Church United Family International Church (UFIC) Ministries
Province Harare
Personal details
Birth name Shingirai Chirume
Born December 25, 1977 (age 38)
Muzarabani in Mashonaland Central Province
Nationality Zimbabwean
Denomination Christian
Residence
Parents Lilian Makandiwa (Mother )
Spouse Ruth Makandiwa
Children (2) Emmanuel Jr, Victor
Occupation Senior Pastor and Prophet
Emmanuel Makandiwa is a popular and controversial self proclaimed prophet who founded an interdenominational church in 2008 which later became a fully functional church in 2010. He was formally pastor in the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) Church. Makandiwa has hogged the media's limelight with his controversial miracles ranging from manhood enlargement to changing people's HIV statuses as well as causing the birth of baby three day old pregnancy. He became the first person to fill up the
National Sports Stadium in April 2011.
Background
Emmanuel Makandiwa was born
Shingirai Chirume on 25 December 1977 to Lilian Makandiwa . His family eked a living through farming. He grew up in Muzarabani. Both his parents were elders in the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe Church in Muzarabani. He attended Zengeza High School in Chitungwiza for his secondary education. After completing his secondary education, he returned to Muzarabani. He is married to Ruth Makandiwa. He has two sons, Emmanuel and Victor.
Career as a Pastor
Having been born in a Christian family, Makandiwa used to be part of the team which organised gospel crusades and was one of the preachers. He came back to Harare and was enrolled at the A.F.M’s Living Waters Theological Seminary where he graduated with a Diploma in Theology in 2002. Makandiwa claimed that before he graduated he was called in a vision by God in 1995.
After graduating, Makandiwa went to
Matabeleland where he worked as an assistant pastor under the supervision of Reverend Aspher Madziyire (who was once the President of AFM). He was then assigned to be the pastor of an Assembly in Shangani . In 2004, he was transferred to How Mine and subsequently to Hebron Assembly in Chitungwiza. In August 2008, Makandiwa launched UFIC drawing the attention of many people. His sermons were screened on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Television.
Departure from AFM
It was allegedly reported that Makandiwa was devoting much of his time to his newly formed inter-denominational church (United Family Interdenominational Church) neglecting his duties at his Chitungwiza assembly. Those in the executive interim of AFM gave Makandiwa two options either to remain with AFM or to be with UFIC. As anticipated he chose the latter. In 2010, Makandiwa renamed UFIC to
United Family International Church (UFIC) in 2010.
Controversial Miracles
Miracle Baby
In November 2012, there was a miracle baby which was born after a certain Chitungwiza woman who had an encounter with Makandiwa got pregnant and delivered a baby within three days of conception. The woman claimed that she had normal menstrual periods which ended on 15 November 2012. On 18 November 2012, the couple went to the UFIM and when Makandiwa was praying for female congregates whose pregnancies had complications, he then declared that there was to be a miracle pregnancy which was to be delivered within a space of hours, days and weeks. The prophecy came to pass but the baby died mysteriously.
Miracle Money
At one point, Makandiwa also performed a miracle that saw some of his followers miraculously having money in their pockets and bank accounts.This ignited a heated debate with Gideon Gono who was the then Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. A press conference was held which was addressed by Makandiwa, Uebert Angel and Gono, Makandiwa and Angel argued that the miracle was based on restoration and not on creation of money.
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