From Mozambique to Cape Town and murdered in Zimbabwe: the martyrdom of Bernard Mizeki, the seed of the Church in Mashonaland (1861-1896)
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[One of the most touching and inspiring stories of the Church of the Province of Central Africa of which the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe is a part, is the
martyrdom of Bernard Mizeki, a man of God who gave his life for the sake of his Lord and Savior, Jesus of Nazareth. Today, scholars generally agree that the Church in Africa was planted and grew as a result not only of the work of missionaries from Europe and America but also thanks to the extensive efforts and suffering of local catechists—men and women of faith who, after embracing
Christianity, went out with great zeal to spread the gospel to every corner of the African continent. This is the case even today. Missionaries planted the Word of God while local evangelists and clergy watered it so that it grew into a large prosperous harvest of believers. In this way, Africans became missionaries to themselves.]
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