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 (yahoo.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 church by name with its city and country and found that the Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church is a well-known Zimbabwean denomination, founded by Elijah Jaure Mugodhi with headquarters at Chitope in Wedza, and listed among Zimbabwe's established apostolic churches. For Mutare specifically we found a Facebook post and YouTube videos about the Mugodhi Apostolic Church Mutare Youth Choir (Facebook, YouTube), which points to a real local branch, though we found no separate directory, map or denominational register entry for a Mutare congregation and no confirmation of the contact email washingtonmugodi@yahoo.com. Warning: the wider denomination has been the subject of a bitter leadership dispute, with repeated violence at the Chitope shrine since Bishop Thadeau Mugodhi died in 2019 and a 2024 High Court judgment (ZimLII, NewsDay); we found no scam or fraud reports.
Our conclusion: The Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church is a well-established Zimbabwean apostolic denomination founded by Elijah Jaure Mugodhi with headquarters at Chitope in Wedza, and our independent search reached a working Facebook page for the church as well as Facebook and YouTube material for the Mugodhi Apostolic Church Mutare Youth Choir, which points to a real congregation in Mutare. The contact person's name matches the church family name, and no scam or
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