Hinn
visited
Zimbabwe
in
October
2025
for
a
highly
anticipated
National
Healing
Crusade
in
Harare,
marking
his
first
return
to
the
country
in
over
40
years.
Ahead
of
the
crusade,
Hinn’s
delegation
met
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
at
State
House
in
Harare.
They
praised
the
president
for
leading
major
development
initiatives
in
the
country,
suggesting
that
Zimbabwe’s
progress
should
serve
as
an
example
for
other
nations.
Commenting
on
Hinn’s
visit,
Mtata
said
such
trips
harm
the
progress
of
Christianity
in
Africa.
He
claimed
that
figures
like
Hinn
often
frame
issues
such
as
corruption,
poverty,
and
poor
governance
as
spiritual
rather
than
political
problems,
diverting
attention
from
citizens’
civic
responsibilities.
He
wrote
on
x:
“American
televangelist
Benny
Hinn
is
currently
in
Zimbabwe,
following
a
visit
to
Uganda.
This
is
not
his
first
trip
to
sub-Saharan
Africa
—
and
those
familiar
with
Paul
Gifford’s
research
will
know
that
such
visits
are
not
just
about
religion.“Gifford’s
studies
have
shown
how
the
far-right
American
televangelists
like
Benny
Hinn
often
bring
to
Africa
a
form
of
Christianity
that
harms
its
progress.”
They
do
so
in
seven
ways:
1.
Corruption,
poverty,
and
bad
governance
are
reframed
as
“spiritual”
rather
than
political
problems,
diverting
attention
from
civic
responsibility.”
2.
Instead
of
building
institutions
or
demanding
accountability,
followers
are
urged
to
attend
mass
prayer
rallies
in
the
hope
for
“miraculous
solutions.”“3.
Faith
becomes
about
personal
success
and
deliverance,
not
collective
transformation
or
justice.“4.
Religious
and
political
power
is
presented
as
coming
from
God,
hence
discouraging
accountability
and
fostering
passive
submission.“5.
Questioning
or
doubt
is
framed
as
sin,
eroding
the
intellectual
freedom
necessary
for
civic
engagement.“6.
Wherever
he
goes,
Benny
Hinn
is
most
interested
in
close
proximity
to
political
power.
This
allows
him
to
trade
legitimacy
for
patronage,
blurring
the
line
between
faith
and
politics.“7.
Benny
Hinn
represents
American
cultural
and
political
imperialism:
he
exports
American
religious
product
but
also
opens
up
intelligence
doors
normally
not
easy
to
open.”