{"id":1313,"date":"2014-11-11T12:58:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/?page_id=1313"},"modified":"2025-02-04T22:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:30:37","slug":"zimbabwe-church-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/missions-2\/zimbabwe-church-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Church Development Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1999, Stephen Chikwati came to Cincinnati Christian University from his home in Mashoko, Zimbabwe to earn a Master&#8217;s of Divinity. \u00a0After being asked many times what he would do upon completion of his degree, Stephen prayerfully began his ministry in Zimbabwe while finishing his education in Cincinnati. \u00a0With the help of his wife, Angella, \u00a0and others,\u00a0Zimbabwe Church Development Ministry (ZCDM) began in 2002. \u00a0Upon his graduation in 2004, Stephen returned to Mashoko, Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2011 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chikwati family\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"2011\" srcset=\"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture-450x338.jpg 450w, http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/zimbabwe-picture.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dozens of congregations are thriving under the teaching and care of ZCDM. \u00a0Ministries to men, women and especially youth provide discipleship to hundred in areas where poverty and transportation are tremendous barriers. \u00a0These congregations participate in national conferences in which Stephen serves various leadership roles. \u00a0ZCDM has established Preachers&#8217; Club for secondary students and has developed a deep involvement within the school. \u00a0Other programs include leadership training, sports programs, and clothing distribution to those in need.<\/p>\n<p>Political and economic chaos lead to a great deal of hopelessness in Zimbabwe. \u00a0Education and Biblical truth restore hope to \u00a0many through Zimbabwe Church Development Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen, his wife Angella (a supervising nurse at Moshoko Hospital), and their son Takunda (17) live in Moshoko. \u00a0Takudzwa (Taku) graduated from Lincoln Christian University in May 2015 and will continue his education at Northern Kentucky University.<\/p>\n<h3>Read their <a href=\"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ZCDM-1stQtr_2024.pdf\">recent newsletter here (April 2024)<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1999, Stephen Chikwati came to Cincinnati Christian University from his home in Mashoko, Zimbabwe to earn a Master&#8217;s of Divinity. \u00a0After being asked many times what he would do upon completion of his degree, Stephen prayerfully began his ministry &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/missions-2\/zimbabwe-church-development\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zimbabwe Church Development Ministries<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":339,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1313","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14526,"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1313\/revisions\/14526"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/northernhillscc.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}