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“Prayers That Preyed”: Critical Reflections on Robert Martin Gumbura's Church Saga in Zimbabwe

“Prayers That Preyed”: Critical Reflections on Robert Martin Gumbura's Church Saga in Zimbabwe
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Author(s): Fortune Sibanda (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)and Bernard Pindukai Humbe (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 26
Source title: #MeToo Issues in Religious-Based Institutions and Organizations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Blanche J. Glimps (Tennessee State University, USA)and Theron N. Ford (Independent Scholar, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9195-5.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter was motivated by the manifestations and consequences of patriarchal theology testified through the increase in the number of cases in Zimbabwe involving prophets and church leaders accused of sexually abusing their followers after promising to help them out of their problems. The research focuses on the sexual scandals of the founder and leader of Robert Martin Gumbura (RMG) Independent End Time Message Church, Robert Martin Gumbura, who was sentenced to a 40-year prison term in Zimbabwe for sexually abusing four women from his church. The chapter posits that some churches are no longer safe havens for the weak and defenseless women who fall prey to some unscrupulous church leaders such as Robert Martin Gumbura. By using in-depth interviews and documentary analysis and insights from the historical, sociological, and phenomenological approaches, the study established that Robert Martin Gumbura brainwashed some women congregants and threatened to curse them with prayers that would commit them to the devil if they resisted his nefarious demands.

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