Unassuming Heroes: Zimbabwe’s Mennonites Tackle Climate Change

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe — In Zimbabwe’s often polarized political and economic landscape, one Christian tradition has quietly built a legacy of peace-building and community resilience.

While other community members chase modernity, migrating to cities for greener pastures due to recurring economic hardship, members of the Mennonite church, like Charles Ncube, a father of four, believe in faith-based farming, through which he is able to fend for his family and help needy neighbors.

Mennonites in Zimbabwe, primarily represented by the Brethren in Christ Church, have established a strong presence centered in Bulawayo, the country’s second-largest city, and in the Matabeleland region in southwestern Zimbabwe.