70 Years of Non-Stop Preaching

Brian Mutembedza (Zaoga Fif Pastor)
THE 70 years of non-stop preaching have necessitated the birth and establishment of a great ministry called ZAOGA Forward In Faith Ministries International.
ZAOGA FIF has various ministries and departments which were birthed by God through the Servant of God Apostle Dr Ezekiel H Guti.

Every ministry is designed to either bring souls to Christ or to strengthen and build the already born again believers with the word packaged in a way that appeals to age, gender, marital status, academic status, social standing and social group.

The church has numerous ministries and departments which are intended to complement each other in the church’s quest to lead people to Heaven.

This vision of ministries and departments has played an integral role in consolidating Apostle Guti’s mission in the 70 years of non-stop preaching of the gospel and bringing many souls to Jesus Christ.

For the young ones, there is the Child Evangelism Ministry which caters for the children up to the age of 14. They are taught to give to the Lord at a tender age with the support of their parents.

The proceeds of their projects go towards the upkeep of orphans at the ZAOGA Orphanage centres. To make sure that they are conscious about the great commission, the Child Evangelism Ministry came up with teams of crusade teams comprising children who periodically go around the communities preaching the gospel with the manifestation of signs and wonders.

There is a complementary ministry for the Kingdom Music and Dance Ministry which specialises in Christian music, dance and teaching of the Word of God.

There are quite a number of ministries and departments which accommodate the teenagers and the young adults namely; Forward In Faith Youth Ministry, Girls Fellowship, Boys Fellowship, ZAOGA FIF University Campus Students, ZAOGA FIF Post Graduates Fellowship, FIF College and High School Ministry and Mature Girls Ministry.

Through these ministries many young people have been helped to live holy lives and to be the salt of the world, that is, to their peers.

There is a general perception that the pastors’ children are the naughtiest of all the children found in any church. ZAOGA FIF set a ministry which has a heart for the pastors’ children called Sons and Daughters of the Prophets (SADOP). The work done by this ministry has proved to be effective since the church now has quite a number of pastors’ children who are now vibrant pastors.

Families Builder Ministry (FAMB) and Gracious Women and Husbands Agape Fellowship (GWAHAFI) are complementary ministries which deal with marriage and family issues but have different target groups.

FAMB’s focus is on families within ZAOGA FIF church while GWAHAFI’s spectrum is more of inter-denominational. Both ministries have one visionary who is Apostle Guti and have the same mandate.

Men and women are not left out since there are ministries tailor-made to suit their challenges. Men have the Men of Integrity Fellowship while women have the Go Quickly and Tell Ministry.

There are many ministries under the banner of ZAOGA FIF all of them having a single common mandate which is, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations . . . (Matt 28:19)”.

Some of the ministries are: Travelling Teachers Ministry (teachers who reach out to ZAOGA churches teaching the Word of God), Blind and Sighted Integration (projects for the blind and spiritual support), Single Women’s Ministry (singles empowerment teachings and programmes), AMFCC Bible College (full time and part time Bible students/ pastors training), Ezekiel Guti Evangelistic Association/ EGEA (crusades), Lunch Hour Ministry (lunch hour ministry), Full Time Intercessory Group (round the clock prayer group), Disabled Helping Hand Association (projects for the disabled).

Chaplain Ministry (for chaplains), Africa Christian Business Fellowship/ACBF (for those enthusiastic about business matters), Ezekiel Guti Saints Relief Fund (relief for the less privileged), Missions (sending missionaries to other nations), Prisons Ministry (visiting and encouraging prisoners).

These are some of the many ministries under ZAOGA FIF. Some believers are now strong in Christ after coming to church through ministries which they did not know were under ZAOGA FIF.

To date ZAOGA has reached almost every part of Zimbabwe and is present in 140 nations and states. Indeed the 70 years of preaching have borne tangible fruits. At 95, the Servant of the Lord Dr Guti continues to claim more territories for Christ like Joshua who did not consider his advanced age.

He ministers alongside his wife Apostle Dr Eunor Guti who is a pastor in ZAOGA FIF.