Story by Peter Chivhima
Apostle Joseph Guti has assumed the leadership of the ZAOGA Forward in Faith Ministries after being ordained as the Presiding Bishop this Sunday.
Grandson to the late Archbishop Ezekiel Guti, Apostle Joseph Joe Guti was ordained at the Africa Multination for Christ College (AMFCC) in Glen View, Harare during an event attended by hundreds of congregants and religious leaders from across the globe.
“So according to the Constitution of the ZAOGA Forward in Faith Ministries and the guidance rules and policy, it empowers the executive to make such decisions. And there is nothing that we do without another appointment and the endorsement of their executive. So we are so glad that Dr Joseph Guti was accepted by the executive to be the presiding bishop ordained and given the mandate to lead the church. And we believe that you continue to unite us because our father before he left home, left us united and we are continuing in that same spirit. The church is at peace,” said ZAOGA FIF Secretary General, Mishael Nyambo.
The appointment of Apostle Guti comes 14 months after the death of the ministry’s founder, Archbishop Ezekiel Guti, who was also declared a national hero.
“It is a task that I don’t take lightly. But the good news is that we are continuing in the solid footsteps and solid foundation laid by our father, the founding father and president. The visionary of the Ministry laid the strong foundation for ZAOGA Faith in Ministries for 63 years before his departure after he was promoted to glory. So as a church, we have been moving forward in faith, as our name says, in unity, in love, in prayer, in the fear of God. So we are so thankful for the atmosphere of unity that is prevailing in the church. And we have good news that even this year, we have opened a new church in South Korea. So we are talking about the growth and expansion of the church. And I’m not working alone,” explained Bishop Guti.
ZAOGA Forward in Faith Ministries was founded by the late Archbishop Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti and has grown into a global ministry with a presence in 171 nations.
