Harvest House International Church

Harvest House International Church, otherwise known as HHI Church, is a charismatic church founded in 1995 by Bishop Dr Colin Nyathi and Senior Reverend Dr Sarah Nyathi. From the first service of fewer than ten people in their living room in the city of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe in 1995, this church has grown to more than 6,000 in attendance on a single Sunday service. Due to space limitations, the current building cannot accommodate the total number of people, requiring a total of ten services to be carried out on a Sunday.

Senior pastors[edit]

Colin and Sarah Nyathi are the Senior Pastors of Harvest House International Church. The couple are parents to five adult children. Colin was previously a financial director of a large engineering house in Bulawayo before becoming a full-time pastor. Sarah, an entrepreneur, was Miss Lux Zimbabwe and has been involved in much training of young entrepreneurs in her nation. Colin works in the apostolic office and is a church planter. They host a television programme called Open Heavens, which shows in Southern Africa. Sarah runs "Maximised Lifestyle International", an arm of HHI Church that helps ladies within the church to be self-sufficient and grow spiritually and in real life. This couple offers spiritual oversight to all their pastors and elders as well as a number of people from other churches.

Church premises[edit]

Services are held in ten different venues across the city centre with the new headquarters now situated at the corner of 13th Avenue & George Silundika streets. Harvest House International Church is currently building a 10,500-seat auditorium in Woodlands Bulawayo. It was initially set to be completed in 2020, but work is still in progress and the church is hopeful that it will be completed and officially opened in August 2024.

Other churches[edit]

HHI has established a total of 700 churches around the world, mostly in Africa. The migration of Zimbabweans due to the financial and political crisis that affected the country between 2000 and 2009 led many followers to establish HHI churches in the various countries of their destination. HHI is found in the following countries: South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Australia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, UK, Zambia, Mozambique,Ghana , Namibia and Nigeria.

HHI School of Ministry[edit]

The School of Ministry offers courses as follows:

Certificate in Biblical Studies
Diploma in Biblical Studies
Higher Diploma in Pastoral Studies
Higher Diploma in Prophetic Studies
Higher Diploma in Apostolic Studies
Higher Diploma in Ministerial Excellence

Since the inception of the school in the early 2000s, more than 7000 people have graduated from the school. At some stage, more than 1000 students had enrolled in this school in one year in the city of Bulawayo. Sister schools have been established in most of the churches around the world. The Zimbabwean School is affiliated to The Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education and Good Shepherd Ministries, US.

New church building complex[edit]

HHI is currently in the process of building one of the largest conference centres in Southern Africa with a capacity of 10,500 people. The building is located in the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where the ministry originated.

Harvest music[edit]

Harvest Music is a music ministry of Harvest House International Church. Harvest House has raised many renowned Gospel musicians in Zimbabwe and in the other nations. Albums released to date are:

Genesis
At the Altar

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