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 *[https://www.google.com/maps/search/pentecostal+church+zimbabwe/@-18.8440947,28.2822539,7z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe''']
 ==Historical Background==
-The first Methodist mission arrived in 1896, with members from the United Kingdom and the United States. The British worked with the white settlers, while the Americans worked with the native Africans.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Zimbabwe", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Zimbabwe, accessed 15 March 2020. </ref><br>
+Pentecostalism and African Apostolic Churches arrived in the 1920s, and grew rapidly, with the Zion Christian Church now the largest Protestant following in Zimbabwe. In 1932, Johane Marange (born: Muchabaya Momberume) baptized many in a local river, and his efforts in the decades that followed led to African Apostolic Church, the second largest ministry in Zimbabwe.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Zimbabwe", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Zimbabwe, accessed 15 March 2020. </ref><br>
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