Dear Friends,

Happy 64th Anniversary ZAOGA FIFMI!

GIRLS MINISTRY NATIONAL GIRLS BIG SUNDAY

The Girls Ministry hosted its highly anticipated National Girls Big Sunday on the 1st of December 2024 at the Ezekiel Guti Conference Center, Harare, Zimbabwe. The event was a remarkable success, drawing over 5,000 girls from various regions, all gathered to celebrate their faith, receive guidance, and experience a life-transforming encounter with God. A highlight of the day was the presence of our Senior Archbishop Professor Eunor Guti, who graciously attended, and a thick presence of God was experienced in the auditorium soon after she stood on stage. She shared a powerful message with the girls and her words resonated deeply as she encouraged the girls to hold fast to the core doctrines of the church and to consistently work on building strong, godly character. Her heartfelt message stirred the hearts of many, and the impact was profound.
65 girls responded to the call for salvation, giving their lives to Christ in a powerful moment of surrender and transformation. In addition, more than 2,000 girls experienced emotional healing and spiritual deliverance, shedding the burdens of past hurts, pain, and struggles that had weighed them down for so long. It was a moment of profound healing and renewal for each of them. About 185 received the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
It was a turning point for several online and those who attended in person. This was a day that marked the beginning of new journeys, fresh commitments, and deep spiritual growth for every girl in attendance. We are deeply grateful for all those who contributed to making this day a success and for the overwhelming support of our Senior Archbishop and all those who prayed for the girls. All the glory to the God of Ezekiel.

MUTARE PROVINCE THANKSGIVING BIG SUNDAY

In honour of the rich Legacy passed on to us by our father Archbishop Professor E.H Guti Mutare Province held an End of year Thanksgiving Big Sunday in the Mutare Provincial Showgrounds on Sunday the 1st of December. We celebrate the favour of God that enabled us to receive a divine visit from our Father and Mother, the Presiding Bishop of ZAOGA FIF Ministries Dr Joseph Joe Guti and our mother Pastor Nyasha Guti.
On Saturday night 800 leaders gathered from all corners of the province to receive teaching and impartation from our father and mother. We received a deep and life-changing teaching from our parents that centred on The Genuine Fear of God, Unity, and leading the church in the same spirit that has led this church this far. Through Baba’s teaching, our eyes were opened to understanding the power of the covenant and adhering to the pattern that God gave to us through our founding father. After the blessing and impartation prayer from our father, the leaders were renewed, refreshed, and revived. Mutare leaders will never be the same again.
Sunday the 1st of December 2024 was the Historic Thanksgiving Big Sunday that saw over 8000 people converging in the Mutare Showgrounds. There was great joy and celebration as our Father and Mother stepped into the showgrounds and some are testifying that from the time, they caught a glimpse of them walking into the pavilion they received their healing.
The gathering was led into a celebration by our Praise and Worship team, the music ministry of Fungisai Mashavave, and other performing artists. District and Ministries Choir took turns to bless and inspire us to give thanks to the God of our father.
Minister of State for Provincial affairs and Devolution, Mayor of Mutare, Chief Mutasa, Provincial commanders of the security forces, EFZ Provincial Leadership and overseers from neighbouring provinces were present. All these gave their solidarity messages confirming that Baba Guti was a man sent from God and his voice continues to speak to the Nation through his works and his spiritual children.
Our Father and mother reminded us that ZAOGA FIF is a church of God started by God to transform nations. He exhorted us to continue in the biblical traditions that we received from our father, stay in the pattern, and understand that the covenant does not make us immune, we have a role to play. A clear call was made for the church to walk in the fear of God and perpetuate the Legacy ‘Fear not Sin not’. Great emphasis was made on the truth that we have an identity and wherever we are, we are one ZAOGA FIF and one spirit of Jesus Christ.
As he concluded his teaching by quoting from Acts 4:7, it was time to minister to the needs of the people, great power and the presence of God was felt as he pointed people to the great power in the name of Jesus Christ. The power of God was present to transform people’s lives and thus ;

560 Souls came to the Lord and the following are some of the miracles witnessed.
1 lady who could not walk without a crutch was healed as Baba was declaring healing.
Around 1000 people were delivered from various spirits tormenting them.
20 ladies confirmed their healing from fibroids.
A man who had partial sight challenges confirmed his healing.
instant breakthroughs were received by many with two ladies confirming work promotions the following morning at their workplaces.
Another great miracle is that the weather had to change for our Big Sunday to continue undisturbed. Rains were experienced in Mutare that week and only to stop the weekend for the Big Sunday. There is great joy in the city and Province of Mutare, surely Mutare Province will never be the same.

UNITED KINGDOM

Yorkshire Province – We would like to thank the God of our father, Ezekiel Guti, for a life-changing and empowerment weekend with our DSG, Apostle Dr Steve Simukai. Yorkshire Provincial Overseers Cals & Skhaa Manyati, the pastorate, together with the whole province, came together on Friday evening for a power-packed service. On Saturday, it was the Provincial Leadership Seminar, which was well attended despite the cold and snowy weather conditions in many surrounding areas. The Apostle taught powerfully on the integrity of leadership, grounding the church in their church doctrine. The leaders were encouraged to another level to do the work of God.
On Sunday, it was the Provincial Big Sunday in Leeds. We thank the God of our father, who has continued to be faithful in our province. Over 200 people attended the Big Sunday.
There was great joy in the city as ministries took turns to do items, including our Child Evangelism and KMD.
Apostle Dr. Steve Simukai prophetically encouraged the church, and there was evidence of the presence of the Lord. Many people were delivered and set free. The Apostle encouraged the church to remain focused and dwell in the word of God. He also challenged the young emerging generation to appreciate their parents, stay away from fleshly desires, be filled by the power of the Holy Spirit, and be grounded in prayer and reading the word of God. What an empowerment weekend! The province as a whole will never remain the same. In the spirit of practicing true discipleship, we say in our province, “One Yorkshire, 100% participation in everything”. Glory to God of our father Ezekiel Guti!

NETHERLANDS

We thank the God of our father for what He is doing in the Netherlands. After facing some challenges this year, we have established 4 home bible groups under the West Holland Assembly with the view of quickly growing them into Assemblies starting with Utrecht. We thank God for a breakthrough and held our pre-Christmas and home talents celebration service on Sunday, the 1st of December. Utrecht being a major connecting hub, believers managed to travel from the 4 corners of the country with ease, and we saw a boost in attendance to 31 people – 23 adults (including four locals) and 8 kids. There was great joy in the service and during the fellowship such that many believers were revived. We believe God for greater things. We thank the leadership, our resident Pastor Ester Ziel, and the Senior Pastors overseeing the Schengen Region Chris and Sessy Mutsigwa for prayers and guidance. We also appreciate our international leadership and all the saints for prayers.

DRC

Kinshasa – We want to thank the God of our Father Ezekiel for the growth of the work here in Kinshasa. We saw the hand of God as 7 new people were water baptized on Sunday the 24th of November. The attendance was 40, and we rejoiced and gave glory to God for the increase since the average attendance ranged from 25-31 people.
The church was bidding farewell to the Missionaries Pastors Owen and Josephine Muyambuki who witnessed the growth of the New Church from about 4 members to a membership of 40 in the 6 months they were with the Church. The Church was celebrating the grace of God. They were welcoming the incoming Missionaries Pastors Tawanda and Constance Kapunzeni who are taking over.
Continue to pray for us as we are praying for a stand/land to build our own church and have a good place of worship.

FIF CYPRUS

We want to thank the God of our father Archbishop Ezekiel Guti for what He has been doing here in Cyprus. God has remembered us as a church once again as it is our norm every November to work missions. Throughout this month we have been having Missions services every Friday at the assembly level with different local speakers coming through to encourage us. We are waking up Monday to Thursday at 5 am to pray for this great cause. We are moving with the theme “Manifesting the Covenant,” and indeed, we are seeing the hand of God as people are coming through to give testimonies of how God has been opening doors to work missions. Some are also testifying that as they give, God is settling other issues in their lives. We have also been receiving powerful teachings from Pastor Power Sibanda, who arrived timely at the opening of the Missions month and the church has been blessed in this season. On Saturday, 22nd of November we held our Missions Concert at the national level and attendance was around 150 which is a good number considering that it’s exam period. We had various segments that involved singing, poetry, dancing, and preaching, just to mention a few. Participants were focusing on Missions, and it raised even greater awareness and understanding of missions. We are now left with 2 weeks to our big day and we are really believing God that doors of financial blessings continue to open so that everyone desiring to work missions will be able to do so. We are very grateful for the prayers that you continue to do for us.

GUYANA

We give all the glory to God as we continue with all our midweek services. On Friday, Elder Otis ministered the word in a powerful session. During the Sunday service, Bible study was an interactive session followed by powerful testimonies of what God did during the Apostolic visitation with Apostle Zenas and Dr. Cathy Marurama – two people got jobs and many other testimonies were given. Pastor Fanuel, then shared the word. We thank you for your prayers.

BELIZE

We give glory to the God of Ezekiel as we continued with our midweek services which were well attended.
On Saturday, Punta Gorda Go Quickly Ministry held their Ladies High Tea Event with Pastor Helen the guest Speaker who taught on ‘ A Virtuous Woman’. 10 ladies attended, including 3 new visitors. Men of Integrity held their first service and fellowship in Punta Gorda with guest speaker Pastor Victory Makonese 4 men attended, including one new person.
Sunday in Belize City, Elder Shaneme shared the word while Elder Anna shared in Independence. In PG, there was joy in the atmosphere as we came together for the final day with our National Leaders Pastors Victory and Helen Makonese. Pastor Victory taught on Water and Holy Spirit Baptism one person was baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues and 3 people were water baptized after service. We want to thank God for the cool weather and for a powerful service
Notable testimonies:

Several people received healing from various illnesses.
After church service a lady and husband, were prayed to recover from a stroke.
One lady testified how through tithing she saw the faithfulness of God when her son was hospitalized, and the medical bills were more than Belize $13,000 but God provided funds for the entire hospital bill.
We concluded the service with a “love feast” fellowship in PG and communion in Independence assembly We give God all the glory for His favor and grace upon our Nation protecting against tropical storms. Sunday attendance was 44 people.

UAE LEGACY BIG SUNDAY

We express our deepest gratitude to the God of our father, Apostle Prof. Ezekiel H. Guti, for the grace, bestowed upon us this weekend. It was a weekend of celebrating the Legacy of our father as a nation of the United Arab Emirates, which saw the nation holding our historical inaugural Legacy Big Sunday on the 1st of December 2024.
Legacy Soccer Tournament – The celebrations kicked off with the inaugural Men of Integrity National Legacy Soccer tournament on Saturday, 30 November 2024, in Al Ain, which saw 90 men and boys coming together for the first time to celebrate the legacy through sport. Men came from all the Emirates of the nation. Abu Dhabi region won the championship and was crowned as the winner during the Sunday Legacy Big Sunday. The legacy continues.
Go Quickly Big Saturday – The same Saturday the Go Quickly and Tell also held their final Big Saturday for the year where all ladies from the Go Quickly, Single ladies and Girls of Quality Ministries met virtually from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and from the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates. The service was packed with activities, starting with inspiring testimonies on Home Talents, the big Saturday was concluded with a powerful word from our guest, Elder Kuda Mudangwe from South Africa. The ladies were greatly inspired, 125 gadgets were logged on for the service
On Sunday, believers from all assemblies across the Emirates where the Forward In Faith Ministries (FIFMI) is present gathered in great numbers to honour and celebrate the enduring legacy left by our father, the bondservant of the Lord, Prof E.H Guti. These were namely Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Ajman, Dubai 1, Jumeirah & Jebel Ali (JJ), Ras Al Khaimah, and Sharjah.
The atmosphere was electrifying as choirs from various assemblies delivered outstanding performances that kept the audience engaged. The UAE National Praise team set the tone of the celebrations as they led the church through praise. A member of the Child Evangelism Ministry recited an inspired poem about the legacy of our Father, Dr. Ezekiel Guti. One of our very own local recording artists, Elder Carol Israelle, gave a soulful performance that profoundly blessed the congregation.

FIF MALAYSIA

We are grateful to the God of our father for His faithfulness that we continue to experience in our nation. Our mid-week services are being well attended. Ladies faithfully meet every Tuesday for prayer, and some are testifying of seeing transformation through prayer. We thank God for preserving all students who have completed their studies in this nation still in the fear of God and continue to believe God for job placements. Every week, we receive new people, most of them making FIF their spiritual home. A lady who urgently needed money to pay for her tuition received it from a stranger exactly on the date that the pastor had said she would receive it. We joined the rest of the FIF family in the “call to prayer” as encouraged by our father from 18-30 November. This week, the GOQ hosted their first National Big Sunday in Cyberjaya and they won 2 souls to Christ. The big Sunday was lit with the GOQ regalia t-shirts, various performances, and joyful praise and worship. Pastor Rutendo taught from the book Girls Fellowship, and the word escalated to reminding the girls that they are not ordinary. Many were delivered from various evil spirits. The boys and couples had a powerful service at Bangsar. We thank God for the spiritual growth among our leaders and believers. Thank you for your prayers.

MALAWI

Lilongwe’s Highly Favoured Province is thankful to the God of Ezekiel for the remarkable growth of His work. Following a successful tenure by Overseer Dr. Herbert and Jerina Nyakonda from August to November 2024, Overseer Master and Ireen Masango took over for a short-term missionary assignment.
Since their arrival, the Masango’s have launched impactful visibility and outdoor outreach programs across all three assemblies in Lilongwe. Notably, a new assembly has been established in Area 49, Lilongwe City, after one week of outdoor outreach efforts. This breakthrough has resulted in over 60 individuals accepting Christ.
On Sunday, the new assembly was officially launched, with 64 new believers in attendance, comprising 17 adults and 47 children. We are overjoyed to welcome this new addition to our Province and are grateful for the Lord’s blessing.
On the other hand, Go Quickly and Tell, convened a prayer Retreat from 19 to 21 November 2024. It was presided over by Overseer Ireen Masango, who was joined by Reverend Glory Odilo as speakers, and attendance ranged from 13 to 18 ladies during prayer sessions, while a total of 47 ladies gathered on Sunday Service, marking the end of the retreat. The retreat provided women the opportunity to pour their lives to the Lord and get soaked in prayer, interceding for the work of God as guided by the letter of call for prayer.
We thank God for the wonderful work He is doing in Lilongwe. We humbly request prayers that leaders who are capable of sustaining the work of God be raised in Malawi.

ZIMBABWE

Westgate Provinces Ladies Big Saturday – The ladies in Westgate Province were excited to have a Provincial Big Saturday on 30 November 2024 with the International Director for Go Quickly and Tell Ministry, Dr. La-Verne Simukai. The total number of women who attended the Big Saturday was 306. Dr. La-Verne taught ladies and encouraged them to be good mothers, wives, sisters, aunties, and grandmothers whose lives show the pattern they were taught by our father, Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti, as in Philippians 4 vs 9. One lady gave her life to Jesus. About 16 ladies were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues, and all ladies went back home revived and joyous after experiencing the outpouring of the joy of the Holy Spirit as Dr La-Verne ministered.
Westgate Provincial Big Sunday – The Province held a Provincial Big Sunday on the 1st of December 2024, with The Secretary General Apostle M. Nyambo and Pastor Leticia Nyambo being the speakers. The Big Sunday had an overwhelming attendance of over 2000 people, despite the absence of single women, girls, and boys who were holding their ministerial big Sundays too.
Pastor Leticia Nyambo shared about Intercession and prayer. The presence of the God of Ezekiel engulfed the place, and the Lord ministered to His people through His vessels.
God met people’s needs as many were delivered, received hope, doors were opened and there was so much joy in the church. 7 people gave their lives to Christ and 17 people were water baptized. Glory be to the God of Ezekiel.

P.S

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You are welcome to contact our office at +263 774 873 565 for alternative arrangements or further assistance.

This week:

1. Thanking God for our father Bishop Dr. Joseph Joe and Pastor Nyasha Guti that God gives them wisdom and grace as they carry out their assignment.
2. Thanking God for the 2 Apostles; SG Apostle Mishael Nyambo, and the DSG Apostle Dr. Steve Simukai and their wives, that God gives them wisdom and grace as they carry out their assignments.
3. Thanking God for the peace of Jerusalem. Psalm 122:6 “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem…”
4. Thanking God for the National Executive and National Council meetings to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe, from Tuesday, December 3-5, 2024. Thanking God for journey mercies as people travel to and from.
5. Thanking God for the ongoing construction of the Ezekiel Guti Jr (EJ) Legacy Center for people with special needs. May God continue to provide the items needed for the students.
6. Thanking God for Mbuya Dorcas Hospital (MDH); for the successful completion of the operating theatres, the commencement of the postgraduate nursing school, the realization of the special Diabetes pharmacy, and every other project lined up at the hospital. Thanking God for raising burden bearers who will partner and support the vision that God gave to His servant Ezekiel.
7. Thanking God that ZEGU continues to excel and that the vision is fulfilled as God gave to His servant Ezekiel.
8. Thanking God for the long-term and short-term missionaries. Thanking God for providing suitable meeting places and favourable prices as the FIFMI churches continue to grow. Thanking God for the registration process of FIFMI Thailand, Egypt, Cameroon, Slovakia, Poland, and South Korea. Thanking God for the construction of the churches in Guyana and Ghana. Thanking God for peace in areas that are not politically stable. Thanking God for protecting the different nations from heavy rains and hurricanes in their areas.
9. Thanking God for your nation.

Thanking God for our mother Apostle Prof. Eunor Guti that He continues to strengthen her. Thanking God for wisdom for the growing work and projects to be done. Thanking God for the continued success of the mission in Chitungwiza.

TEACHING: PART OF BABA & AMAI’S MESSAGE

Phil 4:9 “The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.”
If you want the blessing of FIFMI – I want you to have what I have – I am different. If you listen to me and follow me, you will have what I have. When you see me doing something, do what I do so you get the blessing. Elders who do their own things cause the church to be dry. You can’t be a disciple of 2 churches or doctrines. A beautiful church doesn’t imply a good church – some leaders sleep with girls in other churches, etc. Some churches speak nice words to entice you, but when you go inside, there’s nothing. Do you want the blessing of FIFMI? Follow me as I follow Christ. If I’m not following Christ, don’t follow me.… God bless you.

We love you and are praying for you,

Apostle Drs Steve & La-Verne Simukai
ZAOGA Forward In Faith Ministries Int.
+263 777 282 356, +263 777 282 092
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