Church Verification Report
What we checked
- Not a duplicate: no similarly named church is listed with us
- The name reads as a real congregation
- Contact email reviewed (gmail.com, common for small churches)
- No website or social page was provided
- Independent web search performed: see the findings on the right
What we found
We searched for this congregation by name with Harare and Zimbabwe. The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe lists "Christ Connect Family Church" in its alphabetical register of member churches (efzimbabwe.org), and a mission report records a cross installed in March 2021 for Pastor Stephen Chidhobha at Christ Connect Family Church, 6633 Maranatha Park, Lot 14 Tynwald, Harare (christiancrossministries.org). A directory entry also places the church at a Harare plus-code address, though it is generic and unclaimed (christianchurchesnearme.co.za). A Wikipedia-based article credits Bishop Farai Katsande with founding CCFC, and a Cru leadership page says he planted the first Christ Connect Family Church and lives in Harare; a related Zambian CCFC site describes a yearly gathering drawing the family from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. We found no scam or fraud reports, but the contact name in the email address appears nowhere in these sources.
Our conclusion: Independent searching confirms that Christ Connect Family Church is a real Harare congregation: it appears in the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe's register of member churches, and a mission report records a cross installed in 2021 at its Tynwald, Harare premises, while other sources name Bishop Farai Katsande as the founder of the wider Christ Connect Family Church family in Zimbabwe and Zambia. The denomination and its evangelical, Trinitari
No further action is needed. This report is refreshed whenever the church is reviewed again.