The Word of God for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a land-locked country of south-central Africa, bounded on the north by the Zambezi River, and by the Limpopo River four hundred and four miles to the south. North of the Zambezi is Zambia, to the east Mozambique, to the south, South Africa and west is Botswana.

The very name Zimbabwe is taken from the stone enclosures of ‘Great Zimbabwe’ near the modern city of Masvingo. These massive ruins built by ancestors of the Shona people, were abandoned over five hundred years ago. Great Zimbabwe itself was the all encompassing hub of a large and thriving early Shona state.

The 12,000 copies of the Shona Bible from the first printing in 2022 have almost all been distributed. During the past twelve months we have been pleased to receive positive feedback concerning both the text and the layout of this new translation of God’s Word. We are very grateful to GBS for generously funding the initial printing of the Shona Bible.

Some of these copies went to the Free Grace Evangelistic Association, forming part of a very large grant of English Authorised (King James) Version Bibles and booklets. The photos shown here were sent by the FGEA when the grant arrived in Zimbabwe.  

‘Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God’ (2 Corinthians 5.20).