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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''']
*[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==
==Historical Background==
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>
Pentecostalism arrived in the 1920s, and grew rapidly, with the Zion Christian Church now the largest Protestant following 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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