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Portrait Kimion Tagwirei

Kimion Tagwirei, PhD

  • Remote Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Brief Biography

since December 2022 to date Remote postdoc research fellow with PD Dr. Sabrina Müller, Center for Church Development, University of Zurich
since August 2022 to date Practical Theology adjunct lecturer, Theological College of Zimbabwe
from 2011 to date Pastor, Assemblies of God, Back to God church in Zimbabwe
2022 Reviewer, Reviewed some classical Pentecostalism and related papers for the HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies journal
  Founder and managing editor of Ecclesia Today magazine

Research Interests

  • Ecclesiology
  • Integral mission
  • Sustainable Development

Research Supervision

Supervision of the following research projects

  • ‘The impact of pastoral relocations in Church of Central Africa Presbyterian in Marondera’ (Craig Muhawa, Zimbabwe Open University, BA Dissertation, 2023)
  • ‘The impact of Pentecostal Ecclesiology in the rural Matebeleland’ (Abednicho Dube, Zimbabwe Open University, BA Dissertation, 2023)

Teaching and Seminar Facilitations

  • Lecturing Practical Theology courses at the Theological College of Zimbabwe
  • Teaching Christian Leadership, Church Administration & Resource Management (August 2022–to–date)
  • Taught Journalism & Media studies certificate to Diploma courses (Newspaper Reporting, Freelance & Feature writing as well as Subediting) at Umaa Institute in Marondera, Zimbabwe (2007–2013)
  • Facilitated a Pastors’ Seminar on Homiletics (21–24 June 2022, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) for the Theological College of Southern Africa (TCSA).
  • Facilitated Christian Writers Society’s Research, Writing & Publishing seminar (15 October 2022 in Rustenburg, South Africa)

Teaching Output

Authored three modules for the Theological College of Southern Africa Diploma courses

  • Introduction to Communication
  • Contemporary Theology
  • Christian Education

Memberships and Commitment

  • Member of the Christian Writers Society (South Africa)
  • Member of the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA)
  • Member of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ)
  • Pastor with the Assemblies of God Back to God church (AOG, BTG) in Zimbabwe

Publications in Peer–Reviewed Journals

Tagwirei, K., 2022, ‘The Ministry of Presence in Absence: Pastoring Online in Zimbabwe during the Covid–19Pandemic’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 78(4), a7161. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v78i4.7161

Tagwirei, K., 2022, ‘Sustaining Pastoral Work and Welfare in Zimbabwe: Case Study of Pastors in Masvingo Urban’, Verbum et Ecclesia, 43(1), a2359. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v43i1.2359

Tagwirei, K., 2022, ‘Beyond Tithes and Offerings: Revolutionizing the economics of Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, 78(4), a7211. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v78i4.7211

Tagwirei, K. & Magezi, C., 2022, ‘A critical Assessment of Church and Political Engagement in Zimbabwe under the New Dispensation’, Verbum et Ecclesia, 43(1), a2527. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v43i1.2527