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Zimbabwe delegation coming to Kansas

Following the 2012 General Conference, several people from Zimbabwe will come to the Kansas West Conference to visit each of the districts and participate in the 2012 Annual Conference session. Rev. Annie Grace Chingonzo and Simon Mafunda from the Zimbabwe East Conference and Rev. Charles Nyamakope from the Zimbabwe West Conference are General Conference delegates. Revs. Duncan Charwadza, Alan Masimba Gurupira, Tsitsi Chigwizura and Vienna Mutezo serve as district superintendents in the...

Lay people are heart of Zimbabwe church

By Lisa Diehl, Kansas Area Communications director One of the things that impressed a team of people from the Kansas West Conference visiting Zimbabwe in August was the strength and vision of the lay people in the many congregations visited. A team of 12 people from the Kansas West Conference visited the Zimbabwe East Conference Aug. 8 -23, spending time in each of the conference’s seven districts and attending annual conventions planned by the RRW women’s group, which is like...

Zimunya skills center dedicated in Zimbabwe

By Lisa Diehl, Communications director More than a decade after the dream began, the Mutare District of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe celebrated the dedication of the first classroom block at the Mutare District Conference and Skills Training and Retreat Centre in Zimunya. The center is a dream shared by the Mutare District and the Zimunya Circuit (charge) of the United Methodist Church. The dream started as a spiritual retreat center and grew to include a skills-training...

Volunteers find UMC strong in face of suffering in Zimbabwe

By Rev. Dr. Kennedy Mukwindidza Special contributor On July 4, 14 volunteers from Florida, Kansas, Illinois and Ohio converged at Indianapolis International airport to fly to Zimbabwe for a mission trip. The team arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 6 and traveled to Mutare the following day. The team was part of the Compassionate Consultation Initiative Project - Zimbabwe (CCIP-Zimbabwe), which is building a skills training center in Zimunya near Mutare. Zimbabwe is experiencing an extremely...