Apostles Update Week 39

by fifmi

October 9, 2023

Dear Friends,

AUSTRALIA ZONE 2 DEEPERLIFE CONFERENCE

We thank the God of our father Ezekiel Guti for the overwhelming success of our second Zone 2 Deeper Life Conference held from 5 to 8 October, 2023 in Perth, Western Australia, under the theme “Striving to be True Disciples who remain Rooted and Grounded in the Doctrine of Our Church During Transition.”
We were privileged to host a diverse and dynamic group of international speakers, including the International Executive Chairman, our father Apostle Dr. Joseph Joe Guti and Pastor Nyasha Guti, the Deputy Secretary General Apostle Dr. Steve Simukai and Dr. La-Verne Simukai, Bishop Dr. JDK and Dr. Mable Samasuwo (UK), Senior Pastor Gift Ranga (Zimbabwe), and Pastor Rick Mariano (USA), along with local speakers. Every speaker was mightily used by God.
The conference witnessed a remarkable turnout from all the 14 WA assemblies, with an average of 170 elders and deacons attending the daytime sessions and notably our Mega Big Sunday service was graced by over 500 people in attendance.
The Saturday evening’s service where Dr La-Verne Simukai preached was nothing short of extraordinary, marked by a powerful outpouring of God’s presence, followed by miraculous signs and wonders. The atmosphere was charged with spiritual energy, and testimonies of healing and deliverance abounded.

The conference’s climax was an exhilarating Mega Big Sunday which featured the welcoming of our father, Apostle Dr. Joseph Joe Guti. Transformative teachings were delivered by Deputy Secretary General Dr. Steve Simukai on wisdom and knowledge and our father, Dr. Joseph Joe Guti on unity and church doctrine.

Ten individuals, including six indigenous Australians received Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. Some of the other testimonies recorded included:
3 people healed from pain in left shoulder.
One man was healed of pain on the right side
One lady was healed instantly from pain in the breast.
Miraculous healing from scoliosis (bent back)
One person healed from joint pain
Many testimonies of revival
5 people were filled by the Holy Spirit for the first time
Another lady was healed from issues of ovaries
Someone was healed from their left hand not functioning well
One person healed from wrist pain.
We thank the God of Ezekiel for gracing us with a conference of such high calibre. The leaders of Western Australia have been renewed, equipped, and empowered to carry on with the legacy. Long live the spirit and the legacy of our father Apostle Ezekiel Guti. Thank you for your prayers.

NEW ZEALAND

We want to give God the praise and the glory for what He has done in New Zealand. From the 28th of September to the 1st of October we hosted our 3rd Deeper Life Leadership Conference. We give God the glory for He had afforded us the opportunity to have our Deputy Secretary General Apostle Dr. Steve Simukai, Bishop Dr. Michael and Dr. Bella Kasese and Senior Pastors Daniel and Rumbi Makuwere. The conference was well attended by roughly 200 leaders and our number increases in the night sessions when believers joined the services. It was a conference with a difference, there was joy overflow in the building. Each and every speaker ministered under the anointing of the God of our father Apostle Ezekiel Guti and everyone was amazed with the work of the Holy Spirit that they kept on testifying to one another that a new thing is happening in New Zealand. Apostle Dr. Steve Simukai ministered on Saturday night and there was an uncommon move of the Spirit of God that night, everyone came to the altar and deliverance took place. One lady testified that she came to the conference with painful knees and was advised by the doctors that she needed operation soon but after being prayed for she was lifting her legs up without a struggle. Another Mama Pastor testified that she fell on her knees before the conference and she came to the conference with so much pain after being prayed for she was completely healed. We give Glory to the God of Ezekiel. Our Nation New Zealand will never remain the same again.

ZAMBIA

We thank the God of our Father Ezekiel for the successful Deeper life Conference held from 26th to 30th September, 2023 at Ezekiel Guti International revival Centre. The main speakers being the Secretary General, Apostle Mishael Nyambo and Reverend Leticia Nyambo. Leaders came from all over the country and the teachings covered:Covenant, The Pattern, Chain of Multiplication. There was deliverance and healing. We witnessed the manifestation of the God Ezekiel. Our 19th Graduation Ceremony took place on the 29th of September, eight graduated from AMFCC Full Time College while Seventeen from Part Time School. The Ceremony was graced by the National Administrator Reverend Godfrey Chipoya, International Director for AMFCC Part Time Dr. Johnson Mlambo and the Secretary General, It was a colorful event that inspired many to enroll especially in the Part Time school. Glory be to God.

SLOVAKIA

We remain focusing and reflecting on the life and ministry of our father, Ezekiel Guti. We had a powerful Sunday service which recorded an awesome attendance of 11 believers. After the service, we had time to share food and getting to know each other. We continue to see the hand of the God of Ezekiel in all our gatherings. The church continues to pray for a proper venue for our services. May the saints pray with us for pastoral presence to take care of the baby churches within the region.

EGYPT

We want to thank the God of our father for the consistent growth of FIFMI in Egypt. God continues to use our missionaries, Pastors Prince and Tinashe Makaza, in a mighty way. Our services are attended by, on average, 25 regular members with 3 members from Kenya and Zambia giving their lives to Christ. We thank God that we now have a fully functional physical Bible study group and a well-established women’s committee. Women are excited with Tuesday prayer and Thursday fellowship, where they are receiving powerful teachings. Church services and Bible study meetings are ended by fellowship, which brings so much joy to the church. We thank God that Egypt was represented at this year’s edition of Today’s Woman conference. We thank you for continued prayers as the missionaries are busy with the church registration processes for God to open the right doors.

CAMEROON

Douala

Glory unto the God of our father Apostle Ezekiel H. Guti. Forward in Faith is growing in Douala day by day and our God is doing many wonders in the lives of believers. Our mid week activities continued and we had a powerful Friday prayer. One lady was healed and delivered completely after our Pastors prayed for her. We had a great Sunday service where 32 people (22 adults, 10 Children) attended service. We continued with our culture of fellowship after the Sunday service.

Ebolowa

Glory to the God of our father. We thank the Lord for a blessed week. Our midweek services continued. 6 people received Jesus as their Lord and Savior during the week. 18 people attended Sunday service. We are seeing the hand of God in people’s lives.
We are believing God for a bigger place of worship as our current place of worship is already packed. Please continue praying for the church registration.

GUYANA

We’re grateful to God for all that He continues to do in Guyana church and the lives of the people. We had 7 days of prayer and fasting from the 1st to 7th of October, meeting to pray as a church morning and evening to seek God for a breakthrough for the building of our church, since we already have the land. We thank the God of Ezekiel for His Grace upon us. Pastor Dwight Steadford from Jamaica was our speaker, on Wednesday he encouraged people to build the church of God by the working of talents. On Sunday we were with joy as we took time to appreciate our beloved Pastors Pastor Fanuel and Pastor Debra, we love our Pastors dearly. There was also an Award ceremony for our children for the outstanding performance they were given trophies and medals as a sign of encouragement. After the word we finished the service with fellowship. We thank you for your continued prayers.

NEVIS

We give praise to the God of our Father Professor Ezekiel Guti for His faithfulness to us here in Nevis. We had a powerful week of Revival from Monday September 25 to Sunday October 1st, entitled Kingdom Extravaganza which was attended also by people from St Kitts and other nations on zoom and facebook. The Word by Dr. Robert Chirima every night was about the Kingdom of God. We ended on a high note on Sunday with testimonies on how the Kingdom teaching impacted lives. One person testified that she got an increase at one of her jobs without asking. The other one said, I got a different experience of my lifetime and I went home bubbling and praying loud for the first time. A new believer even asked the pastor if it’s possible to sleep in church. We had a lunch fellowship after service. Glory be to God. FIF Nevis will never be the same again. We also thank God for members from St Kitts who are also being revived. Please continue to pray for us as we also continue to pray for you.

THAILAND

We thank God for His faithfulness in the nation of Thailand. This week was one of prayer and fasting and we met every day for prayer and encouragement from the word of God. We had an average attendance of 30 people per service. The speakers were used mightily by God, amongst them were pastors Learnie and Prim Nyanzara and Overseers Chizeya, surely our lives will never be the same again. On Sunday, we had 46 people in attendance, 26 online and 20 people onsite. Bible study was highly interactive and facilitated by Elder Zinyandu and Deacon Advance shared the word powerfully. Some testimonies:
One lady testified how she decided to put the word she received last Sunday to work. She prayed for one of her students who had eczema and the following day the student was completely healed and there was no trace of the ailment!
Another lady testified how she got a new and better job despite being interviewed when she was not feeling well.
One lady testified that she had come to Thailand without the intent of joining the church, she was invited and decided to give her life to Christ and make FIF her home, glory to God!
Many more people testified of healing and breakthroughs they have been receiving, glory to God. Thank you for continuing to pray for us as we pray for you.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Kinshasa – We are so grateful to the God of our Father Ezekiel H. Guti the Spirit of prayer is growing in all the four assemblies. People are meeting for morning devotion every day in every assembly, we have also seen the re-introduction of Cell groups in all the assemblies; in Masina we have 7 Cell groups, in Kingasani 4 Cell groups, in N’djili 4 Cell groups and Mbinza 5 Cell groups. This week we had 7 people who received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior in Kingasani and 22 children in Mbinza. Women were in N’djili where a number of 19 gathered to be taught how to conduct Tuesday prayers and Thursday gatherings. We are believing God to enable us to send more young Ezekiels to AMFCC to become pastors in the great country of DRC and we continue to thank the God of our Father for Missions office and the board of Bishops. Glory be to God.

MALAWI

Blantyre

We are grateful to the God of our father as we received our pastors Isaac and Jossie Banda. We thank God for revival has come to our church, last Sunday we were 26 adults and 11 children. Our Pastors did door to door, home visitations and the believers were revived and we are praying that the number will continue to increase. On Sunday Pastor Jossie taught about the Love of God during Bible study and Pastor Isaac preached on Salvation we saw believers rededicating their lives to Christ. On the project for our mission house which was semi-finished for 9 years, we saw the God of our father moving
to give to God and we have already started finishing it off glory be to God. Continue praying for us that God enables us to do His work.

Lilongwe

We grateful to the God of our Father Ezekiel Guti, for adding Pastors Chawanje Banda to the Province. The new Pastors have since been deployed to Mzuzu Assembly in the Northern part of Malawi. On Sunday, they shared powerful on the message of hope in Jesus Christ in the midst of difficult life circumstances. The church received the message with joy as they were encouraged to remain rooted in God through faith in His word. In the same vein, we want to thank God for adding 18 new believers to Chinsapo Assembly, 15 to Monkey Bay and 12 to Jerusalem Lilongwe Assemblies. We are seeing the hand of God of our father in the Province and we remain grateful to His goodness.

ZIMBABWE

Harare North

We grateful to the God of our father Ezekiel for a successful weekend of revival from the 29th of September the 1st of October 2023 with Apostle Zenas and Dr. Cathy Marurama at our Local Mother Church. We received profound and life transforming teachings from our speakers. The church was drilled on prayer and giving in particular. There was impartation and mighty deliverance from the spirit of poverty. Three people gave their lives to God. Eventually the church exercised practical giving and we managed to raise funds enough to procure quality church instruments and cushioned chairs for our auditorium to the glory of God. Indeed, God honors His covenant with His servant Ezekiel when He said ‘I will be your money’. Glory be to God for His divine Providence.

FIFCAHSM

Forward in Faith College and High School Ministry held a fruitful and successful field trip from the 26th -29th of September 2023 in Gutu Province, Masvingo East Province and Chiredzi. We reached out to students in these provinces. Throughout the whole trip 5,320 high school students gave their lives to Jesus Christ and 355 came for counselling with different problems. Some had suicidal spirits, fornication, prostitution, pornography, drug abuse, teenage pregnancies, and some came to surrender marijuana, condoms, pills and different types of drugs so as to be burnt. FIFCAHSM also donated Bibles and awareness handouts on drugs. Glory be to the God of our Father.

Youth for the Nations

We thank the God of our father for successfully holding 30 Youth Conferences across the country, from August to September. Only 6 more conferences remain to be held and in these coming weekends. Youths across the country got empowered from the teachings they received from various Pastors and Youth Advisors that were drawn from across the country. Youths also featured in the programs by providing entertainment, worship and doing all the administrative tasks. The conferences have been running under the theme “Striving to be true youthful disciples who are rooted and grounded in the doctrine of our church during the transition.” The major event is the National Youth Conference (NYC23) scheduled for the month end of October at AMFCC. Average attendances at these Provincial conferences have ranged from 300 to 1500. Many youths received Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, and for the ZAOGA Youths, these conferences have proved to be good functions for Christian fellowship.

Mature Girls Ministry

We are thankful to the God of Ezekiel for holding a successful Mature girls conference over this last weekend with our Guest Speakers Evangelists A & N Maziriri who delivered powerful and profound life transforming teachings. A total of 45 delegates came from different corners of the nation and we were supported by Pastor Vicky, the Mature Girls Pastor and the Director of the Mature girls Ministry, Lady T together with the ministry advisory team. The teachings touched all the critical areas which equipped the mature girls. There was a general encouragement to continue to fellowship together, encouraging each other with testimonies, and holding prayer retreats. A thick presence of God and spirit of Joy overwhelmed the conference. There was massive deliverance. Someone was healed from paralysis and another from fibroids. Many were delivered from depression and bitterness. Some saw the angel of ZAOGA FIF in action. We are grateful to the God of our father for His faithfulness.

Waterfalls East

As Waterfalls East District, Region 2. We want to thank the God of Ezekiel for a powerful service and the angelic visitation in yesterday’s Sunday service. Believers saw an angel standing by Reverend Azarel Zvizvai as he ministered. Many people were healed and delivered from demonic oppression. Indeed, Forward in Faith is marching on and the gates of hell shall not prevail.

Night of Miracles Signs and Wonders – Held at the Ezekiel Guti Healing Deliverance and Prayer Mountain for All Nations by Prophet Dr J Moyounotsva. There were a multitude of people from in and around Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Ghana, and United Kingdom. An estimated crowd of 20,000 was at the Prayer Mountain for prayer such that there was an overflow. The spirit of prayer and supplication was present.
There were a number of prophetic utterances and miracles, signs and wonders witnessed. Here are the notable ones:
747 people gave their lives to Jesus Christ as personal Savior, including a two-time karate world champion. This is what the God of Ezekiel does.
27 people were delivered from the spirit of witchcraft.
268 people were delivered from the spirit that molests people in sleep.
A woman was healed from a breast lump, and she could no longer feel it.
A woman who had a cancerous wound since 2003 was instantly healed and testified that pain had disappeared and pus dried up on the wound.
One man with a dislocated hip and knee was instantly healed and can now walk with no pain.
A woman who had hard of hearing for 15 years was healed and testified that she could now hear.
All these miracles and healings were done in the name of Jesus Christ. We give glory to the God of our father for His Grace and presence at the Night of Miracles Signs and Wonders.

Budiriro 2 District

We want to thank the God of our father, Archbishop Professor E.H. Guti for the success of one of the first Youth Alumni Big Sunday held in one of the districts in Highfield Province at the new District Church site ‘Pagomo’ in Budiriro on Sunday 01 October 2023.
The Big Sunday was organized by former youth members of Budiriro who are now residing in different parts of country. They mobilized themselves to support the building of a new 1800 seater church in this new District by raising money. The Building Big day had Pastor Haisa as a guest musician and former Budiriro youth member. They managed to raise enough money to buy steel frames for the church. It was a Sunday to remember as they all thronged to give testimonies of how the God of our Father is blessing them to do great things in different places they are residing. Some of them are now residing outside the country such as South Africa, UK and they also sent their contributions. The service had an attendance of 771 saints. The Youth Alumni members were more than 60. Some of the former Youth members are now Pastors and leaders in this great ministry. The main speakers DPs Nyachowe are also former youth members and district youth chairpersons. Several people were prayed for, many were healed from different sicknesses. The former Youth pledged to continue working with the district to ensure the church is completed so that their parents could have a good place to worship God from. We acknowledge our Overseers S and V Simbanegavi, DPs S and S Sithole, Dr G and Pst V Chomutare and Pastors Tafirenyika for their unwavering support. We thank the God of our father for this wonderful day.

Baines District

Baines District Annual Girls Conference was held from 5-7 October. Attendance rose from 45 to 70 on Saturday evening. The highlight of the Conference was the Friday Holy Spirit and Deliverance segment that saw many girls speaking in tongues for the first time. Speakers Reverend Sibongile Mauye and Girls Coordination advisor Elder Mrs. Mbambo were mightily used by God. Some notable miracles are as follows:
A girl who had a problem of menstruation was prayed for and started her menstruation the next day.
A girl who had a problem with stomach cramps was delivered.
Another who had lost hope of getting a job was revived and encouraged to collect her degree certificates.
A 15-year-old girl testified about having fear on Physics and Chemistry. After the word was preached she testified that the fear of failure is gone.
A new girl testified that she joined the Girls ministry in ZAOGA because of the love shown by Baines church to her mom, after she came back from diaspora.
All the glory to God.

P.S
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This week:

  1. Thanking God for our mother Apostle Prof. Eunor Guti that He continues to comfort and strengthen her. Thanking God for the victory He gives her. Thanking God for the continued success of the mission in Chitungwiza.
  2. Thanking God for the NEC Apostle Dr. Joe Guti, the SG Apostle Mishael Nyambo, and the DSG Apostle Dr. Steve Simukai and their spouses, that God gives them wisdom and grace as they carry out their assignments.
  3. Thanking God for the success of the Australia Zone 2 Deeper Life Conference held in Perth, Western Australia this past weekend.
  4. Thanking God for the peace of Jerusalem. Psalm 122:6 “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem…”
  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 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 and Chad as God watches over His people.
  7. Thanking God for Home Talents (Kingdom Wealth Creation) that everyone will have something tangible to show as a result of the covenant that God made with His servant Ezekiel of which we are beneficiaries.
  8. 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, and Slovakia.
  9. Thanking God for your nation.

TEACHING: PART OF BABA & AMAI’S MESSAGE

An excerpt from the History book

“Moreover, I will endeavour that ye may be able after I have gone, to always have these things in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ but we were eye witnesses of His Majesty.” (2 Peter 1:15-16).

The Lord revealed Himself to me concerning this ministry as the above scripture says. Therefore, be of good courage. Be Holy before God. Jesus overcame all temptations. Therefore, do not be afraid of them.
(John 16:33) “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
All people should praise the Lord.” 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
[email protected] | www.fifmi.org

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