2019 Mid Year Report

CENTRA L ZIMBABWE CONFERENC E of the Seventh-day Adventist Chu rch

201 9 Mid Year E xecutive Commi ttee Repo rt Table of Contents

President’s Preamble 2

Secretariat And Family Life Report 5

Financial Report 9

Stewardship & Church Development Report 12

Sabbath School , Personal Ministries , Multicultural 18

Publishing Ministries 22

Health Ministries 24

Trust Services 26

Women’s Ministries 26

Children Ministries 27

Voice Of Prophecy 28

Adventist Education 29

Adventist Youth 33

Central Zimbabwe Conference Mid Year Report 2019 PRESIDENT’S PREAMBLE

As l report the successes of our conference in the first six months, l can only use E G White’s words “To human agencies, is committed the work of extending the triumphs of the cross from point to point. As the Head of the church, Christ is authoritatively calling upon everyone who claims to believe in Him to follow His example of self-denial and self-sacrifice in working for the conversion of those whom Satan and his vast army are exerting every power to destroy. God’s people are called upon to rally without delay under the bloodstained banner of Christ Jesus. Unceasingly they are to continue their warfare against the enemy, press- ing the battle even to the gates. And everyone who is added to the ranks by conversion is to be assigned his post of duty. Everyone should be willing to be or to do anything in this warfare. When church members put forth earnest efforts to advance the message, they will live in the joy of the Lord and will meet with success. Triumph always follows decided effort.” {7T 30.1}

As a conference we continue to live in the joy of the Lord as we meet with success in various faculties of God’s work. Our year began on a brighter note re- gardless of the economic challenges around us. I Surely praise the Lord for leading his work as we fol- 2.Reach In (Discipleship and Nurturing) low. Stewardship registers continues to be our tool of I will give a glimpse of the work done in the first six monitoring faithfulness and encouraging total mem- months and my fellow officers and departmental di- ber participation. Through the district assessment rectors will give more details. meetings we encourage all churches to have month- We began our year with leadership summits, where ly church boards to nurture its members to faithful- we met church pastors and elders to share leadership ness and every member to review the tithe reflectors skills as to how best we could transact God’s business released from the conference monthly. Stewardship in 2019. The leadership summits were conducted in seminars were conducted in February and the tithe Lower Gwelo, Gweru, Masvingo and Chiredzi. trend rose in March. 1.Reach Up (Revival and Reformation) A holy convocation was conducted in Zvishavane, As a conference we continue to encourage our mem- where 13 pastors flooded the mining town. We bers to participate in Bible and Spirit of Prophecy thank God because 155 families were visited and daily study. The monthly report by churches, pres- 1039 church members were seen during that week. ident’s report and quarterly district assessments are helping us to check the progress. During the first Of interest were members who returned tithe in quarter that ended 30 March 2019, our membership kind. 45 beasts were returned to the Lord as tithe stood at 155715 ,475 churches, 364 companies and while 2 were given as offerings. A family in Gweru 11030 members are reading the bible daily and 8 City returned 17 beasts as tithe while another family 201 members are reading Spirit of prophecy daily. in Zimuto district returned 7 beasts as tithe, and in 14 321 Members have bibles, 13411 members have Rushumbe district another family returned 13 beasts hymn books, 11 726 have Sabbath School Study Bi- as tithe. Sogwala West had 5 beasts, Nhema North ble Guides. We also had all our churches participat- had 4 beasts, Chivi North had 4 beasts, ing in the Ten days of prayers, 9-19 January. 2 Nhema South had a beast, Petsheya had 2 beasts, One Work at Chizombe Adventist School in Bikita and beast given as offering in Zvishavane South,10 sheep Chavarove Adventist School in Zimuto has not also returned as tithe in Chiredzi Central... progressed. We hope this quarter we will make some strides. 6. ACMs Church clerks had a weekend camp in Shurugwi to finalize on ACMS and progress was made. We hope very soon all names will be in ACMS. Almost all our members are now in the ACMS register.

3. Reach Out (Soul winning) We conducted level two preachers’ training in Lower Gwelo, Masvingo and Chiredzi. 1000 preachers were trained. We also had school week of prayers in all our 25 schools and 444 souls were won. We have so far baptized 4 636 souls as a conference. Praise be to God. We also conducted Evangelism summit as a conference which was conducted at Mhandamabwe. The meeting was attended by 317 delegates from across the conference. Pastor Ngwaru from SID, Pastor Manyakara from ZCUC and Elder Mashavira from Masvingo West were our guest speakers. 7. Community Service Mission to Zaka, Somabula, Petsheya and Rupemba - Chivi North conducted a clean-up campaign at were successful. A total of 935 members went out for Mhandamabwe clinic, Utete clinic through Dorcas evangelism, we had 141 sites, 5 596 homes were vis- and another clean-up was conducted at Balmain ited and 19 168 people were seen. At the end of two township by Adventures. weeks 840 souls were baptized. Glory to God. - Gweru North had blood donation programme where church members participated KEY STRATEGIC ISSUES - Zvishavane South children donated food hampers to Zvishavane General hospital 4.Conference re-alignment - Masvingo West Dorcas donated various food items to Mucheke old peoples home The committee is working on the re-alignment docu- - Rushumbe district donated various food items ment and this ExCom will vote on their recommen- and goods to a Mwenezi family which later was dation. We also have a committee to spearhead the broadcasted on ZBC and the nation joined hands renovations of number 16 Flamtree Avenue Rhodene with the church to help the disadvantaged family. in Masvingo to an office for the new conference. The The area has been opened up for the gospel as over committee has met and applications were made for 60 people from that area have been baptized so far. the change of use of the house to an office to Masvin- Surely Christ’s method alone, will bring success in go council and once a positive response is given, the this work. building of the office will begin. A plan for the office - The conference also joined the entire nation in has been drawn and consultations are underway be- donating towards cyclone Idai victims. Various fore it is voted by the ExCom. goods and cash was raised and was forwarded to 5. Mundondo and Save Boarding Schools help the affected families in Chimanimani, Gutu, There is good progress as far as these projects are Zaka and Bikita. We thank our Union for provid- concerned. We have given both Save and Mundondo ing transport for Chimanimani donations. schools $20 000 this quarter for the developments. - Zvishavane North built a house for a disadvan- And recently another amount was allocated to these taged family in Zaka schools. - Masvingo west paid fees for 13 students at Mashingaidze in Zaka 3 8. Schools And Clinics Boards Elder Munyaradzi –Evangelism, Elder Chikaka We held school boards for 7 schools namely Lowveld communication. Primary, Chiwawa Primary, Chiwawa secondary, The executive committee will choose the secre- Mashapa Primary school, Gwitima Primary, Run- tary treasure of this committee. Chapters were also yararo primary and Hanke High school this past quar- launched in Gweru,Masvingo,Chiredzi and Zvisha- ter. We conducted school week of prayers during the vane first term to all our 25 schools across the conference and 444 souls were won during that week. We thank 13. Ministerial the schools who continue to be mission oriented. Four of our pastors graduated in Theology from Solu- si University-Pastors Moyo H, Gwatipedza L, Siziba We also held clinic boards for Hanke and Lower Gwe- L, and Prosper Machacha. One shepherdess and 5 lo clinic. The meetings were meant to make sure that pastor’s kids graduated also. the Adventist DNA continues to exist in our institu- A shepherdess meeting was conducted and we want tions. to thank the shepherdesses for their contribution to 9. Global Youth day making God’s work a success. 19 pastors were visited - Our young people participated in the 2019 Global this quarter by either the president or the ministerial Youth day under the theme Adopt. Every corner of director while two retires were also visited. the conference the youth donated various goods and food items to the community. 14. VOP - Zvishavane North Adventures visited Jairo’s Jiri Old A VOP training was done in Chiredzi by the Union people’s home. and Conference director. We also want to thank our Union for the vernacular VOP lessons. This quarter 10. CZC Office completion 138 VOP students graduated in Somabula district. In our strategic plan we want to finish building our Many districts are to conduct their graduations in the office. For this quarter we thank God for the kitchen next quarter. walls were tiled and a sink was installed. The board- room was renovated and we hope we will do the par- 15. Human Resources titioning soon. We have chosen a human resources committee that 11. Youth will handle all human resources issues. The committee We had a conference Master guide Big Sabbath which members are Pastor Choga as chair, Pastor L. Ncube, was conducted in Zvishavane. About 500 master Mrs Ndlovu and Elder Solomon George. This ExCom guides attended the event. We are expecting to invest will vote on the terms of reference. 1000 master guides this year. Zone 3 had a Youth Big Sabbath early this year. Also We also have many contract workers who have served Zone 6 had an AY camp at Tokwe-mukosi. We en- well and I wish the governing body will have a roadm- courage more youth programs to prepare them for the ap through the human resources committee to have Kingdom. them permanently employed.

12. ASI –Adventist Laymen’s Services & In- dustries We successfully launched ASI in our Conference. Business persons and professional gathered at Amaz- ing village lodge in Masvingo to select the ASI leadership. Elder O Masimba of Gweru City district was elected ASI president, Elder E Chigonga of Masvin- go Central district as vice president, Elder Nhari of Triangle district will head Finance, Elder J Fungai of Zvishavane South district-Programming, Mrs Dzimi- ri of Mvuma district-membership and recruitment, Elder Taruvinga of Rushumbe district-Projects, Elder Siyakatshana of Chiredzi Central district-Logistics, 4 SECRETARIAT AND FAMILY LIFE REPORT

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 1 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 3

AUDITING INSTITUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHURCHES o In fulfilment of this objective we managed to OBSERVE GOOD CHURCH GOVERNANCE audit all our three boarding schools in the first PRINCIPLES AND ARE POLICY quarter. COMPLIANT

o We conducted training for church clerks where close to three hundred church clerks attended. The clerks were trained on church governance, duties of a church clerk and ACMS. They were also asked to bring their church membership registers.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 2

INSTALLING A FIRE-PROOF VAULT FOR CENTRAL ZIMBABWE CONFERENCE

O In the first quarter we managed to purchase our movable fire proof vault. As a result all important documents for the department are now kept in that Elders were taught church governance throughout electronically operated vault. the conference during the leadership summit. Per- sonal ministries directors were also given a pres- entation from the church manual on a topic: Co- ordination of Church Departments in Evangelism during the evangelism summit

5 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 4 o To submit reports to Zimbabwe Central Union Conference on time In the first quarter there was 100% submission of the statistical reports by districts. As a result we managed to send our report to Zimbabwe Central Union Conference on time

MEMBERSHIP

We are yet to come up with a retention committee to research on membership losses. We are hoping to do that in the second quarter.

6 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 5 To register all members on acms by end of 2020 o Church clerks brought their church membership registers to the Conference Church Clerks training so that a comparison could be made of membership in the church registers and membership in ACMS. Those who were not able to attend were asked to come to the conference with their registers. After establishing membership that is in the registers but not in ACMS the church clerks listed all those who are not in their registers and submitted those names. We are since left with less than 10 churches that have not yet brought their registers. With those few churches remaining our membership on ACMS is slightly above 60000 as shown in the table below.

ACMS COMPARISON

1st Qrt 2018 1stQrt 2019 Churches in the System 462 467 Members in the System 26, 525 60 504 Members Added 2, 210 14 378 Users 23 33

We did not conduct any Meeting at Conference level as we allowed our members to prepare for DOCAMO which had very good lessons for different family groups.

7 REACH UP TO GOD FIGURE

Numbers of families having regular family worship 2,922 Number of family members who use internet and social media for Bible study and reading the Spirit of Prophecy 1,574 Number of Bibles studies conducted, dealing with the church’s Fundamental Beliefs 306 Resources made available during FM programs, to assist members read SOP books 21 Number of Families reading Adventist Home, MYP and CG 185 Number of young people who have downloaded MYP/AH into their electronic devices 634 Number of family members reading SOP in their local language

REACH IN WITH GOD Number of seminars conducted dealing with forgiveness, conflict resolution and anger management 19 Number of family members reading Adventist Literature on relational issues 344 Number of cultural activities carried out, fostering unity and fellowship 16 Number of churches that conducted Family Emphasize Week: a) February 49 b) September -- Number of senior couples who adopted newlyweds 4 Number of fellowship meals/activities carried out for: a) Couples 18 b) Single parents 4 c) Widows / Widowers 7 d) Youths 10

Number of couples involved in pre-marital counselling 49 Number of parenting classes conducted 25 Number of families that have adopted newly baptized members 178 Number of missing members: a) Visited 122 b) Reclaimed 42

REACH OUT WITH GOD Number of Family Life seminars/campaigns carried out to reach population groups in the city/town/village 10 Number of families involved in neighborhood activities/projects 121 Number of families who invited other families for meals/family Life seminars 201 Number of families who visited the grieving in the neighborhood 579 Number of outreach pre-marital counselling conducted 11

8 FINANCE REPORT

We have also released funds for the completion of the Gatawa Clinic to the tune of RTGs 5,000 and a similar amount has been paid for the Masivamele clinic project. 400 bags of cement at a cost RTGs 27,095.47 for the Mundondo Boarding school have been purchased this was released from the previous budget and also RTGs16, 000 for the Save Boarding for School cement and other building materials for the finishing of the classroom blocks. We still need to allocate to these projects to see them to completion and our adjusted budget has accommodated an additional amount to- I greet all the board members in the name of our sav- ward this objective. iour Jesus Christ. It is my pleasure to present to you We still have more to do on schools project and we the mid-year financial report for 2019. I appreciate are yet to disburse funds based on this years’ collec- the fact that it could have been a worse financial posi- tions. We have just received some funds from schools tion for us as a Conference but as the facts will present and will quickly spend before it loses much value. We themselves we are not consumed there is still life and thank our faithful Master and God for these achieve- hope survives for the future. We all know that inflation ments. We haven’t spent much on Re-alignment ex- has since consumed the value of our income while at cept on preliminary expenses such as documentation, the same time salaries have remained constant in 90% meetings and travel expenses. of our membership. Hence measuring the non-finan- Our future projects are as follows; to acquire office cial aspect which is the participation of members, it chairs, Bill board, office demarcation and building of has since increased hence also an increase in the in- Pastor’s houses. Hoping by year end we would have come as from March 2019 to current. completed some of these projects by God’s grace. On We have also managed to acquire some assets although the schools projects we look forward to the part of them were financed by the last year budget that subcommittee proposals. is the computers based on our action to buy comput- Our budgeted income for 2019 for tithe income is ers. To this the ADCOM also took an action to allo- RTGs 178,531.48 and we failed to surpass this target cate from our surplus to purchase laptops for some of in January and February where we collected RTGs the treasury staff, directors and officers. The 9 Apple 170,000 and RTGs 173,000 respectively yet we sur- CPUs and LG monitors’ desk tops were purchased passed the previous year amounts on both months according to SID IT department recommendations. by more than RTGs20,000. In March, April and May The six of the above computers are for the treasury we collected above budget. In offerings we collected department while the three are for the secretariat de- above the budget of RTGs 54,896.87 in all the months partment. The laptops again are as per IT recommen- and surprisingly the February amount was the same dations and were eleven in number and were distrib- with that of 2018 and we are still not sure what could uted as indicated above. The cost was Zar164, 000 and have led to that or it’s just a mere coincidence. The Zar206,000 respectively an equivalent of USD26, 400 tables and graphs are shown below comparing and according to SID rates. analysing our income. Comparing 2018 and 2019 and We also managed to continue with the purchase of also income against the budget. Hillview stand which had a balance of RTGs balance of 32,000 after depositing it with 10,000 last year. We have since paid RTGs26, 666.65 and we are left with a balance of RTGs5, 333.33 which is the June potion as we are paying in instalment. We also managed to buy the Secretariat Vault for confidential keeping of documents at a cost of RTGs3, 770. We also managed to disburse $4,800 towards the triangle house which is almost done though there is need to allocate further for the completion of the project 9 Tithe Income

January February March April May 2018 127,386.33 145,336.47 183,407.89 166,086.53 173,730.30 2019 170,575.70 173,619.15 267,104.01 237,165.41 296,392.56

Tithe Vs Budget January February March April May Budget 178,531.48 178,531.48 178,531.48 178,531.48 178,531.48 Tithe Actual 170,575.70 173,619.15 267,104.01 237,165.41 296,392.56

10 Offering Income

January February March April May 2018 43,795.72 64,087.36 54,662.86 46,246.44 47,873.12 2019 59,358.84 64,878.86 87,773.76 72,880.35 95,138.08

Offering Versus Budget 2019

January February March April May Budget 54,896.87 54,896.87 54,896.87 54,896.87 54,896.87 Offering 59,358.84 64,878.86 87,773.76 72,880.35 95,138.08

11 We have remained with a preferably good working capital and liquidity ratios. The worry is the ratios are sustained by RTGS denominations hence we have a target of raising the balance levels of foreign currency so we can have a financial statement of value and a ledger that has a going concern.

STEWARDSHIP AND CHURCH DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Summary

GOAL RESULT

1.To grow the percentage of tithers not tithe, to 33% in this triennium and 7.5% 11% this year. Baseline 4.67% Margin 2.83%

2.All tithers practicing percentage based offering %

3.Increase generosity factor from 3% to 5% 3.47%

4.50% of our members to make a commitment to put God first in their lives 8%

Activities Addressing Strategic Issues

Strategic issue: Spirituality (Reach up) 1. Conducted 1 Holy Convocations in Zvishavane (annual goal reached) a. 205 homes have been visited (over 503 members have been reached) b. 600 promise cards have been distributed and signed (renewal of vows) c. 8 decisions for baptism.

Zvishavane Holy Convocation

12 Strategic issue: Nurturing Reach in/Across) 1. Preparation of a 16hr Stewardship Educators Certification program at an advanced stage

Strategic Issue: Generosity 1. PROMISE concept has been taught in all the districts where we have held Holy Convocation 2. 5 new pastors have been oriented on the PROMISE concept 3. The actual percentage off offerings to income is 3.47% up from 2.8% last year

Strategic issue: Equipping 1. 475 member have been trained in Local Church Steward- ship Strategy in 20/47 districts. 2. First elders in all districts have been oriented to the Local Church Stewardship Strategy Local Church Stewardship Leaders Meeting Lower Gweru Strategic issue: Transparency 1. Have developed a Seventh-day Adventist Financial Systems seminar to be done as part of our camp meeting lessons. This will enhance members’ appreciation of how church funds are used.

Member Participation According to receipts (in response to TMI)

DISTRICT NEW TITHE GOAL 2018 TITHERS 2019 TITHERS ACTUAL NEW (4th qtr) TITHERS Andeson 19 51 73 22 Bikita North 48 153 122 -31 Bikita South 40 0 Chigsmaz 8 31 20 -11 Chiredzi Central 57 87 70 -17 Chiredzi Norh 117 94 81 -13 Chiredzi South 80 59 52 -7 Chivi North 178 194 133 -61 Chivi South 161 118 112 -6 Gutu East 72 169 175 6 Gutu West 100 0 Gwenjani 205 219 237 18 Gweru Central 200 181 171 -10 Gweru City 70 130 118 -12 Gweru East 139 104 81 -23 Gweru Lundi 21 48 52 4 Gweru North 56 99 103 4 Gweru South 143 170 158 -12 Gweru West 134 144 130 -14 Hanke 19 39 81 42 LOGAHS 23 30 39 9 Maboleni 250 0 Mafuba 239 136 115 -21 Mashate 155 101 95 -6 Masvingo East 83 78 76 -2

13 Member Participation According to receipts (in response to TMI)

DISTRICT NEW TITHE GOAL 2018 TITHERS 2019 TITHERS ACTUAL NEW (4th qtr) TITHERS Masvingo Central 65 81 81 0 Masvingo South 65 130 120 -10 Masvingo West 64 105 99 -6 Mundondo 86 73 60 -13 Mvuma 63 63 56 -7 Nhema North 188 126 82 -44 Nhema South 226 113 121 8 Nyajena 203 98 64 -34 Petsheya 134 62 62 0 Rushumbe 193 190 144 -46 Save 164 127 108 -19 Shurugwi 61 117 82 -35 Sikombingo 444 317 251 -66 Sogwala East 378 264 166 -98 Sogwala West 332 203 186 -17 Somabula 104 106 125 19 Triangle 57 75 64 -11 Victoria Range 40 0 Zaka 85 149 127 -22 Zimuto 59 64 66 2 Zvishavane North 94 158 76 -82 Zvishavane South 79 101 70 -31

5801 5157 4504 -653

• The participation has dropped significantly at the beginning of the year. That also resulted in a corresponding drop in income. This might be because the participation in the final quarter of the year is higher than in the first quarter of the following year.

Member Participation According to Pastor’s Report (in response to TMI)

14 15

Tithe In Kind

Cattle 45 Sheep 1 Goats 7

17 Tithe beasts came out of this herd

Some of the 17

In terms of stock tithe, we have already exceeded our 2018 performance. This despite the fact that we haven’t gotten to camp meeting yet, which is the peak period for stock tithe.

Observations 1.There is a significant increase in generosity factor. 2.The participation has not increased significantly from previous year.

Challenges 1.Insufficient financial resources for the full imple- mentation of our strategy. 2.The collection of data and reporting is still poor. 3.The level of stewardship literacy is very low. 4.The participation of members in stewardship it still too low Stock tithe in Sogwala Interventions 1.Training local church leaders. 2.Developing a method that will enhance our data collection.

16 CHURCH DEVELOPMENT

Projects

1.Clinics a.Working on completing Gatawa and Masivamele clinics. i.Plastering done on Gatawa Nurse’s house, clinic front screen, water system and plumbing

Gatawa nurse’s house

Schools

a. Save boarding school project. i. Working on complementing the 3 blocks that are currently under construction (plastering and flooring)

Save School

ASI Much of the second quarter of 2019 has been spent on ASI business. At first, this looked like an unwelcome diversion form our normal stewardship business. However, we have since discovered that ASI provides a platform for us to communicate stewardship to business people in a way they appreciate. The activities of ASI will be more fully exposed in the ASI president’s report.

Conclusion We still have a long way to go in accomplishing our participation goal. It is our hope that the training of lay people will accelerate our Stewardship education drive. We thank the whole CZC team for helping us accomplish some of our goals, and all glory belongs to God who has led us thus far.

17 SABBATH SCHOOL , PERSONAL MINISTRIES , MULTICULTURAL SABBATH SCHOOL

Objective: To promote that all members purchase a hard copy of the Bible Study Guide, and Study it daily.

2018 1st Quarter 2019 1st Quarter 1.Number of Sabbath School Study Guides 4612 6450 2.Number of people involved in daily Study Guide. 2886 7456 3.Number of people trained in Sabbath School Work. 350 850

Active Sabbath Schools 912 Companies 446 Churches 466 Total 1824 Community outreach projects 305

PERSONAL MINISTRIES

Vision: Everyone in the field core labouring with God.

Mission: To be a benchmark of total member involvement in the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ embraced in the three angel’s message awaiting for His imminent coming.

Objective 1: To facilitate Revival and Reformation in all churches in order to effectively fulfil the mission of the church.

2018 1st Quarter 2019 1st Quarter Number of people involved in believe His prophets daily reading plan. 4 331 13 560 Number of people involved in Prayer Ministry in their Small Groups. 1 620 13 782

The DORCMO Congress that took place at Zvishavane Mazvihwa Camp Site was one of its kind in reviving the church members with a total of 669 campers and all in all totalled to 1000 attendees.

18 Objective 2 To facilitate disciple making through Bible Study and Spirit of Prophecy and Small Groups.

2018 1st Quarter 2019 1st Quarter

Number of small groups. 1652 8 125 Community Projects conducted. 42 205

Objective 3. To transform all our churches into centers of influence with each member taking part in winning souls

2018 Preachers trained i.Number of people trained in Gweru and Lower Gweru Zones 793 ii.Number of people trained in Masvingo Zones. 241 iii.Number of people trained in Chiredzi Zones. 128 Total 1162

In 2019 we reduced the number of those to be trained and trained TOT i. Number of people trained in Gweru and Lower Gweru Zones 170 ii. Number of people trained in Masvingo Zones 207 iii Number of people trained in Chiredzi Zones 106 Total 483

Evangelism Summit

The entire Conference met together at Mhandamahwe for the first time in the history of the new CZC led by the ZCUC and SID Personal Minis- tries Directors to map up and equip the church members on evangelism.

Mission to Makhaya

840 Souls have been baptized as a result of the just ended Mission to Makhaya, which was conducted in Zaka, Phetsheya and Somabhula .

On behalf of the Personal Ministries Department I would like to register my sincere appreciation to the Zimbabwe Central Union Conference for granting us funds to evangelize. May God bless His work.

19 Baptismal Reflector for 2018 and 2019

YEAR 2017 2018 2019 QUARTER First 982 1 637 1 877

2018-2019 Baptismal Reflector by District as at 2 June 2019

DISTRICT Baptism 2018 Jan-June % Goal Outstanding 1 Andeson 100 0 93 93% 2 Bikita North 200 0 69 35% 3 Bikita South 200 0 21 11% 4 Chigsmaz 10 5 1 10% 5 Chiredzi Central 80 2 29 36% 6 Chiredzi North 200 0 118 59% 7 Chiredzi South 150 62 38 25% 8 Chivi North 250 57 107 43% 9 Chivi South 300 122 74 25% 10 Gutu East 200 0 27 14% 11 Gutu West 200 0 39 20% 12 Gwenjani 250 2 120 48% 13 Gweru Central 250 0 46 18% 14 Gweru City 80 28 25 31% 15 Gweru East 250 147 18 7% 16 Gweru Lundi 50 36 2 4% 17 Gweru North 150 47 63 42% 18 Gweru South 200 20 111 56% 19 Gweru West 200 54 107 54% 20 Hanke 120 0 112 93% 21 LOGAHS 120 0 126 105% 22 Maboleni 200 0 127 64% 23 Mafuba 300 76 145 48% 24 Mashate 200 102 89 45% 25 Masvingo East 150 106 35 23% 26 Masvingo Central 80 27 33 41% 27 Masvingo South 200 25 102 51% 28 Masvingo West 200 0 55 28% 29 Mundondo 200 47 55 28% 30 Mvuma 200 0 40 20% 31 Nhema North 250 63 70 28% 32 Nhema South 250 25 83 33% 33 Nyajena 300 105 153 51% 34 Petsheya 200 146 202 101% 35 Rushumbe 300 19 233 78% 36 Save 250 12 131 52% 37 Shurugwi 200 39 65 33% 38 Sikombingo 200 0 138 69% 39 Sogwala East 300 118 205 68% 40 Sogwala West 300 0 143 48% 41 Somabula 200 92 322 161% 20 DISTRICT Baptism 2018 Jan-June % Goal Outstanding 42 Triangle 200 13 46 23% 43 Victoria Range 200 0 8 4% 44 Zaka 300 0 516 172% 45 Zimuto 200 134 12 6% 46 Zvishavane North 250 8 79 32% 47 Zvishavane South 250 0 203 81%

9000 1739 4636 52%

MINISTERIAL

This quarter we have witnessed one wedding from our own PK Varaidzo Tunhira who wedded on the 14th April Pastor Logan P Masaiti wedded 18th April .

Pastor Ocean Ncube second reception 22April.

We thank God for His lovingkindness.

MULTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT

This quarter 2 Multicultural churches have been visited by the director that is; Winsor Park and Nashville church the emphasis was on outreach.

21 PUBLISHING MINISTRIES

Strategic Goal 1: To develop a revived and a reformed Literature Evangelist team.

We are thankful to God for what we have achieved this quarter. In year 2019 we have experienced a steady growth in both the number of Literature Evangelists and in sales although there was a decline in May.

The diagram shows this quarter’s activities.

January to May Comparative Report

No of LEs 2018 2019 % Gain January 21 19 90 February 20 22 110 March 19 30 157 April 21 30 142 May 18 21 116

This increase has been attributed to a large extend Observations by: 1. The number of Literature Evangelists is still low. . Motivation programs done Literature Evangelist Since our ABC management is trying to maintain during monthly meetings. a steady flow of books, the number will soon rise. .Canvassing side by side with Literature Evangelists. 2. Our territory is vast and there is need for a . Two Assistant Publishing Directors engaged. third Assistant Publishing Director as soon as the . Availability of locally printed books. budget permits. 3. We need to regularise employment of our Assis- tant Directors so that we are policy compliant.

22 Sales

2018 2019 % Gain January 3479.00 9116.00 262 February 2867.00 9570.00 334 March 1534.00 15,361.00 1,001 April 3698.00 10 204.00 275 May 2634.00 9 512.00 361

Observations 1. We have the potential of building a strong workforce. 2. Sales figure above show potential untapped.

We have distributed 10 000 cop- ies Book of the year. Below is the Anderson High Students participation in the distribution of the book during at Sino Bricks official opening. Minister of Industry and Com- merce –Hon Mhangaliso Ndlovu (far right) also received the Book of the year

23 HEALTH MINISTRIES

Strategic Goal 1: To promote the prioritization of di- vine intervention in all comprehensive health ministries activities. 1. Local church health coordinators trainings are on going. Our churches are supposed to be centres of healing.

Health Expo by Health Professionals

On 19 June 2019 our Health Professionals conducted Health Expo which was meant to be a model for all expos that we will conduct in conference. The theme was “My Health is My Wealth”. There were booths prepared after the acronym CELEBRATIONS. More than 300 people were attended to. The emphasis was more on health information sharing than on treat- ment. We collaborated with Ministry of health, City of Gweru Health Services Department.

Lesson on importance of sunshine

Drug Abuse Lesson being conducted

High Blood pressure checking

24 Health Convention

We participated in the Health Convention that was organized by the Union. We registered 135 delegates from our constituency.

Health Convention Delegates

Strategic Goal 2: To attain high standards of infrastructure and service delivery through health centers, institutions and churches. 1. We have set up management boards for Lower Gwelo and Hanke clinics and we have so far attended the initial meetings. 2. A visit to the 2 clinics with the SID and ZCUC Directors was done just after the Health Convention Below are some services our clinics have provided to their communities during this quarter.

Lower Gwelo Hanke Voluntary counselling and testing 439 31 Patients receiving ARVs 1127 109 PMTCT 4 5 Viral load done 234 - Deliveries 20 1 Antenatal care 76 32

Observations: 1.Clinic appropriations need to be increased to take care of upkeep and maintenance costs. 2.Hanke clinic needs upgrading, putting up and incinerator and a mother’s shelter. 3.Majority of Pastors’ quarterly reports show minimum activities on the department this quarter. We expect more activities reported next quarter.

Strategic Goal 3: To be the right hand of the gospel mission through comprehensive health ministries. 1. We are making use of CELEBRATIONS lessons during evangelistic meeting.

25 75% of the membership are not familiar with this just as it is with the wills. This indicates that more training AAIM MINISTRIES needs to be done. This quarter three districts were trained on this objective.

Objective 3: Increasing the participants in wills and Strategic Goal 1: To collaborate with other stakehold- outright gifts to at least 25% of membership at Central ers including church departments, government and Zimbabwe Conference Private Voluntary Organizations in rolling out re- Only two additional wills have been added to the six sponse strategies. which were had in our office vault and no major outright gifts have been reported. Response: We have a Health Expo scheduled for 19 - All the wills in our custody today are a result May 2019 where collaboration with other stakehold- of lessons in the districts through training. ers will take place. Objective 4: Teach people or the constituency Strategic Goal 2: To focus on the unconditional love on having the documentation on the ownership of and holistic restoration of God as we respond to the Camp-meeting sites, church stands and donated land HIV and AIDS challenge. We have encouraged and continue to encourage members to visit the lands office to have site plans Response: Pastors to be encouraged to capture infor- and lease document for the campsites to protect over mation on quarterly reports. investing on allocated land or being evicted when the government comes up with other projects.

SPIRIT OF PROPHECY WOMEN’S MINISTRIES

Strategic Goal: Nurturing, equipping and training church members through Ellen G. White’s writings. Response: Mission: To uphold, encourage challenge and equip “Prophetic Guidance “ has been proven to be handy Adventist women in their pilgrimage as disciples of resource material for use in this regard. The Union Jesus Christ and members of His World Church should consider reprinting of the material for the constituency. Strategic Goals: • To enhance the spirituality of all women through engaging and consistent Bible Study and Prayer Practice • To develop a united faithful, intrinsically motivat- TRUST SERVICES ed, knowledgeable, skilled and resourceful women membership. • To foster spiritually gifted based women ministries Objective 1: To train and expose members to the for mission accomplishment. department We have reached eight districts explaining the de- The first quarter of the year is for women’s ministries partment to all church members and the response efforts throughout the conference. has attracted a lot of interest. The report during assessment meetings has shown that very few people Following are the results: have wills and most of the districts have zero members with wills let alone leaving something for the Number of efforts Conducted by 77 church through wills. Women’s Ministries Objective 2: To encourage members on giving Number of souls baptised as a result outright gifts to the church of these efforts 993

26 1. Strategic goal number 3 which says, “To foster To involve children in evangelism spiritually gifted based women ministries for mission accomplish,’ was reached in which every woman was Reach Up With God using their spiritual gifts in soul winning. No. of books ‘Be Like Jesus” distributed to children this Quarter 150 No. of children currently in Baptismal 2. To enhance the spirituality of all women through Class 118 engaging in consistent Bible Study and Prayer Prac- No. of children that own Bibles 350 tice. This objective was reached as indicated in the re- No. of children that understand the port for the first quarter below, however the report is ministry of EGW 115 for 174 out of 475 churches. No. of children that have SS Study Guides 154 REACH UP WITH GOD No. of children that study SS Lessons at home 84 No. of Bible groups established this quarter 88 No. of children who belong to an No. of women involved 272 organised prayer group 181 No. of intercessory ministries this quarter 32 No. of children with prayer partners 80 No. of women involved 252 No. of children with prayer journals 30 No. of visitation ministries conducted 7 No. of women involved 142 1. Our goal is to have at least 80% of our children No. of retreats held 3 engaged in regular Bible study by 2020. This partial No. of Adventist women attending 202 report of 174 churches out of 475 shows that there No. of pre-Adventist women attend 22 is something happening at church No. of prayer breakfast held 5 level. No. of women attending 130 2. Objective ‘To have at least 100 VBS programs 3. To develop a united faithful, intrinsically motivat- run annually’. This quarter we trained 70 Children’s ed, knowledgeable, skilled and resourceful women Ministries Leaders on how to run VBS programs. membership. This training will ensure more churches run VBS programs during April school holiday. At Mtapa SDA church 9 families of the deaf community were assisted with capital funding of $ 600.00 for them to start self sustaining projects. They have since VBS Partial Report managed to pay back the capital for other new fami- District Reporting 12 lies to be assisted with that capital as well. No. of churches Reporting 20 No. of Pre-Adventist Graduates 435 Objective To re-affirm the Adventist WM health crit- No. of Adventist Graduates 1165 ical issues in collaboration with Personal Ministries Total VBS Graduates 1600 Department at Dorcamo was fulfilled, with over 700 women who were educated on the dangers of different Our Annual VBS Graduates per year has been av- kinds of cancers that affect women. eraging 600 Graduates. This is a great achievement towards our objectives of having at least 100 programs run annually. CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES Among the VBS graduates, some were from the deaf community.

Strategic goals: 3. To involve children in evangelism. Conference To have children grow to love Jesus wide children were involved in the GYD giving donations to Children’s homes, hospitals and many To have children equipped for service to God and other activities. mankind

27 1. Objective ‘At least 60% participation of members at local church”. The number of participation indicat- VOICE OF PROPHECY ed on the report is not yet pleasing considering our church membership records.

Strategic Issues: 2. Objective ‘To avail VOP lessons in vernacular’. Of the 1062 lessons distributed to date, 150 were in Sho- Revival and Reformation (Reach Up) na, 70 in Ndebele and 50 in Shangani. We managed to achieve our objective. Discipling and Nurturing (Reach In) VOP Graduates as at May 2019 Soul Winning (Reach Out) District Graduates 1st Quarter 2019 Report Somabhula 101 No, of students enrolled 1062 Gweru North 38 No. of lessons distributed 1062 Masvingo East 25 No, of VOP student graduates 148 MasvingoSouth 80 No. of VOP facilitators 158 Gweru Central 42 No. of graduation programs 5 Gweru South 10 No. of VOP leaders trained 31 Gweru East 11 No. of souls baptised 44 Gweru West 40 No. of follow up teams 14 Nhema South 24 Total 371

31 VOP leaders that were trained at Chiredzi for Shangani Language Challenges: Getting reports from all districts of the churches so as to get a true picture of our conference performance.

Conclusion: We thank the Lord for His Guidance in all programs that were held. 28 ADVENTIST EDUCATION

Mission Observations To facilitate the provision of Christian education that Table reflects that all schools are participating in prepares students spiritually, mentally, physically and the daily Bible Reading plan and conduct termly socially for service in this world and in the world to week of prayer sessions. The first term week of come. prayer was very fruitful.

Vision Second term week of prayer will be held in July Every Adventist educational institution, a nerve center 2019. for mission and a beacon of academic excellence. Specific Objective 2 Motto Adventist Education – A celebration for Excellence! - To have 50% of Adventist schools realizing a minimum pass rate of 75% in national examina- VALUES: tions by 2020. Spirit led Fellowship Spirit led Unity Name 2017 % 2018 % Spirit led Witnessing Sikombingo 62,2% 64% Spirit led Praying Chiwawa 59% 62% Spirit led Bible Studying Lowveld 98,4% 98% Spirit led Faithfulness Mundondo 72,9% 76% Dombwe 68% 76,47% Specific Objectives Matamba 97,56% 91,36% 1. To engage all schools in vibrant prayer ministries, Dhlodhlo 50% 69,2% intentional study of the Word and the establishment Dorset 56,57 68% of an inclusive winsome working environment Makandire 0% 43% 2. To have 50% of Adventist schools realizing a min- Runyararo 95,9% 98% imum pass rate of 75% in national examinations by Gwitima 54,5% 63% 2020. Lower Gwelo 57% 89,39% 3. To facilitate the establishment of Mundondo and Anderson 94,12% 100% Save into registered boarding schools by 2020. Hanke 67,5% 72,5% 4. To have at least 80% of our schools accredited by Mafuba 74% 96% Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA) by 2020 Mashapa 55,8% 68% Ntabamhlophe 38,71% 42,7% Specific Objective 1 Sebanga New - 1. To engage all schools in vibrant prayer ministries, intentional study of the Word and the establishment ‘O’ Level Results of an inclusive winsome working environment 2017 2018 Revival & Reformation Programs LOGAHS 84,55% 89% Programs Term 1 Goal Anderson 100% 100% 1.Schools participating in the Hanke 76,5% 94% Bible Reading program 25 25 Mundondo 53% 51,1% 2.Schools that conducted termly Sikombingo 17,6% 18,2% week of prayer program 25 25 Ntabamhlophe 35% 19% 3.Schools with vibrant and Chiwawa 19,6% 25,71% established prayer ministries 25 25 4.Schools that conducted outreach programs in their communities 3 25 5.Total number of students baptised 444 500 6.Total Number of teachers baptised 0 10 29 ‘A’ Level Results Save School was given ZWL 16 000 for building mate- 2017 2018 rial. Mundondo 100% 83,8% Hanke 84,4% 97% Observations Anderson 100% 100% There is need for some meaningful financial injection LOGAHS 90,76% 96% into the two projects. Resource mobilization could also extend not only to school communities but also to the Total Number of Schools 25 alumni of each one of the schools. Number of Schools with 75% + Pass Rate 13 % Pass Rate 52% Specific Objective 4 To have at least 80% of our schools accredited by Observations Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA) by 2020 80% of our schools improved their results last year. Number and % of Accredited schools from 2017- April Specific Objective 3 2019 1. To facilitate the establishment of Mundondo and Save into registered boarding schools by 2020. Total No No. of % of of Schools Accredited Accredited Results Schools of Schools On top of the 35000 bricks given last year to Mun- 2017 25 15 60 % dondo high, we have set aside RTGS 20 000.00 for 2018 25 20 80% each project. Managed to buy 400bags of cement in June 2019.

Schools evaluated in 2017 and Results

School Previous AAA Grade Current AAA Grade Accreditation period Sikombingo Primary 3 yrs + Annual Report 3 yrs + Interim visit 31 Dec 2021 Hanke Primary 3 yrs + Annual Report 4 yrs + Annual Report 31 Dec 2022 Ntabamhlophe Primary Candidacy Status 2 yrs + Annual Report 31 Dec 2020 Lower Gwelo High 2 yrs + Annual Report 3 yrs + Annual Report 31 Dec 2021 Ntabamhlophe Secondary 2 yrs Candidacy Status 2yrs + Interim visit 31 Dec 2021 Dombwe Primary Pre-Accreditation Pre-Accreditation Pre-Accreditation

Observations 20 out of 25 schools have been accredited by April 2019.

Teacher’s Convention 291 delegates from Central Zimbabwe Conference attended the Teachers’ Convention held in Victoria Falls on 24-27 April 2019. Below are school heads receiving certificates of Academic Excellence

30 Hanke High Head, Mr PE Svondo.

Mundondo High Head, Mrs S. Jinga.

31 Mundondo Primary Head, Mr T. Mabasa

LOGAHS Deputy Head, Mr J. Sibanda

32 Development in other Schools have 539 students. Ntabamhlophe Secondary Chabarobe and Chada Secondary schools were given Efforts to have a borehole at Ntabamhlophe Second- 80bgs of cement each for moulding bricks.to ary were fruitless as no water found, it was a dry hole. Sebanga primary enrolment is still growing. By end of year in 2018 total enrolment was 334 and currently we

ADVENTIST YOUTH

Mission 4. Develop, source and avail Youth Ministries ma- To equip and empower young people for discipleship terial and resources in order to maintain Adventist and mission identity and standards. Every Young Person a disciple of Christ 5. Facilitate the training of all youth leaders in Specific Objectives comprehensive evangelism strategies to enable 1. To facilitate total youth participation in revival them to function as trainer of trainers (TOTs) meetings, week of prayer sessions and Bible Study truth programs. Specific Objective 1 2. To conduct investiture services for a minimum of To facilitate total youth participation in revival 500 Master Guides and confer a minimum of 100 meetings, week of prayer sessions and Bible Study Youth Leadership Awards. programs 3. To engage all young people in contributing to at least one mission project annually.

Active Youth Clubs

Youth Groups No. of Clubs Goal No. of Active Clubs (No. of Local Churches (Involved in Revival meetings & Companies) / Prayer & Bible Study sessions) 1.Adventurer Clubs 93 839 93 2. Pathfinder Clubs 162 839 162 3. Ambassador Clubs 96 839 96 4. Young Adult Societies 87 839 87

CZC Pathfinders at SID Camporee CZC Youth Director at SID Pathfinder 55 Pathfinders from CZC managed to attend Camporee the SID Pathfinder Camporee.

33 CZC Youths on Global Youth Day giving back to the Master Guide Information community, they made some donations to Jairos Jiri No. of Master Guide Clubs 39 in terms of groceries. Goal (Total No. of Churches & Companies 839 No. of Master Guides in Training 1,196 No. of Master Guides Invested 318 Goal 500

Youth Leadership Information No. of Youth Leadership Clubs 39 Goal (Total No. of Churches & Companies 839 No. of Youth Leaders in Training 42 No. of Youth Leaders Invested - Goal 50

Observations

The mass investiture service in CZC which was scheduled for the 8th and 9th of Dec 2018 was successful and 318 Master Guides were invested. Furthermore, 22 June has been set aside for the first fruits Master- guide investiture and 9 November has been set aside for mass investiture

Specific Objective 3 To engage young people in contributing to at least one mission project annually.

Results

Participation in Youth Mission projects No. of Youth Mission projects 1 Total number of participants 30 Area Hozvi, Bikita

Hozvi clean water horticulture,training and Observations nutrition project

The Active Youth Club table illustrate that where there Project coordinator together with Engineer (Mr are established youth clubs, there is active participa- Shumba), Electrician (Tafadzwa Machacha), Fencing tion in revival and reformation programs. Therefore, Foreman ( Mr. Chivi) and Borehole Surveyor (Mr. the main thrust of the department through Youth Mutizira) went to Hozvi Plateau and met with Pri- leaders in 2019 would be ensuring the establishment mary School Head and a number of representatives of youth clubs in all churches where there are young of the Hozvi Stakeholders Committee. people. This should be followed up by trainings in A number of tasks were accomplished on this day, order to equip the leadership with basic competenc- being the engagement and briefing of stakehold- es and skills for effective running of the clubs. er representatives on the state and progress of the project, identification and measurement of garden/ Specific Objective 2 ochard plots, surveying of the borehole sites and se- To conduct investiture services for a minimum of lection of priority site, consultation with engineer on 500 Master Guides and confer a minimum of 50 project design and citing of addditional water tanks Youth Leadership Awards in our conference annu- and inspection and measurement of possible elctrical ally. and plumbing connection lines.

34 Figure 1 from right- Water Surveyor, Project Coordinator, Primary School Headmaster, Fencing Foreman, 3 PTA members also in stakeholder’s committee, Engineer, Deputy Head Primary and Secondary School Teacher

Finally we got water at Hozvi, in October there will be a handover of the project to the school and the community.

Specific Objective 4 Develop, source and avail Youth Ministries material and resources in order to maintain Adventist identity and standards.

Results Although we have some youth inventory allocated to us by the former Zimbabwe Union Conference, the demand for more inventory has been necessitated mainly by the Master Guide trainings that are taking place throughout the conference. We also have material challenges since there is a change in the way Local Youth Leadership meeting we used to sell our inventory, now ABC is suppose to sell the inventory on behalf of youth department and 16 to 23 March the youth had their week of prayer there is nothing yet at ABC. and the theme was back to the basics. We also had our third youth advisory from 31 May to Specific Objective 5 the 1st of June. Facilitate the training of all youth leaders in compre- 15 PLA and YLA leaders will be graduating in June. hensive evangelism strategies to enable them to func- We also have a challenge in getting trainers since we tion as trainer of trainers (TOTs) have a small number of qualified trainers.

Results Table 1: Youth Leadership Trainings Observations We have few leaders who completed PLA and YLA No. of Youth Leadership Seminars 6 No of Participants 92 Goal 571