November 11, 2025
GNPI Celebrates 50 Years of Ministry
Good News Productions, International (GNPI) has reached the half-century mark for using media and technology to share the gospel around the world and empower other Christians to do the same.
Articles for tag: Zimbabwe
September 23, 2025
Christian Restoration Association Celebrates Century Mark
The Christian Restoration Association (CRA) and their long-standing publication, the Restoration Herald, are celebrating the centennial mark for their existence.
July 3, 2025
Community Change Brings Life Transformation: Denford Chizanga and Africa Development Mission’s Impact
Denford Chizanga's life is a testament to transformation—not only the transformation of his own, but also transformation in the lives of countless people across Africa.
May 2, 2025
Digging Deep
Cainos Manyara grew up in Zimbabwe, but followed God into a productive ministry of encouraging and loving people in America and supporting his own people in Zimbabwe.
HASTEN International Continues a Long Tradition of Medical Ministry
By Laura McKillip Wood Dr. Dennis Pruett was born in West Virginia, the son of a coal miner. During World War II, he served as a naval aviator and received a Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. When he returned from the war, he became a surgeon; later he and his wife began serving as medical missionaries in Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe. The Pruetts raised their family there and had a productive medical ministry. They were convinced they could most effectively share the gospel by partnering with Christian nationals working in the medical field, so in 1985 they began a
November 13, 2018
Mix, Weigh, Seal, Ship: Packing Meals and Sharing Jesus’ Love
Lifeline Christian Mission partners with churches, schools, and others to provide the supplies—and opportunities—to serve people locally and globally through food-packing events. By Ben Simms Mix. Weigh. Seal. Ship. These four simple steps involve several generations, as participants gather to package shelf-stable meals for the hungry. A meal-packing event is one of the easiest and most popular ways to engage a group of people, whether large or small, in a service project together. The fun begins as you bring your group together, whether it’s your church, school, or employees. You host the meal-packing event at your location across the
May 6, 2017
Always Trusting God
By Jennifer Johnson Mike and Enise Grooms didn”t take high-profile, high-paying ministry jobs. After working in Cincinnati”s inner city and then in eastern Europe, the couple moved to metro Atlanta and began leading Tucker (GA) Christian Church five years ago. “Mike and Enise never owned a house or a nice car,” says Al Serhal, Enise”s brother and executive director of Hippo Valley Christian Mission, a ministry to Zimbabwe with stateside offices in Grayson, KY. “They”ve always just trusted God to provide.” During their ministry at Tucker, the Grooms could get health insurance and a modest life insurance policy for the
November 4, 2016
Leveraging One-on-One Relationships for Christ
By Jennifer Johnson Jeff Vines, lead pastor at Christ”s Church of the Valley (CCV) in San Dimas, California, was a missionary in New Zealand for 10 years. In the first four years of his ministry at Shore Community Christian Church in Auckland, he grew the congregation from 350 people to more than 1,000 by challenging people to connect with “one life.” Today the same strategies are bringing growth to CCV as a whole and to many of its members. “New Zealand is a post-Christian nation,” Vines says. “I quickly learned that the best way to evangelize in that culture is
November 29, 2009
INTO AFRICA: Dennis and Lucy Pruett
 by Joe Bliffen Over the past 51 years Dennis D. Pruett, MD, has been known as Chiremba (doctor) to the Africans who live in the bush country of Zimbabwe. In 1958, at age 34, Dr. Pruett, his wife, Lucy, and their four children traveled to what was then Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Africa. Arriving in Cape Town, South Africa, the Pruett family, along with nurses Betty Iddings and Helen Doyle and secretary Betty Morgan, were met by the Max Ward Randall family, missionaries to South Africa. After a couple of days, they began the long and arduous journey from
Half-Pure Religion and the Unpopularity of the Poor
 By Mark E. Moore Jesus” half-brother asserted, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (James 1:27). A cursory glance at the Gospels suggests that Jesus would agree with his sibling. After all, he spent as much time doing good as he did teaching us about being good. So why do our churches seem so reticent about compassionate ministries? Why have we allowed social awareness to be hijacked by secular liberals such as Oprah and Extreme
August 12, 2007
We Turned Vision into Action
Mount Pleasant Christian Church built a six-week “Imagine” series on Matthew 25 and paired each message with action—food and clothing drives, orphan support, AIDS caregiver kits for Zimbabwe, and focused prayer for the persecuted church.
December 3, 2006
AIDS in Africa: Zimbabwe
Missionary doctor David Grubbs recounts AIDS’ early spread in Zimbabwe and how churches and mission hospitals shifted from denial and judgment to compassionate, home-based care—and gospel hope for suffering families.
November 30, 2006
Refusing to Look the Other Way
An editorial on the staggering human cost of AIDS and the call for Christians to respond with compassion, practical help, and gospel hope—supporting ministries like World Vision and learning from believers serving in Africa.
April 2, 2006
CHRISTIAN STANDARD AT 140: 25 Years as the Editor
By Sam E. Stone I can”t remember just when I started reading CHRISTIAN STANDARD. My dad subscribed to it for many years. Each week it arrived at our home in Clovis, New Mexico. I do know for sure that I was reading it regularly when I was a teenager. The evidence for that is my letter to the editor that was published on August 28, 1954. At that time the venerable W. R. Walker wrote a weekly column, “The Counselor”s Question Box.” In it he responded to questions and comments from the readers. I wrote in to take exception to
February 16, 2006
Interview with Walter Birney
Walter Birney reflects on four decades leading the National Missionary Convention, how he measures success, memorable highlights, and why mobilizing churches for world evangelism still motivates the work.
January 29, 2006
TESTIMONY FROM AFRICA: ‘You Have Been Stealing from God’
Bafundi Mpofu describes how a Zimbabwe congregation moved from dependency to self-support through tithing—fully funding pastors, planting new churches, and renewing mission purpose during economic collapse.
January 29, 2006
TESTIMONY FROM AFRICA: Dancing for Joy!
A mission trip to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, revealed “bundles of joy”—believers dancing forward to give sacrificially in the midst of hardship. Their generosity and hope offer a lasting lesson in joyful giving.
January 25, 2006
Joyful Givers
Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive—and research suggests generous people report greater happiness. A Zimbabwe church’s jubilant offering challenges us to recover cheerful, impact-focused giving.
