Prophet Makandiwa to build a 100,000-seater church

Prophet Makandiwa has revealed that he had acquired a 100-acre piece of land in Mt Hampden to build another 100 000-seater church.

The Mt Hampden church will became the headquarters of UFIC.

Prophet Makandiwa also announced that he had bought another 215 acres of land in Chinhoyi to build a place of prayer.

"We opened a specific account for construction purposes unlike in Chitungwiza where I am the one using my own funds to build the church.

We will built the Mt Hampden church from church funds. The building plans are already in place and we will start construction early next year.

"The place we bought in Chinhoyi will become a prayer mountain and it has seven mountains with specific names where people would go with their problems and pray.

"Dormitories are already under construction and soon people will be allowed to go there," he said.

Prophet Makandiwa said he was investigated in 2009 by certain officials who wanted to establish his financial records.

"I was once investigated for over a year in 2009 by people who wanted to find out how church funds were being used. Fortunately, I had already assigned my finance director to keep receipts even of a light bulb and bank statements because I had known beforehand that it would happen.

"One of the officials said that never in his lifetime had he seen an organised church like UFIC. After the investigations they told me that nothing was wrong," he said. Prophet Makandiwa took a swipe at his detractors and told the congregation that soon he would reveal where the negative things in the media were coming from.

"When I come back I will let you know the person who has been feeding the media with negative things about me. You know him and you will not believe it," he said.