The conferment of an honorary doctorate degree upon His Grace Bishop Dr. Nehemiah Mutendi by the University of Zimbabwe stands as one of the most historic milestones for indigenous Christian leadership in Africa. Awarded in 2011, this prestigious academic honor officially recognized the Bishop not just as a profound spiritual shepherd, but as a premier architect of social development,...

Source: Good times will soon roll – ED | The Herald 5 NOVEMBER 2018   President Emmerson Mnangagwa cuts his birthday cake with the help of First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and Zion Christian Church leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi at the church headquarters at Mbungo yesterday. – Picture by John Manzongo   From George Maponga at MBUNGOPresident Mnangagwa yesterday...

When you travel along the Mutare-Masvingo highway and look out into the rolling hills of Bikita, your eyes are immediately struck by a magnificent, towering spectacle. Rising majestically from the landscape of Mbungo Estates is a green and white world-class cathedral and conference center that can hold over 15,000 people inside its walls. This breathtaking complex did not appear by chance. It...

When history records the architects who built modern Zimbabwe, it often categorizes leadership into distinct silos: the political and the spiritual. Yet, looking closely at the legacy of the late President Robert Mugabe and His Grace Bishop Dr. Nehemiah Mutendi, a profound, unifying thread emerges. Long before they assumed their heavy mantles as statesmen and global spiritual fathers, both...

Herald  April 21, 2011 Mbungo Conference Centre in Bikita, Masvingo.The centre has 5 000 square metres of conference space, which accommodates 40 000 people. The conference centre, built using locally mobilised resources, will also have catering facilities, a guest house, library and a communications centre. According to church officials, preliminary estimates showed that the conference...