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Pastor John Chibwe ‘Anointed By Prophet TB Joshua’ Performs Wonders
Pastor John Chibwe, a Zim pastor who claims to have been anointed by popular Nigerian pastor TB Joshua, is making waves in the south-eastern Lowveld town where he is said to be performing breathtaking “miracles”.
The previously sleepy town is now a hive of activity with hundreds of people from all over the country flocking here to get “spiritual healing and deliverance” from pastor John Chibwe of the It Is Well Ministries.
The soft-spoken pastor uses his house along Marula Drive for healing and spiritual nurturing.
When reporters visited the pastor’s residence recently, scores of people were seated in the garden yard, waiting for him to arrive for an afternoon “devotion”, which is part of his daily routine.
Most of the people said they had travelled from distant places after learning that Chibwe was performing healing wonders.
People from Chiredzi and other areas such as Gutu, Zaka, Chikombedzi, Masvingo, Beitbridge and Zvishavane come in droves every day to see the pastor.
Others travel all the way from Harare.
Mary Nyathi from Chikombedzi, several kilometres from the Lowveld town, said she had come to thank Chibwe for healing her 12-year-old daughter, who was paralysed.
The mother claimed the girl, who was wheelchair bound since birth, started walking last month after Chibwe prayed for her. Her daughter could now play with other “spiritual patients” in the pastor’s garden.
Chibwe, who is employed at Hippo Valley Estates as finance director, comes home for a lunch time service, much to the delight of several people who would throng his homestead everyday.
To balance his professional job and his spiritual calling, Chibwe said he conducted healing sessions during lunch time and after working hours every day.
At times, he works odd hours to help people in fulfilment of his call.
“You cannot tire when you are called by God to do his work,” said Chibwe. “A lot of people come here with different spiritual problems. I make it a point that I attend to all of them.”
The pastor said some people come to him in critical conditions, but “the power of Heaven has not let me down since I began my ministry.”
“God has never let me down. Even when seriously ill people come here, I always pray and trust that God will heal them,” Chibwe said.
“Let me be clear here, that it is not me who heals these people. It is God who uses me as his tool to heal such people.”
Chibwe said while some people went to him thinking that he could give them money, he only prayed so that God could open windows for them.
“They go without receiving a single cent from me, but they later come back thanking the Lord that they are now financially stable,” he said.
“I give some money from my own pocket as directed by the Holy Spirit. Others I give food, clothing andblankets. But of interest is that all of them confirm the working hand of the Lord.”
Chibwe, who claimed to have received the call to heal people three years ago, said his calling was mainly to help the less privileged and elderly people, in line with Jesus’ ministry while on earth.
Asked how he started, Chibwe told The Standard that he was inspired by TB Joshua after “receiving a calling to serve the people”.
He went to Nigeria to receive the anointing and TB Joshua is now his Godfather, claimed Chibwe.
He started as an evangelist preaching in different churches in Hippo Valley. In 2012, Chibwe started his own church: It Is Well Ministries, which has assemblies in Chiredzi and in Mt Pleasant, Harare.
His ministry is now called Divine Yard.
Chiredzi now resembles a place of religious pilgrimage due to Chibwe’s popularity. Lodges and other accommodation facilities are always full with people seeking Chibwe’s services.
Waiting rooms at the new bus terminus in Chiredzi have become a permanent shelter for many people who would have come to seek assistance from the man of cloth.
Some sleep in the open close to the bus terminus waiting for a chance to see Chibwe the following day while others have since constructed make-shift shelters behind the bus terminus where close to 20 families are staying.
Mothers can be seen holding newly born babies, a sign that they gave birth at the terminus.
Some of those that have erected structures at the terminus have no bus fare to travel back to their respective homes.
Jameson Tokwe (74) of Neshuro in Masvingo gets food and clothing from Chibwe every month.
“We are receiving maize-meal and other groceries from the pastor,” said Tokwe. “We cannot afford bus fare back to our homes hence we have decided to stay here.”
But Chibwe said he was not aware that there were people sleeping in the open.
It could not be independently verified if Chibwe was anointed by TB Joshua as he claimed.
Pastor John Chibwe, unlike many other church leaders, does not accept gifts of any kind from people he would have helped spiritually. Instead, he often provides food, clothing and money to some of those he would have “healed.”
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Kenneth Kaunda Obama Mbewa
January 25, 2014 at 10:25 am
koma todays Church sure! its like people are more interested in healing and deliverance but very few seem interested in the healer. the issue is “seek ye the Kingdom of God first and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you” Matthew 6vs 33. Confess your Sins first then God will work in your life. why get God’s healing when you are not willing to stop sinning?
modina
January 25, 2014 at 10:54 am
Preach the way of salvation first. Please read John 3 vs 1 – 6 and Acts 2 vs 37 – 38
jk
January 25, 2014 at 12:21 pm
Kenneth what do you understand by deliverance?
jk
January 25, 2014 at 12:22 pm
Get this one right. T.B Joshua preaches salvation more than any other pastor than that I have ever listed to. Miracles accompany all those who believe because the God we worship has got power over any situation. Miracles are meant to preach the Gospel with power as Jesus did not give us powerless authority. He gave us authority to trample on snakes and scorpions. Mr Chibwe went to SCOAN to testify and received more anointment.
cecil
January 25, 2014 at 12:22 pm
So in short TB Joshua z God,he also gives powers.
Media Tycoon
January 25, 2014 at 12:23 pm
‘Bishop’ Joe Imakando will be very mad when he see this article !
BC
January 25, 2014 at 12:33 pm
Pray for our pastors and bishops in Zambia. The power that Jesus gives is greater than political power. Politicians should seek power from the church not pastors seeking political power. T.B Joshua does not visit presidents and ministers, they visit him instead.
BC
January 25, 2014 at 12:25 pm
When you get born again, you receive the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit has got power. Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you got born again?
Sakanyi
January 25, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Amen Pastor for the work you are doing,people are getting healed that’s what it means to have God,s power. Some people just want to criticise for no apparent reason even when they have seen the hand of God. Dough ting Tomasis. Continue doughting
Charlie2000
January 25, 2014 at 7:49 pm
Mukose nokukosa…
666
January 25, 2014 at 8:52 pm
@sakanyi and your friends efyo mulelila ifyani bafikala fyenu mulandu wakukana pita kumasambililo, i guese you’r a pentecostal follower who alwaz talk about prosperity b4 you seek Gods kindom i think Kaunda Obama Mbewe hav said it all.
Xhamwaza
January 25, 2014 at 9:17 pm
How many people has TB Joshual raaised from the dead. I mean those certified by the Doctor or those that have been burried like Jesus did on Lazarous.
Does the devil has power to heal?
People of God teach me, please.
BigChilolo
January 26, 2014 at 9:07 am
Ladies en gentlemen whose mission is to criticise men of God,wat do u benefit by your criticisms?some of u will end up like saul who ended up being converted to Christianity en subsequently changed his name to Paul.u speak as if u understand the word of God better than the men of God who perform these miracles,yet wen u present your criticisms it is clear tht u need deliverence yourselves.
If u understand the word of God as you purport,then u know tht it states tht,touch not my annointed.may I caution u to be very careful en to watch wat u say because some of u will end up being delivered by the same people u despise en criticise.
Ba zed
January 26, 2014 at 1:27 pm
Way to go,spread the word and have them healed.
Chocho
January 26, 2014 at 2:29 pm
Ha anointed by tb joshua?naumfwa umwenso boys girls
MOSES
January 26, 2014 at 8:14 pm
Nice one!
Dee
January 27, 2014 at 9:12 am
Ive never heard any of these Prophets or Pastors go in Hospitals to heal the Sick….