American televangelist Benny Hinn rolled through Harare for his prosperity gospel healing crusade thing and even got a meeting with the president, which pretty much sums up how Pentecostal churches are dominating Zimbabwe right now. Mugove Chikomba from the Hyatt Regency hotel thinks younger people are chasing wealth promises instead of actual salvation, and he stuck with the United Methodist Church because it focuses on group decisions rather than prophet worship.
The Methodist crew just survived a massive split over LGBTQ stuff that sent conservative churches fleeing to a breakaway denomination, and they passed some restructuring that gives African branches more independence. Bishop Eben Nhiwatiwa caught heat from both sides since he wanted to keep the global church together while staying conservative, and protestors even showed up at his office with signs about homosexuality, threatening their culture. Seminary administrator Kupakwashe Mtata noticed students are getting more accepting of gender minorities behind closed doors, which creates tension with the official hardline stance that church leaders keep pushing.
The Methodist crew just survived a massive split over LGBTQ stuff that sent conservative churches fleeing to a breakaway denomination, and they passed some restructuring that gives African branches more independence. Bishop Eben Nhiwatiwa caught heat from both sides since he wanted to keep the global church together while staying conservative, and protestors even showed up at his office with signs about homosexuality, threatening their culture. Seminary administrator Kupakwashe Mtata noticed students are getting more accepting of gender minorities behind closed doors, which creates tension with the official hardline stance that church leaders keep pushing.
