AFM saga deepens

The Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) saga in Marondera has deepened after the provincial leaders, who recently tried to transfer an assembly junior pastor to the rural areas before being chased away by congregants, have established another assembly just a short distance from the existing church.

The leadership wrangle, which rocked AFM a few months ago, also spilled to the grassroots structures when congregants at The Word Centre Assembly in Dombotombo, Marondera, turned riotous during a service before blocking the transfer of the church’s resident pastor, Byron Maforo.

The church’s provincial board members Tom Mungwariri and one Chirenga, who wanted to transfer Maforo to lead a rural church in the Svosve area, had to flee for their dear lives as the angry congregants threatened to beat them up.

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