{"id":35832,"date":"2021-03-02T21:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=35832"},"modified":"2021-03-02T18:38:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T16:38:18","slug":"methodist-missionary-isaac-mawokomatanda-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/methodist-missionary-isaac-mawokomatanda-dies","title":{"rendered":"Methodist Missionary Isaac Mawokomatanda Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>United Methodist Church\u2019s leading missionaries Isaac Mawokomatanda has died, Newsday reports. According to the publication, Mawokomatanda died in the US state of Georgia and his death was confirmed by his son Sam who told the publication that his father died after a long illness.<\/p>\n<p>Said Sam Mawokomatanda to the publication:<\/p>\n<p>We give thanks to God for his life and witness. We find comfort in each other and in our faith, which reminds us of God\u2019s intention for life. In God, we have the hope and promise of the resurrection and a life that knows no end. While the sting of death is deep, we remain resilient<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the publication, Sam gave a brief summary of his father\u2019s illness and said:<\/p>\n<p>Mawokomatanda who was ordained to be a minister in the Methodist church in 1968 reportedly planted several Methodist churches in Zimbabwe, The US, and South Africa. He was 79 at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<p>More: Newsday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. United Methodist Church\u2019s leading missionaries Isaac Mawokomatanda has died, Newsday reports. According to the publication, Mawokomatanda died in the US state of Georgia and his death was confirmed by his son Sam who told the publication that his father died after a long illness. Said Sam Mawokomatanda to the publication: We give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,35,15],"tags":[1493,2189,3341,3342,19],"class_list":["post-35832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-isaac-mawokomatanda","tag-united-methodist-church","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Methodist Missionary Isaac Mawokomatanda Dies - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"United Methodist Church\u2019s leading missionaries Isaac Mawokomatanda has died, Newsday reports. 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