“Friends of TCZ” was started in the United States in the early 1990s as an informal network of Christians who provided prayer and financial support for the Theological College of Zimbabwe. We have three main goals:
to encourage prayer support for teachers and students at TCZ by means of this website and a newsletter, Touch Point.
to assist in raising funds to support the work of the college.
to develop a network of resource persons around the world who have training in areas of specific needs at TCZ, such as short-term or guest lecturers, specialists in Information Technology, etc.
Incorporated in August 2003 in Pennsylvania, “Friends of TCZ” is approved by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)3 non-profit charity, allowing us to issue tax-deductible receipts for contributions toward the work of TCZ. Serving as the “Friends of TCZ” board:
Glen A. Pierce - chair
Paul Nisly - assistant chair
John R. Yeatts - secretary
Daniel Bisbee - treasurer
Rebekah Basinger
John Wagner
Rev. Dr. Raymond Motsi, TCZ principal
The Theological College of Zimbabwe (TCZ) was established in May 1979 by the Africa Evangelical Fellowship. In 1986, oversight was transferred to the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe.
To strengthen the support base for the college and to widen its effectiveness, the college was granted autonomy in November 1997. The college was chartered in July 1998 as the Theological College of Zimbabwe Trust. As an independent institution, the college maintains its interdenominational and multi-cultural distinctions, providing high-level training for Christian ministry within Zimbabwe and the Southern African sub-region.
The college reflects the diversity of the nationalities and church traditions that are represented in the faculty and student body. In recent years students from all over southern Africa, the UK, and Italy have studied at TCZ. Furthermore, our students have come from a variety of church backgrounds: Anglican, Apostolic Faith Mission, Brethren in Christ, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Assemblies of God, as well as many other denominations
The eclectic and evangelical fellowship at the college provides a fertile learning environment in which fellow believers can freely and openly discuss their views. TCZ imposes no particular form of church government on the students. And in the interests of academic integrity, we also do not impose particular beliefs (such as mode of baptism or speaking in tongues) on others. Rather, we seek a responsible interaction between various theological viewpoints.