CHURCHES say they convinced at least 50 commercial sex
workers in Bulawayo to abandon the world’s oldest profession during a five-day
outreach programme.
The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) and Africa
Evangelistic Enterprise (AEEZ), an evangelistic support organisation, said the
women turned to God during the Bulawayo for Jesus Mission.
Organisers said the outreach was meant to give residents
“hope instead of despair, improvement for human moral state as well as tenacity
for development and success to people of Bulawayo”.
The announcement that the commercial sex workers had
repented was made during a a top leadership dinner dubbed The Shining Stars
Dinner last week.
It was organised by AEEZ, a Christian organisation that was
formed in 1962 by a South African, Michael Cassidy.
One of the organisers, Pastor Chris Nxumalo, said the 50
commercial sex workers were among the 66 that had been invited to the dinner.
“This has been a productive week, we held a dinner for our
shining stars. I am talking of our commercial sex workers, we are happy to say
that 66 turned up for the dinner to listen to the gospel of God, and of those
66, 50 of them gave their lives to the Lord their saviour,” Nxumalo said.
AEEZ team leader Bishop Guide Makore said the women would
be taught life skills so that they could start rebuilding their lives.
“These ladies are angels, you know during their dinner they
were screaming ‘Halelluyah’ more than the regular church-goers,” he said.
“I am so happy to say we will help them with life skills
like tailoring, baking and hairdressing.
“We want them to do things that will keep them out of the
streets.”
The crusades, which ran under the theme Evangalising the
cities of Africa through word and deed in partnership with the church, also saw
the groups drilling a borehole at Vulindlela Primary School in Cowdray Park. Newsday
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