Dear Friends,

UNITED KINGDOM

North West Province We would like to thank the God of our father Apostle E.H. Guti, who gave us the 3 Apostles. On Monday 4th December 2023 North West Province was graced by great cloud of witnesses when Apostle Dr Joseph Joe, Pastor Nyasha, together with UK National Administrator Overseers O and C Zezani, Bishop Dr J Chikwawawa, Bishop Drs M & B Kasese, our provincial Overseers Big and Nelly Chakanyuka and all the local pastors gathered at our newly acquired provincial centre. Regardless of it being the first day of the week and a working day, many people across the province gathered in their numbers to welcome and receive our Father Apostle Dr. Joseph Joe and Amai. Our Father Apostle Dr Joe said he had come to love us and celebrate with our province on the acquisition of the provincial centre. There was great joy at our centre, Apostle Dr Joe thanked and blessed those who worked talents towards the purchase of the provincial centre and gave us a word of encouragement for us to continue doing good. We want to thank God for the support we continue to receive from our National office and International Headquarters.

POLAND

On Sunday 10th, all roads led to Warsaw, the capital city of Poland, for the National Big Sunday. The whole nation was buzzing with excitement and joy as this was the first ever National Big Sunday. People travelled from all corners of the nation, on hired buses and trains despite the adverse cold, snowy weather conditions. Over 120 were in physical attendance, including families and university students, while at least 50 others were logged in via Zoom and others on Facebook. There was great joy as ministries, and assemblies took turns to sing and dance for the Lord. Furthermore, the nation partook their first Holy Communion together. We give glory to God of our father. This was followed by powerful praise and worship that ushered the church into the presence of the Lord. Pastor Blessing Mutingwa then gave a powerful personal testimony of how God of our father, Ezekiel Guti, changed his life, which touched the lives of young people. This was followed by the word of the day, shared by Pastor Patrick Cavanagh, who taught an anointed word on looking unto Jesus Christ. He encouraged the church to fix their eyes on Jesus Christ and hold onto Him, as demonstrated by the life of our father, Ezekiel Guti. There was thick anointing as healing and deliverance took place. Many young people reconnected and rededicated their lives with Jesus Christ after the word was shared. Many were delivered from the spirit of depression, suicide, alcohol and drug abuse. The missionaries took time to pray for the sick and having one to one faith clinic. Finally, there was fellowship at the end of the service. Indeed, we give all the glory to God of our father, Ezekiel Guti. Poland will never remain the same. #Haiperi.

RUSSIA

The God of our father Ezekiel continued faithfully with us in Russia this week. Our Sunday services were power packed, we had 20 gadgets logged on for the Virtual service and Deacon David Gomo from China ministered the Word in a mighty way. Then later during our physical service Brother Timothy took it further and delivered a powerful message leaving the church so encouraged. We had 35 believers in attendance despite the chilly weather. We thank God for the leadership of our pastors, a great revival and witnessing is happening in our church. The Lord added 3 more souls this week, glory be to the God of Ezekiel . We are so thankful for your prayers and support.

JAPAN

We had yet another interesting week in Japan. By the grace of God, we elected our first ever committee for the women’s ministry. We were able to appoint 4 members and will have regular meetings every week. Also, with the wonderful support from our Pastors, we held an interesting Bible Study Question and Answer session on Wednesday. On Sunday, we continued with our powerful series on Giving during Bible Study, and results are showing. Pastor Farai ministered the Word of God. Our church, currently of 22 believers, is showing signs of great growth. We are grateful for the continued support and for all your prayers that God will give us a suitable venue for our services.

SLOVAKIA

We had a powerful Sunday service that recorded an awesome attendance of 12 members. We had great Bible study where we continued with the topic ‘Talking with God’ from the book authored by Baba Guti, “Sunday Morning Lectures.” The Bible study was followed by praise and worship and lastly the Word. After the service, we had time to share food and get to know each other personally. We continue to see the hand of the God of Ezekiel in all our gatherings. The church continues to pray for a proper venue of our services.
May the saints pray with us for pastoral presence to take care of the baby church in this part of Central Europe.

CARIBBEAN AND GUYANA

They are so thankful to the God of our Father Ezekiel Guti for an awesome week they had in Nevis. It was a powerful successful week of leadership seminars. Sunday service was very powerful as Dr. Robert Chirima ordained two deacons. In Guyana, the church was packed on Sunday, with choirs making presentations; The Spirit of God moved in a powerful way as several people were delivered. FIF Belize city joined FIF Jamaica for a powerful time of prayer and sharing of the word by Pastor Victory as guest speaker for their morning glory. They also had a National Workers Fellowship with Overseer B. F Mhundwa as guest speaker along with believers from Jamaica, USA and Barbados joining the sessions. One young girl testifies that whenever she would get angry, she would hit people but now she no longer does it as she is able to exercise more self-control. Another testified that when the year started she had severe knee pain and now it is gone. Glory to God.

CYPRUS

We would like to thank the God of our father Archbishop E.H Guti for the month of November which was our missions month. On the 3rd of December we celebrated the working of missions. People received certificates and awards for working missions and many were outstanding. Our church is mainly university students and many are new but we saw the hand of the God of Ezekiel in allowing them to catch the spirit of missions. From the 8th to the 10th of December the ladies held their bi-annual conference in Lefkosa under the theme “Serving God in our generation”. Those who live far were camping and daily attendance ranged from 80 to 110. The speaker, Pastor Coleen Mawoyo was mightily used by God in areas which included Faith Clinic, Healing, deliverance and Holy Spirit. The conference also celebrated the achievement of ladies through working Home Talents. Some bought cars, other paid of their school debt, some also managed to set up thriving cleaning companies. We had facilitators who spoke on mental health and entrepreneurship. The conference was life changing and Cyprus girls will never be the same.

THAILAND

We are grateful to the God of Ezekiel for His continued faithfulness in the nation of Thailand. We had our weekly programs as usual with a good attendance. Sunday service was particularly unique, God favoured us and allowed us to host Her Excellency, the Ambassador of Zimbabwe in Malaysia; Honourable Constance Chemwayi, with one other diplomat from the embassy. Our total attendance was 68 people, with 37 joining online and 31 people onsite. We also had one new visitor from Pakistan who promised to make FIF her new home. The Ambassador had time to speak to the church and she spoke highly of FIF churches around the world saying they are raising the flag of Zimbabwe. She also expressed gratitude to FIF Thailand saying she was hearing reports of the great work we are doing in Thailand to assist other Zimbabweans and encouraged to continue with the good work, glory to God! After that Elder Clive conducted child dedication and one baby was dedicated to God. Later Elder Clarence taught powerfully on restoration in the Kingdom of God, surely our lives will never be the same again. Pastor Learnie gave a brief speech after and closed the service. After the service we had time to fellowship over lunch at the hotel, courtesy of the Zimbabwean Embassy in Malaysia. There was a tangible spirit of joy and unity in our midst and we owe it all to the God of Ezekiel. Thank you for continuing to pray for us as we pray for you.

SOLOMON ISLANDS

We want to thank the God of our father Apostle Professor Ezekiel Guti for the grace and opportunity for us to conduct a home Talents conference from the 7th to 10th December 2023. This was initiated in two provinces: Guadalcanal- Honiara and Western province – Noro. Meanwhile two provinces (Malaita and Makira) joined Honiara. The attendance was very good, reaching 272 people in Honiara and 93 people in Noro. Both provinces had powerful speakers who preached the word of God, in Honiara we had Bishop Stanley and Dr. Tafadzwa Masaka and in Noro we had Pastor Tawanda and Mandie Lameck. God really worked throughout the sessions, many hearts were stirred to work talents, give and realigning them properly with their pastors. Furthermore, God also touched the hearts of the unsaved souls who attended, 13 people got saved in Honiara. On-top of that, in Honiara we managed to do water baptism and there were 10 people who were baptized. Furthermore, believers were overjoyed and filled with the spirit of celebration, and they brought forward their fruit of working Talents in the year 2023. In that occasion the believers especially women, had brought cooking utensils, and other household items dancing and celebrating together in unity and Love. Moreover, believers also testified and brought forth evidence that they had been able to buy the following items; cars, bus, houses, land, refrigerators, water tank, and raised money for school fees. They were also able to build new houses, renovate houses, and start small businesses. In addition to that some believers also testified that they worked and saved money al lot of money. All glory to the God of our father Ezekiel Guti who prospers the willing and the obedient. Therefore, the conference has educated many believers, and they praised the God of our father Ezekiel Guti for lifting their standard of living and opening their eyes to see that Talents acts as broom to sweep poverty. Glory to God.

SEYCHELLES

We thank the God of our father for continually protecting the saints and the nation at large from the effects of recent disasters and floods recently witnessed in our island nation. Indeed, all our believers are safe and not one of them has been harmed. We are continuing with our weekly services as we receive powerful teachings and encouragement to be rooted and grounded in the doctrine of our Church. This week, one lady received Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Saviour. It is our hope and prayer that the nation will continue to be affected by the true seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as preached by our father. Please continue to pray for us that the work and the vision of the Servant and Apostle of God for Seychelles may not be affected by any further delays.

CHAD

We would like to continually give praise and honour to the big God of our father Professor, Apostle E.H Guti, for his ever-increasing grace in our nation Chad. On Wednesday and Thursday around 21 people in total joined Cameroon and Morocco on a one week prayer retreat organised by the Francophone nations pastors to earnestly pray for our mother, Archbishop Eunor Guti, the entire Forward in Faith church international, together with its leadership. On Sunday we had a big Sunday, many people testified the goodness of the God of our father how He is performing miracles by healing their sick bodies through prayers by our missionary pastors and the great joy, peace and provisions they are experiencing in their lives since they joined this ministry. Childrens church showed their capability to memorise scriptures and they gave a very touching song. The main assembly church choir gave us two songs. A boy and a girl wedding invitation was read, it is going to be our first wedding. Finally after a powerful praise and worship our Pastor J. Danga Kativhu delivered a powerful message on prayer and many people came to be prayed for, some were healed and delivered. We had 3 visitors and 2 gave their lives to Christ. Our prayer request is that God may continue to give us many souls and that all members coming may quickly grasp our doctrine and grow in it.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

We give glory to the God of our Father Ezekiel H. Guti for the continuing growth of the church in Kinshasa and for the work done from the couple Evangelist Phillip and Pastor Joyce Chipfakanya during the period of three months as short-term missionaries. We had a very occupied, hot and active time with a powerful Youth Get Together where the youth had games, songs, competitions and a good fellowship with 70 youth, a happy atmosphere was when they were sharing food and drink offered by the couple Evangelist Phillip and Pastor Joyce Chipfakanya. The Go Quickly ministry had a wonderful gathering with 37 ladies and Pastor Joyce Chipfakanya, they also had some games also and time to share something to eat. We have now a provincial Go Quickly ministry committee and testimonies of talents were been shared to encourage others so that they may start working talents. We had a PC with good attendance of the leaders where Overseer Clement Kisuka explained on conditions to appoint leaders according to our Rules and Policy. An explosive, powerful and wonderful big Sunday took place with an attendance of a total of 225 members; we had Holy Communion. 9 people gave their lives to Christ, 16 people were healed and 17 people were baptized in water. We serve a very good God and we thank Him for His grace upon Kinshasa and for a farewell to Evangelist Phillip and Pastor Joyce Chipfakanya. Our God is a good God.

ZAMBIA

Child Evangelism – We thank the God of Ezekiel for the successful Young Generation Conference held from 6-9 December, 2023 at Chilenje Autonomous District. Over 500 Young Generation were in attendance. God used speakers mightily and many children gave their lives to Christ and deliverance was conducted. They were delivered from the spirits of arrogance, stubbornness, addictions and they went back home with Joy.
Youth – We hosted a National Youth conference tagged NYC 2023 ZAMBIA which was held from 7-10 December, 2023 at Ezekiel Guti International Revival Centre, it drew many young people in their numbers from all provinces across the country. Many young people were baptised in the Holy Spirit as Reverend Joyce Chipoya ministered during the Holy Spirit session, while many were delivered from many different afflictions and demonic oppression. Our Guest Speaker Overseer S. Matsikenyere led us in the faith clinic and also preached. Many youths and young adults went back with so much joy. Glory be to the God of Ezekiel.

ZIMBABWE

SADOP

The ministry’s Legacy Celebrations were in the Matebeleland Zone on the 26th of November at Bulawayo City Local Mother Church hosted by SADOP Pastors DP Sterner Hamadziripi and Pastor Eddy Kataya. Attendance was around 110 SADOP drawn from Greater Bulawayo, Hwange, Binga, Vic Falls, Gwanda, Filabusi and Beit bridge. We welcomed SADOP from Gweru as well as some representatives from Harare. Celebrations kick started with celebratory songs in honour of our father Prof E. H Guti. SADOP shared powerful and touching personal experiences of the positive changes God has imparted and how their lives transformed through the ministration by our father Professor E. H Guti. Student Pastor Prosper Gwenjere testified of how the God of our father transformed him resulting in him responding to the call of God on his life. The celebrations were set alight at the introduction of guest music artist Danie Mandebvu with all SADOP getting into their dancing shoes. The celebrations got to the peak when guest of honour sent from the office of the SADOP Director, Pastor Gibson Munyonga took to the podium. He was mightily used in deliverance as he shared from his testimony of a personal relationship with God and being connected to the vision of our father. He delivered a powerful message also tapping into our Mother Archbishop Eunor Guti’s teaching at the Harare Zone, that SADOP must make history. There was a thick presence of God as he was ministering with many lives delivered. 8 people re-dedicated their lives to God and were ministered to. Indeed, the Legacy lives on. Matabeleland Zone SADOP will not remain the same.

The SADOP Legacy Celebrations rolled into Masvingo on the 9th of December. 70 SADOP from the following Provinces were represented; Masvingo, Chiredzi, Mwenezi ,Jerera and Gutu ,We had time to testify about our Father’s Legacy, we sang and danced, we were taught on career guidance, and as our norm, we had time to fellowship. Our guest Speaker was DP B. Musokota from Gweru, a fellow SADOP sent from our Director’s office. Taking a leaf from what our Mother Apostle Professor Eunor Guti taught SADOP in Harare, he made emphasis on the importance of having vibrant SADOP in the church. He also said it is our duty to take the vision of ZAOGA FIFMI further for we were born in the church and we understand the Doctrine of the church. He also said we must be the true disciples of our father, following each and every teaching, doing what he taught us and what we saw him doing during his time with us. It was a blessed night as we celebrated our Father’s legacy the SADOP way.

Ezekiel Guti Technical College (EGTC)

Ezekiel Guti Technical College had its second graduation ceremony that took place at AMFCC on the 8th of December 2023. The function was graced by our Father Apostle Dr J Guti, Mr Mashava – The Higher Education Ministry Deputy Director Quality Assurance and Standards, The HQ Bishops, HQ Administrator, the EGTC board members, AMFCC Management, Bulawayo North Provincial Overseer, several Pastors, guardians and other invited guests. We thank God that 122 students were due for graduation although only 54 managed to attend. The guest of honour our Father Apostle Dr J. Guti stressed that this training aims at developing a total person. The EGTC Board Chairperson Reverend D. Bvunzawabaya chronicled the importance of tertiary training while the Principal Mr S. Mutunzi took time to allow students to showcase their products. Speaker after speaker took time to celebrate the life and legacy of the Visionary Professor EH Guti who came up with this great vision. The guest artist Evangelist Mabvuramiti iced up the occasion as he sang ‘ZAOGA haiperi iwe usanyeperwa ” The Kingdom Music Dance group also demonstrated their great singing and dancing. It will be an event to remember especially from the last comments of the MC when he said EGTC is the place to be. It cannot be concluded without mentioning the outstanding best student, the presentation by garment construction students and the students who after finishing at EGTC went further to study advanced motor Mechanics in Lagos Nigeria. We give glory to the God of our Father Ezekiel Guti.

Marondera

The grace of the God of our father Professor E.H Guti came upon the Young Generation Ministry in Marondera Province as we had the opportunity to conduct our much-awaited annual Provincial Conference which kick-started on the 4th to the 6th of December 2023. We witnessed a high attendance of 500 children. The guest speaker was our International Director Pastor Petros and Regina Dope, and we also had other local speakers. Topics which were taught include salvation, history of ZAOGA, adolescence, drug and sexual abuse, grooming just mentioning but a few. 37 children gave their lives to Jesus Christ and 11 children were delivered from different spirits. We appreciate the support we received from our Provincial Overseers, all the DP’s and Pastors plus the entire leadership of the Ministry in our Province. Marondera province YG will never be the same again. We were empowered as Young Generation Ministry. To God be all the glory.

Seke

We would like to thank the God of our father Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti for a power packed Positive Character Building Conference which was held from the 1st to the 3rd of December 2023 across Seke Zone and the districts are Seke 1, Seke 3 Local Mother Church, Seke 4, Seke 5 and Seke 7. Our speakers were Pastor Madziva, KMD Directors Pastor T and P Maduche, Pastor C and R Mapunga, Pastor Marikopo and Pastor F. Kambudzi. A total of 435 children attended the conference and 180 children were saved and received Christ as their Savior. Speakers delivered powerful teachings and many children were delivered from different spiritual ailments. Workshops were run and many children opened up on one on one counseling with the speakers. We thank God for a life transforming conference and our Zone will never be the same again, Glory to the most high God.

P.S

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This week:

1. Thanking God for our mother Apostle Prof. Eunor Guti that He continues to strengthen her. Thanking God for the victory He always gives her. Thanking God for the continued success of the mission in Chitungwiza.
2. Thanking God for our father Apostle Dr. Joseph Joe Guti, the 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 Mbuya Doracs Hospital (MDH); for the successful completion of the operating theatres, commencement of the postgraduate nursing school, realization of the special diabetic 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.
5. Thanking God that ZEGU continues to excel and that the vision is fulfilled as God gave to His servant Ezekiel.
6. Thanking God for the ongoing construction of the Ezekiel Guti Jr (EJ) Legacy Center for people with special needs. May God continue to provide for the work.
7. Thanking God for His intervention in the Mount Pleasant Heights church issue. May God give His people victory.
8. Thanking God for protecting the saints in India and Pakistan. May He send angels all around them. Thanking God for a rainy season with no flooding in India as God watches over His people.
9. Thanking God for Home Talents (Kingdom Wealth Creation) that many people now have something tangible to show as a result of the covenant that God made with His servant Ezekiel of which we are beneficiaries.
10. Thanking God for giving success to the long-term and short-term missionaries. Thanking God for providing suitable meeting places and favorable prices as the FIFMI churches continue to grow. Thanking God for the registration process of FIFMI Thailand, Egypt, Morocco, Romania, Cameroon, Slovakia, and Poland.
11. Thanking God for your nation.

TEACHING: PART OF BABA & AMAI’S MESSAGE

An excerpt from the Disciplined and Teachable Spirit Book

What made you and me to love this church will not be lost if we today decide to be real disciples with a teachable spirit of the Apostle and servant of God and pass on the same spirit and teachings to the church of God. Because of this, it will continue through teachable spirit to disciple Christians to be like Jesus’ disciples……” God bless you.

We love you and are praying for you,
Apostle Drs Steve & La-Verne Simukai
ZAOGA Forward In Faith Ministries Int.
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