field during the recent district assembly season. The Africa Southeast Field covers Zimbabwe, Malawai, and Zambia.
16 Dec 2022
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VBS program leads to 24 baptisms in Zimbabwe

Living Water Falls Church of the Nazarene, a Church Type Mission in Harare, Zimbabwe, held its 3rd Vacation Bible School (VBS). The 2022 VBS was their first in-person service, with 21 children, ages 2–12, in attendance.
07 Dec 2022
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Nearly 50 pastors ordained in Zimbabwe, Malawi

Nearly 50 Nazarene pastors were ordained in early September in both Zimbabwe and Malawi. 26 were ordained in Zimbabwe, and 22 in Malawi.
29 Sep 2022
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Africa Region celebrates 103 newly ordained men, women

A total of 103 African men and women were ordained at services held across the continent from 5 — 20 March 2022. The district of Senegal ordained its first ministers in nearly a decade.
13 Apr 2022
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Barbara Sage remembered

Retired missionary and minister Barbara Sage passed away 8 May. She was 72 years old. In 1968, Barbara married her husband, James Sage, and the two of them served together as missionaries in Zimbabwe for 11 years from 1977 to 1988. After returning to the USA, Barbara served as a part-time minister
23 May 2019
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Cyclone Idai brings devastation to Southeast Africa

Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall 15 March in Mozambique, leaving a trail of destruction that spread to neighboring Malawi and Zimbabwe and impacting millions of people. UN officials have said that this is likely the worst weather-related disaster ever to hit the southern hemisphere. More than 370
21 Mar 2019
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Tennis Mutowa remembered

Tennis Alfas Mutowa passed away 26 October. He was 83 years old. When the Church of the Nazarene entered Zimbabwe in 1963, Mutowa was among the first converts under the ministry of missionary Morris Hall. Soon after he joined the church, Mutowa received a call to ministry and was sent to Malawi to
06 Nov 2018
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Africa Nazarene University elects new vice chancellor

The Africa Nazarene University Council announced the appointment of Stanley Makhosi Bhebhe as the incoming vice chancellor. Bhebhe’s election is the culmination of an extensive search that began last August, headed by ANU’s Board and Vice Chancellor Search Committee. The election follows the
11 May 2017
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Zimbabwe pastor opens extension center, trains next generation of pastors

Zimbabwe West District Superintendent A. Nyoni In 2002, Noah Sibanda graduated from Africa Nazarene University in Nairobi, Kenya, with a master's degree in religion. In August of that same year, Sibanda returned to his home country of Zimbabwe, where Zimbabwe West District Superintendent A. Nyoni
17 Aug 2016
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Zimbabwe pastor begins farming initiative to help hospitals

In Zimbabwe's Gweru Province, times are tough. Southern Africa experienced a severe drought this past summer, and the Gweru Province is no different. Food instability caused by the drought has affected the provincial hospital's ability to feed its patients. Pastor Noah Sibanda from Gweru on the
15 Jun 2016
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