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Zimbabwe Episcopal Area

Theology and Education
Students dance with joy after a worship service at Dindi Mission’s primary school in Mutawatawa, Zimbabwe. At left is Fungai Chimuti, the school’s headmaster. A new boarding facility for the mission’s schools is helping address high dropout rates and other challenges. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Mission school offers hope to vulnerable students

A new low-cost boarding school is giving more students access to education in the communities surrounding United Methodist Dindi Mission.
Evangelism
Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa and his wife, Greater Nhiwatiwa (to bishop's right), attend Jubilee 2024 at a campground in Darwendale, Zimbabwe. The convention was one of two jubilee events that drew some 20,000 church members from the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area on Aug. 8-11. Many in attendance were members of Rukwadzano Rwe Wadzimai, the women’s organization, who were dressed in their signature red and blue uniforms. Photo by Tarisai Mubaiwa.

Church is alive and growing in Zimbabwe

Thousands of United Methodists gathered at two jubilee conventions, showing the church is “active and full of life” in the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area, church leaders say, even as some regions in Africa face turmoil post-General Conference.
Central Conferences
Central Congo Bishop Daniel O. Lunge (from right), East Congo Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda and other episcopal leaders pray for members of the Africa University community during a worship service Sept. 4 in the Kwang Lim Chapel on campus at the Africa Colleges of Bishops retreat in Mutare, Zimbabwe. During the Sept. 2-5 meeting, 11 episcopal leaders from the continent pledged their support for worldwide regionalization and expressed a commitment to remain in The United Methodist Church. Photo by Eveline Chikwanah, UM News.

African bishops commit to church unity

During the Africa Colleges of Bishops meeting, 11 episcopal leaders from the African continent pledged their support for worldwide regionalization and expressed a commitment to stay in the United Methodist connection.
Mission and Ministry
Florence Kachingwe (left, in pink skirt), chairperson of The Class of 81 Charitable Foundation, sings and dances with kids at Fairfield Children’s Home, a United Methodist-affiliated children’s home in Mutare, Zimbabwe. The foundation, started by former students at United Methodist Hartzell High School, donated food and other supplies to the school. Photo by Tafadzwa Gumbochuma.

Former students give back to families in need

Nine Hartzell High School students who completed their studies in 1981 have launched a foundation to help care for poor communities in southern Africa.

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